E-Health Designs, LLC, designs, develops, tests, implements, trains, and sustains healthcare information systems which improve healthcare availablity, access, acceptability, continuity, cost-effectiveness, and quality.

Robert E. Connors, FACHE, PMP, is the sole proprietor of E-Health Designs, LLC. Mr. Connors has 27 years of significant line and staff management experience in healthcare administration and information technology, and has held positions as a Hospital Administrator and as a Hospital Chief Information Officer. He as earned graduate degrees in both healthcare administration and in informations systems technology management from The George Washington University, Washington, DC. Mr. Connors is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), and Fellow, American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE).

Mr. Connors recently completed a two year contract contract with the Department of Defense to manage requirements, cost estimates, and change management for AHLTA, DoD's Electronic Health Record (EHR). Prior to this assignment, Mr. Connors led the development and deployment of credentials, quality assurance, risk management, and patient safety information technology solutions for the Department of Defense.

DoD's Electronic Health Record

Mr. Connors is currently employed by GoldBelt Raven, LLC, to research the use of Speech Recognition, Natural Language Processing, and Medical Ontologies in AHLTA, DoD's Electronic Health Record. He is working in this assignment at the Army's Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC).