AC GROUP - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Analyst
• Associate Sr. Consultant / AC Group Boston
• Marketing Expert

Dr. Neil Bernstein is an internationally recognized analyst and a marketing expert. He specializes in Electronic Health Records for group practices, educating providers and aligning provider and staff expectations with commercial capabilities. Additionally, Dr. Bernstein conducts research for vendors and users on business aspects of healthcare delivery, including: Managed Care Information Systems (MCIS), Third Party Administration (TPA) and Cost Trend Analysis for Healthcare Payers. Dr. Bernstein has a very diverse background in academia, research, standards, software, analysis and marketing.

Job Titles:

• Research Analyst
• Research
• VP for Clinical Services

Lorraine Casagrande is a Research Analyst specializing in Electronic Health Record and Clinical Information System markets. Lorraine has spent more than twenty years working with healthcare organizations in the planning, implementation, and operations of Information Technology to support core business objectives. Lorraine Casagrande is a Research Analyst, based in Dallas, TX, specializing in Electronic Health Record and Clinical Information System markets. Lorraine has spent more than twenty years working with healthcare organizations in the planning, implementation, and operations of Information Technology to support core business objectives. Prior to joining AC Group in 2004, Lorraine spent 8 years with Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting) as a Business Operations Consultant and Senior Research Analyst in Application Management. Prior to Accenture, Lorraine served as Project Leader in leading Pennsylvania and Texas hospitals installing applications from ADT/Financials and HIS through Bedside Documentation systems. Educational background includes Washington Hospital School of Nursing, The Pennsylvania State University, and Computer Systems Institute. Lorraine worked in Medical-Surgical Nursing and Psychiatry previous to her Information Services career. Lorraine analyzes competitor vendors within the healthcare ambulatory EHR market (electronic health record):

Job Titles:

• CEO

Mr. Mark Anderson, CEO of AC Group, Inc. is one of the nation's premier IT research futurists dedicated to health care. He is one of the leading national speakers on healthcare and physician practices and has spoken at more than 850 conferences and meetings since 2000. He has spent the last 37+ years focusing on Healthcare - not just technology questions, but strategic, policy, and organizational considerations. For the past eight years, Mr. Anderson has spent the majority of time in the evaluation, selection, and ranking of vendors in the PM/EHR healthcare marketplace and during those seven years has published a semi-annual report on the Digital Medical Office of the Future. His EHR evaluation decision tool has been used by more than 25,000 physicians since 2002. Besides serving at the CEO of AC Group, Mr. Anderson served as the interim CIO for the Taconic IPA, VP of healthcare for META Group, Inc., the Chief Information Officer (CIO) with West Tennessee Healthcare, the Corporate CIO for the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Health System, the Corporate Internal IT Consultant with the Sisters of Providence (SOP) Hospitals, and the Executive Director for Management Services for Denver Health and Hospitals and Harris County Hospital District. Mr. Anderson's expertise includes:

Job Titles:

• Healthcare Strategist

Michael Paquin is well recognized as a leading Healthcare Strategist. His insight and innovation to device connectivity into the EMR have been acknowledged by Microsoft, Frost & Sullivan, TEPR and TETHIC. Previously as the President of Midmark Diagnostic Group ( Brentwood ), Mr. Paquin was the first to develop an innovative strategy for integrating medical devices into over 70 EMRs. With 30+ years experience in working with Physicians, he brings a unique perspective addressing the needs of the back office as they relate to the paperless office. Previosuly served as Chair with MSHUG, (Microsoft Healthcare Users Group) and most recently as V.P. of one of the nations largest Healthcare Information Organization, Mr. Paquin utilizes this unique insight to build well thought out strategies for Healthcare.

Prior Experience SureCare, Inc. Chairman/CEO. Distributed healthcare company linking goods distribution with disease management through a coaching model call center. Inpatient Management Partners, Inc. President/COO of hospitalist and disease management company employing and contracting with over 130 physicians in five states.