David DeGandi

Dave DeGandi has 37 years of IT experience, 34 of those living in Salem, Oregon, working for Cambia Health Solutions in the Health Insurance industry.  His technology expertise is in the design and implementation of distributed applications and systems integration. 

Dave was first introduced to HL7 at the 2014 Phoenix WGM when Cambia sent his entire clinical data team (14) to gain some much-needed foundational knowledge.  Dave brought with him a new enthusiasm to increase the payer presence at HL7.  He has helped with the formation of the HL7 Payer User Group and planning for the HL7 Payer Summits.

Dave is currently a Senior Interoperability Strategist at Cambia Health Solutions and has been engaged in the HL7 Da Vinci project since its beginning.  A recent recipient of the Da Vinci Champions award, he has been successful in developing the internal and external partnerships needed to enable organizational transformation using payer to provider interoperability.