Dr. Josh Wymer is the Chief Health Information & Data Strategy Officer with the State of Missouri Health Data Consortium. He is also faculty for advanced informatics and executive leadership and contributes as a co-founder, advisor, and board member in the healthcare space. His previous roles include Chief Health Information Officer for the Defense Health Agency’s San Diego Market and Chief Nursing Informatics Office with Naval Medical Center San Diego and Regional Health Clinics. His other contributions during 20 years on active duty with the U.S. Navy include impactful leadership in surgical services and direct combat-zone field surgical support to joint special operations, multinational forces, and national tasking missions across three continents. He is a Fellow with the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE), and the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN) and a recognized advocate for human-centered design, digital health transformation, effective governance, sustainable change, and interprofessional teams.

Josh’s undergraduate degree in nursing is from Seattle University. He completed an M.S. in Nursing, Health Care Informatics, at the University of San Diego, an M.S. in Project Management from Granite State College, and an M.A. in Enterprise Strategic Planning from the U.S. Naval War College. His doctoral work in executive leadership was completed at Johns Hopkins University.