C. Peter Waegemann is the Vice President of mHealth Initiative Inc., a Boston-based not-for-profit organization promoting mHealth applications nationally and internationally.
Until February 2009 he was CEO of the Medical Records Institute, a Boston-based organization involved in applied research and functioning as an educational clearinghouse, as well as also the Executive Director of Center for Cell Phone Applications in HealthCare (C-PAHC).
Since the 1980s, he has been a visionary and promoter of electronic medical record systems (EMRs). Twenty-five years ago, he started the annual conference Toward an Electronic Patient Record (TEPR) that draws each year several thousand attendees. Waegemann defined EMRs, PHRs, and EHRs. Seven years ago, Waegemann became convinced that cell phones will become a major tool in healthcare and he is the former chair of MoHCA, the Mobile Healthcare Alliance.
He is considered an international leader in medical informatics with a special interest in electronic patient record systems, standards, networking, telemedicine, and the creation of the national information infrastructure. He is the most sought-after speaker on electronic health records, e-Health, and m-Health. In 2007, Waegemann was cited as one of 20 outstanding people who make healthcare better (HealthLeaders).
