Dr. J. Marc Overhage is a results-focused healthcare executive who has grown successful, innovative, data-intensive healthcare organizations by capitalizing on opportunities he identified. He has demonstrated skill at creating cross-organizational collaboration, communication, and innovative business models. He is currently Chief Health Information Officer at Elevance Health, Inc. He is responsible for the design, development, and execution of the Elevance Health strategic vision, policy, and planning related to health information technology (HIT) in ways that optimize operational efficiency and clinical outcomes. Dr. Overhage has over 35 years of experience developing and implementing clinical and scientific systems and evaluating their value. His work focuses on developing, deploying, and evaluating clinical information systems, emphasizing clinical decision support and regional health information exchange. Before joining Elevance Health in 2020, he served as a Chief Medical Informatics Officer at Cerner and Siemens Health Services. In that role, he led innovation teams and provided clinical oversight for developing population health platforms. He previously worked at the Regenstrief Institute, where he created a community-wide electronic medical record (called the Indiana Network for Patient Care), which contains data from many sources, including laboratories, pharmacies, and hospitals in central Indiana. Over 104 acute care hospitals and over 22,000 physicians participate in the system, including inpatient and outpatient encounter data, laboratory results, immunization data, and other selected data. Dr. Overhage practiced for 20 years with experience in the inpatient and ambulatory settings and the emergency department. He has been recognized as a Master by the American College of Physicians.
Dr. Overhage is a graduate of Wabash College and the Indiana University School of Medicine, earning his Ph.D. in Biophysics and his MD. He completed his residency and fellowships at Indiana University, where he also served as Chief Resident in Medicine. He completed a fellowship in Health Services Research with an emphasis on Medical Informatics. Dr. Overhage is a fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics and the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics (IAHSI), and a Fellow of the National Academy of Medicine.