Location

Irving, TX

Organization

ACEP

Title

AED

What are your domains of INTEREST?

Public Health, Health Information Technology, Emergency Services

Do you have any OTHER domains of interest?

Informatics, Quality

What are your domains of EXPERTISE?

Health Information Technology, Emergency Services

Do you have any OTHER domains of expertise?

Informatics, Quality

Share with us a short bio of yourself.

With more than 30 years of experience in healthcare delivery and management for large federal, state and local government contexts, Goyal is currently leading the Quality line of business for ACEP. The quality portfolio includes Clinical Emergency Data Registry (CEDR), Emergency Quality Network (E-QUAL), Quality Policy, Health Information Technology, Emergency Medicine Informatics, Patient Safety, and Performance Measures. An Otolaryngologist by training, Goyal had 14 years of surgical practice in India prior to moving to the United States in 1998. As a recognized leader and subject matter expert on process re-engineering for healthcare and electronic health records interoperability, Goyal often serves as an author, panelist and public speaker in areas such as quality, patient safety, informatics, patient medical records, and effective EHR institutionalization and utilization. An active member and contributor to the healthcare industry standards community, Goyal co-chairs the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Project Management Special Interest Group and serves on Davies Enterprise Steering Committee for Quality, Outcomes, and Value Realization. Goyal also serves on the Board of Examiners for Texas Quality Forum, American Council of Technology – Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC) and The Society of Medical Consultants to the Armed Forces (SMCAF). Goyal has made extensive contributions to the healthcare community, serving as a subject matter expert on the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) Interoperability Work Group and a liaison to the CCHIT Functionality Work Group. He also serves on the International Standards Organization Technical Committee 215 for healthcare standards, Healthcare Leadership Alliance, eHealth Initiative’s Practice Transformation Task Force and American Health Information Management Association’s (AHIMA) e-HIM Task Force. Goyal is a Fellow with HIMSS, AHIMA, and the US National Library of Medicine. Goyal holds a master’s of healthcare administration degree with a post-graduate certificate in health policy from Ohio University and is a certified project management professional. He holds faculty appointments with VA e-Health University, VA AMIA 10 x 10 Graduate Informatics Program, DeVry University, Keller Graduate School of Management, PMI, and Collin College, and is an adviser to Bellevue Community College and Dallas Project Management Institute.

Would you like to join Health IT Group?

Yes

Would you like to join the Civil Justice Technology Project Group?

Yes

Would you like to join Social Determinants Group?

Yes

Would you like to join Opioid Epidemic Group?

Yes