James E. Hammer

Jim is a Senior Partner and SVP at Harmony Healthcare IT and drives the short and long-term strategy of its products and services. He has over 25 years of experience in practice management and healthcare information technology. Jim began in healthcare as a Director of Business Operations at a large Integrated Delivery Network in Northern IL. That role led to deep interest in health information technology where he led national implementation efforts for Medical Manager Corp (MMC) and later served as Regional Director of Implementation. MMC was merged into WebMD where Jim held several national leadership positions. He was responsible for the deployment and release of seven clinical and financial/analytics product lines. Before coming on board full time at Harmony Healthcare IT, Jim consulted on turn-around projects for health IT firms and contributed significantly to efforts around health information exchange. Today, Jim is responsible for the overall design and development of Harmony Healthcare IT products and services