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Itay Klaz, MD, MHCI
Medical Director
Wolters Kluwer
Itay Klaz, MD, MHCI, is responsible for directing clinical efforts toward the development, implementation and support of Wolters Kluwer suite of surveillance software solutions, primarily focusing on Sepsis Monitor. Dr. Klaz is a clinical informatician, dermatologist, and a former military surgeon. He has specialized in the convergence of enterprise-level Electronic Health Records, EHR interoperability, health care data science, clinical governance, patient outreach, risk, value-based care models, and provider engagement.
Dr. Klaz earned his doctor of medicine and bachelor of science degrees from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, his master of health care informatics from the University of San Diego and is a certified AMIA health informatics diplomat. He has served in various leadership positions as CMIO, SVP of Clinical Informatics, and Medical Director of HIT.