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Dr. Ajit Dhavle is the Vice President of Health IT Audits and Life Science at Quandary Peak Research, where he oversees a team of health informatics experts to provide Strategy, Management, Product Management, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Patient Safety, Compliance, and Engineering Consulting and Audit services to both Government and Commercial entities.
Previously, Ajit founded Adviva Health, Inc a SaaS prescription medication history reconciliation and analytics platform designed to streamline the medication experience for EHR users.
Ajit joined Surescripts in its early years and helped replace the paper prescription and start the first National E-prescribing network. At Surescripts, he last served as the Vice President of Clinical Quality and was responsible for corporate clinical quality, patient safety, and quality research initiatives. While at Surescripts, he also built and ran the first-of-its kind enterprise-wide clinical quality program – a critical component of company’s e-prescribing business solutions – to help prescribers, pharmacies, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), and healthcare system organizations achieve the three fundamental pillars of e-prescribing: accuracy, efficiency, and patient safety.
Summary of Qualifications
Innovative healthcare technology leader and chief problem solver:
Consulting clients include major EHR vendors, pharmacy vendors, pharmaceutical manufacturers, Health and Human Services (HHS) and the ONC (Office of National Coordinator for Health IT) on matters involving Health IT Software Development Lifecycle, Software Quality, Standards, Usability, Patient Safety Risk Compliance and Best Practices, Regulatory affairs, and Standards implementation.
Created the first nation-wide e-prescribing continuous quality improvement program to measure, monitor and improve the quality of e-prescriptions in the U.S.
Built and successfully deployed Adviva Health, a SAAS prescription medication history reconciliation and analytics platform, to streamline the user EHR medication experience.
Track record of successful implementations of large-scale HIT programs and solutions that introduce efficiencies, drive customer satisfaction and growth, and enhance revenues.
Areas of Expertise
Patient Safety
Business Development Innovation
Product Strategy
Product Management
Program Management Revenue Growth
Pharmacy Management Systems Electronic Prescribing (e-Rx)
Electronic Health Records (EHRs) Process Improvement
Operational Improvement Healthcare Systems Integration Data Analytics
Healthcare Technology Optimization Health Information Exchange
E-Medication History
Formulary and Benefit Eligibility
Prescriber & Pharmacy Workflows
E-Prior Authorization (e-PA)
Meaningful Use
Clinical Interoperability
Clinical Terminology
Health Information Technology (HIT) standards
Health Informatics
Litigation Consulting
Zachary Schaible v. PorterCare Adventist Health System |
Jurisdiction: District Court of CO, Denver County
Case Number: 2024CV32485
Counsel: eliteXprts
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
Parents of Sophia Birdsall v. Kettering Medical Center |
Jurisdiction: OH Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County
Case Number: 2022 CV 04144
Counsel: eliteXprts
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
Estate of Christopher John Arroyo v. Sariye Savci, Hackensack University Medical Center |
Jurisdiction: Superior Court of NJ, Essex County
Case Number: ESX-L-7679-22
Counsel: Walsh Pizzi O’Reilly Falanga LLP
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
Parents of James Ace Whitson v. Presbyterian Healthcare Services |
Jurisdiction: State of NM, County of Santa Fe
Case Number: D-101-CV-202201576
Counsel: Wheeler Trig O’Donnell LLP
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
Ann Walas, Executor of the Estate of Robert Walas v. Trinity Medical Center |
Jurisdiction: Circuit Court of the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit of IL, Rock Island County
Case Number: 2019 L 6
Counsel: Bozeman, Neighbour, Patton & Noe, LLP
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
Bell, Nedra E. v. Bailey, Latoya, et al. |
Jurisdiction: Orleans Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans, LA
Case Number: 202000681
Counsel: Bieser Jones Walker LLP
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
Shirley Carroll, Estate of David B. Carroll v. Kettering Adventist Health Care Network |
Jurisdiction: Common Pleas Court of OH, Montgomery County
Case Number: 2021 CV 00559
Counsel: Bieser Greer
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
Covid Testing Today, NRJY Inc v. Flow Health Laboratories, LLC, and Signal Diagnostics, LLC |
Jurisdiction: JAMS Arbitration
Case Number: 5210000247
Counsel: Hochfelsen & Kani
Nature of Suit: Arbitration, Breach-of-Contract
Teri Ginnan, Estate of Edward J. Ginnan, IV, Deceased v. Tanmay P. Patwa, M.D., Southwest Infectious Disease Associates, and Silver Cross Hospital and Medical Centers |
Jurisdiction: Circuit Court of Illinois, Twelfth Judicial Circuit, Will County
Case Number: 20 L 509
Counsel: Langhenry, Gillen, Lundquist & Johnson, LLC
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
Patricia Natiss v. Kenneth Natiss |
Jurisdiction: Stamford Superior Court
Case Number: FST-cv21-5024830-S
Counsel: Cohen and Wolf, P.C.
Nature of Suit: Divorce Settlement
Lena Williams v. Kaiser |
Jurisdiction: California
Case Number: 17508
Counsel: Williams Law Firm
Nature of Suit: Breach of Contract, Medical Malpractice, Arbitration
Pioneer Rx, LLC v. Danwins, LLC |
Jurisdiction: Louisiana Western District
Case Number: 5:21-cv-01738
Counsel: Kirkland & Ellis, LLP
Nature of Suit: Trade Secret
Arianne McCain v. Northwestern Memorial Healthcare., et. al. |
Jurisdiction: Circuit Court, Cook County Illinois
Counsel: Motherway & Napleton, LLP
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
Health IT System: Epic
Review and analyze electronic health records, audit trails, and InBasket messages
Joao Martins v. Michael Curi, M.D., et. al. |
Jurisdiction: Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division: Middlesex County
Counsel: Farkas & Donohue, LLC
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
Health IT System: Sunrise McKesson (Now Allscripts)
Review and analyze electronic health records, audit trails, to determine edits made to clinical notes.
Brady and Macy Ingram v. Cerner Corporation |
Jurisdiction: Circuit Court Of Jefferson County, Alabama
Counsel: Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, LLP
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
Health IT System: Cerner
Review and analyze electronic health records, system configurations, and system generated artifacts along with internal development documents to determine the nature of microbiology laboratory results display.
Sarah Trotta v. Community Health Network, et. al. |
Jurisdiction: Marion County Indiana Superior Court
Counsel: Zeigler Cohen & Koch
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
Health IT System: Epic
Review and analyze electronic health records and EHR configurations for display of laboratory results.
Andrew Puglisi v. Maria N. Musso, D.O., et. al. |
Jurisdiction: Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Queens
Counsel: Bamundo Zwal Schermerhorn & Caffrey, LLP
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
Health IT System: eClinicalWorks (eCW)
Review and analyze electronic health records, audit logs, and determine what information has been shared and with whom.
Tony L. Sylvester v. University of S. Alabama Health Services Foundation et. al. (representing named defendant, Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings) |
Assisting with the review of produced electronic health record information relevant to the case and providing analysis regarding industry standards for integration of electronic laboratory results into electronic health record software.
Estate of David Rose and Carol Ann Rose v. Medical Information Technology Inc |
Jurisdiction: Superior Court of New Jersey
Counsel: Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
Nature of Suit: Medical Malpractice
Perform forensic analysis to evaluate and recreate medication prescription generation and transmission of prescriptions to pharmacies. Review and analyze electronic health record audit logs, system configurations, and system generated artifacts.
Management, Audits, & Compliance Consulting
MAK-SYSTEM Group |
Provide training to MAK-SYSTEM personnel to prepare for FDA audit including content, audit process, and preparedness strategies. Perform a mock audit utilizing the FDA’s Quality Systems Guide to Inspections of Quality Systems. Based on QSR and other applicable 21 CFR Part 800 and ISO 13485 requirements. Will incorporate applicable FDA guidance such as General Principles of Software Validation; Final Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff (2002) and the ISO 14971 and 62304 standards.
MedAdvisor Solutions |
Lead a team of expert Management consultants to provide Strategy, Due Diligence and SDLC consulting services.
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Electronic Health Modernization (EHRM) Integration Office (IO) and MITRE Corporation |
Provide SME services focussed on VA Prescribing and Pharmacy workflows and make process and enhancement recommendations
Bluesight, Inc |
Lead a team of expert Management consultants to perform management advisory services related to assessment of effectiveness of organizational strategy as executed through technology processes and functions, people, structure, and culture.
REMS–Data, Quality, Process and Systems Review | CLIENT CONFIDENTIAL |
Performing independent, internal data, quality, process and systems review for a major FDA-regulated REMS (Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies) program and for a popular generic medication with serious side effects. Includes 21 CFR Part 11 compliance review, review of software development, architecture, requirements, documentation, testing and validation; review of annual report data and assisting with responses to FDA inquiries.
Greenway Health |
Performing consultation regarding compliance and regulatory matters for Certified Health IT software.
Integra Connect |
Performing gap analysis and recommendations for improving compliance with CEHRT regulations for Certified Health IT software.
Electronic Health Record Vendor | CLIENT CONFIDENTIAL |
Developing guidance to meet CEHRT regulations with a focus on software governance and quality management systems; drafting policies and procedures that combine agile processes with regulatory governance requirements. Reviewing source code and issue tracking records to identify potential regulatory issues.
eClinicalWorks, LLC and the Office of the Inspector General of HHS Software Quality Oversight Organization, Team Lead |
Led a team of 15 serving as the Software Quality and Oversight Organization (SQOO) under the Corporate Integrity Agreement between eClinicalWorks LLC and the Office of the Inspector General of the United States Department of Health and Human Services dated May 30, 2017. Served as an independent audit and oversight organization covering a technical review of EHR software and development processes as it relates to patient safety. The project included software process and source code review, including review of past issues, recommendations for risk and quality management systems, design controls, improvements to software development and testing processes, code review and manual and automated code quality analysis.
Press Release: EHR Vendor Pays $155M to Settle FCA Allegations
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality | Rockville, MD |
Analyzed current industry Prior Authorization (PA) workflows and standardized clinical PA questions to create an electronic question database for standards creation.
National Library of Medicine | Bethesda, MD |
Analyzed the RxNorm clinical drug terminology and assessed the scope, feasibility, and integration into existing pharmacy and provider e-prescribing workflows.
Research Projects
NCPDP Foundation Research Grant |
A research project pertaining to RxChange Request and Response Transactions. The research will inform best practices to further enhance adoption and optimization of these transactions.
Ajit brings a great deal of energy, enthusiasm and professionalism to Surescripts. Ajit is always looking for opportunities to improve in the work that he does for Surescripts and he is always validating that he is focused on the areas that will have the most impact on the business. Ajit is an individual that will take on any project and you can always be confident that it will be done on time and in a high quality manner.
Rick RatliffManaging Director and CEO | MedAdvisor Solutions
Ajit is a uniquely talented and intelligent HIT professional. I look forward to following his accomplishments.
I have worked closely with Dr. Dhavle since 2006 on two strategically significant research projects that RAND and Surescripts have partnered on. Ajit served as our primary contact at Surescripts for their participation in these projects, which were investigating the role of advanced standards for electronic prescribing transactions. He has deep knowledge, both of the technology and of pharmacy practice, he is an excellent communicator, and he has been able to coordinate action within the Surescripts organization to deliver the results that we needed for the project. In short, Ajit has proven to be an outstanding and highly effective collaborator.
Douglas Bell, MD PhDProfessor at UCLA School of Medicine
Rebeca Morse specializes in managing complex software litigation cases and developing efficient legal processes. With expertise in case management, client communication, and team leadership, she ensures high-quality outcomes while maintaining strict confidentiality. She works closely with clients to ensure project goals are met and expectations are exceeded.
Luis Padilla provides insight from expertise in hardware design and software development. Holding a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, he has acquired knowledge in various technology domains, including firmware, embedded systems, cloud computing, and cellular protocols. Paired with strong communication skills, Luis excels at making complex technical concepts digestible for non-technical people.
Dr. Jae Young Bang is a Senior Computer Scientist and the Director of Software Development with over a decade of experience in software engineering. He currently serves as a testifying expert and source code reviewer in software litigation including patent/copyright infringement and breach-of-contract matters. Jae also leads software research and development efforts.
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Award-winning computer scientist and software engineer Dr. Iman Sadeghi specializes in delivering expert reports, declarations, and testimony as well as source code analysis for software litigation. He has been published in prestigious peer-reviewed scientific journals and conferences and brings a wealth of experience from his tenure at tech giants such as Google, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and ILM.
As a developer and CTO, Jason Frankovitz has been in the trenches of technology for 30 years. He has worked as a programmer, software development manager, technical analyst, CTO, and mentor in a wide variety of industries including social media, digital entertainment, and online advertising.
Alicia Morton Farlese is a retired Captain serving twenty-six years in the United States Navy Nurse Corps, and was a senior leader in national health IT policy at the US Dept. of Health and Human Services. Dr. Farlese assists clients in meeting Health IT regulations, including Information Blocking requirements of the Cures Act.
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