Abby Sears
Role:
President and Chief Executive Officer
OCHIN
HITAC Member Terms:
Term 1: 1/2020 – 12/2022
As Chief Executive Officer, Abby Sears is responsible for the overall strategy and executive leadership at OCHIN. Abby has been with OCHIN since its inception and has helped it grow from a $7M Oregon-based, EHR-hosting organization with 20 members to a $100M nationally diversified health IT organization that now serves more than 500 community health care sites in 47 states. Today, OCHIN employs a growing virtual workforce of more than 700 staff, two thirds of whom are women—more than twice the tech industry average. By leveraging technology, data services, and the use of practice-based research, her work at OCHIN addresses differences in health that are systemic, avoidable, and unjust, to ensure all individuals have access to the best care. A prominent speaker and HIT advisor with over 20 years of health care expertise, Abby is a member of many regional and national boards, including 131 & Counting and an appointment to the ONC Health Information Technology Advisory Committee. In 2018, Abby was recognized by the Portland Business Journal as a Top 25 Women of Influence award winner. She holds an MBA and MHA, both from the University of Minnesota.