Empowering Inclusive Leaders

Ed Gamache is the Director of Data Management with Health Current in Phoenix, Arizona, a state wide health information exchange organization. He has been serving in various leadership roles within the federal government and private sectors over the past thirty years and is the owner of Fourth Aim Advisers. He served in various executive roles with the Department of Veteran Affairs for 25 years, including Director of Ann Arbor VA from 1991-1997, where prepared our Summit’s emcee, Dr. Karen A. Johnson (Dr. J), for her role in healthcare administration. His experience also includes nearly 20 years in rural Michigan healthcare leadership roles, including Administrator of Deckerville Community Hospital and President/CEO of Harbor Beach Community Hospital. Ed also served as the President of the Michigan Critical Access Hospital Quality Network (MICAH) from its inception in2003 until March 2015. Under his leadership, MICAH achieved a national reputation as a leading organization for small rural hospital quality improvement. He is the recipient of the 2005 Michigan Center for Rural Health Loren O. Gettle Award for Outstanding Leadership and Commitment to Michigan’s rural residents, the Rural Hospital Champion Award from the U.S. Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, and a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition from Congresswoman Candice Miller. Ed currently lives in Fountain Hills, AZ with his wife Robin. He has three children and five grandchildren.