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Lynne A. Dunbrack

Program Director, Provider/Health Payer Research

Lynne Dunbrack is a nationally recognized thought leader in the application of information technology (IT) to the business problems of the health industry. Her understanding of industry needs is grounded in experience over the last 25 years working as a consultant and in the healthcare field.

As program director for Health Industry Insights, Dunbrack provides research-based advisory and consulting services that enable health provider and payer executives to maximize the business value of their technology investments and minimize technology risk through accurate planning. Specifically, Dunbrack conducts research for both the Health Industry Insights' Health Payer and Provider research programs. Her research covers the interstitial points between payers and providers on the healthcare value chain and includes coverage of major issues impacting these two sectors, including care management, remote patient monitoring and telemedicine, electronic health records (EHRs), personal health records (PHRs), regional health information organizations (RHIOs), health information exchange, physician and patient portals, Health 2.0, HITECH of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and more.

Dunbrack's most recent experience was as Product Manager for MA-SHARE, LLC, one of the nation’s first RHIOs. In this role, she was responsible for developing the business plan for implementing the Community Utility Services. Prior to joining MA-SHARE, Dunbrack was Director of HIPAA Compliance for NaviMedix, Inc., where she identified and assessed areas of risk related to HIPAA transaction standards, privacy and security regulations. She also served as Director of Product Management, and managed the development life cycle of NaviNet.

As former Senior Healthcare Analyst and Practice Leader of Gartner Group's Healthcare practice, Dunbrack set the research agenda and contributed to specialty areas such as physician market trends, practice management, managed care, enterprise scheduling, contract management, workflow improvement and system selection and implementation. Prior to joining Gartner Group, Dunbrack held senior positions with IDX Systems Corporation and Tufts Associated Health Plan.

Dunbrack is a frequent contributor to industry publications such as Health Affairs, Managed Care Quarterly, Healthcare Review, Health Plan, and Healthcare Management Technology, and has been quoted by national media outlets like The Wall Street Journal, Investor's Business Daily, Business Week, and San Jose Business Journal. She also speaks regularly at industry conferences. Dunbrack holds a B.A. from the College of the Holy Cross, and an MBA with a concentration in healthcare management and MSMIS from Boston University's Graduate School of Management.

Research Authored by Lynne A. Dunbrack

U.S. Healthcare Payer 2010 Top 10 Predictions
Janice W. Young, Lynne A. Dunbrack
Jan 2010 - Doc # HI221487      Top 10 Predictions
This IDC Health Insights report identifies the major trends in 2010 that will impact the healthcare payer business and technology strategies. The overarching themes for this year are, of course, healthcare reform, looming compe ...
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U.S. Health Industry Provider 2010 Top 10 Predictions: The Changing IT Landscape for Healthcare Providers
Lynne A. Dunbrack, Judy Hanover
Jan 2010 - Doc # HI221463      Top 10 Predictions
This Health Industry Insights report discusses our predictions for the U.S. Healthcare Provider IT market in 2010. It attempts to help alleviate uncertainty by giving providers a guide to focus on the key technologies.: ...
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Storage Solutions: Storage and the Medical Record Taxonomy
Laura DuBois, Scott Lundstrom, Natalya Yezhkova, Judy Hanover, Lynne A. Dunbrack
Dec 2009 - Doc # 221316      Industry Development and Models
This IDC study provides a detailed description of IDC's market taxonomy for the Storage and the Medical Record solution program. For 2009 and 2010, the taxonomy includes a series of individual functional healthcare application ...
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Allscripts Professional 9.0: A New Look for a Workhorse of an EMR
Judy Hanover, Lynne A. Dunbrack
Dec 2009 - Doc # HI221334      Perspective
This Health Industry Insights Perspective presents a description of the key functionality of Allscripts' Professional EHR product, version 9.0, and the benefits end users can expect to realize from the implementation of the new ...
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Best Practices: Lessons Learned from HIEs Actively Exchanging Health Information
Lynne A. Dunbrack
Dec 2009 - Doc # HI221301      Market Overview
This IDC Health Insights report examines best practices for the selection, implementation, and meaningful use of HIE technologies by enterprise and community HIEs. This report is based on research by Health Industry Insights th ...
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Google Sidewiki: In the Garden of Good and Evil
Lynne A. Dunbrack
Dec 2009 - Doc # HI220815      Perspective
This IDC Health Insights Perspective examines the implications of Google Sidewiki, which allows Web site visitors to annotate any Web page regardless of whether the site allows comments. This new Google Toolbar feature has crea ...
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Collaboration Cubed: Industry, Government, and Academia Working Together to Improve Health
Lynne A. Dunbrack, Judy Hanover
Oct 2009 - Doc # HI220219      Perspective
This Health Industry Insights Perspective examines two case studies involving an innovative and unique three-way collaboration between industry, government, and academia. The first case involves GE Healthcare, the Centers for D ...
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Best Practices: Eight Minutes to Change Their Lives
Judy Hanover, Lynne A. Dunbrack
Sep 2009 - Doc # HI219832      Market Overview
This Health Industry Insights report highlights how one specialty practice implemented a patient communication strategy using Health 2.0 and multimedia effectively. This report provides insights on how other physician practices ...
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Capitalizing on the Economic Stimulus Package Opportunities in Energy, Healthcare, and Broadband
Matt Davis, Lynne A. Dunbrack, Marcus Torchia
Aug 2009 - Doc # TB20090618      Event Proceeding
The U.S. economic stimulus plan presents new opportunities for a wide range of technology vendors, service providers, government entities, and other stakeholders. With Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) to be released in Jun ...
Genoptix: Delivering Value in a World of Increasing Complexity
Alan S. Louie, Ph.D., Lynne A. Dunbrack
Jul 2009 - Doc # HI219452      Perspective
This Health Industry Insights Perspective provides insights regarding how the diagnostic services company Genoptix is effectively differentiating itself in the marketplace and continuing to grow market share despite the current ...
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