What We Heard at the Civitas 2026 Annual Conference

The Civitas Networks for Health Annual Conference brings together leaders from health information exchanges, health collaboratives, government, and across the healthcare ecosystem to discuss the future of health data and interoperability. We caught up with several of these leaders at the conference to get their perspectives on the biggest issues facing healthcare data today, from interoperability and data quality to rural health, Medicaid, AI, and the evolving role of HIEs and other healthcare infrastructure.

Check out the conversations below for a quick look at some of the key topics and ideas coming out of Civitas 2026.

Salim Kizaraly, Co-Founder and Head of Growth at NinePatch

Brad Porter, CEO at Orion Health

Dan Chavez, CEO at Serving Communities HIO (SCHIO)

Jolie Ritzo, CEO at Civitas Networks for Health

Margaret Tiedemann, Consultant at Freedman Healthcare

Martin Cody, SVP Sales and Growth at 4medica

Nick Orser, Senior Director, Solution Consulting at Verato

Norm Thurston, Executive Director at NAHDO

Rachel Warnock, Director of Marketing at J2 Interactive

Thanks to Civitas for having Healthcare IT Today at the event and to everyone who took time to talk with us and share their insights and perspectives.  What do you think of what they shared?

The Civitas Networks for Health Annual Conference brings together leaders from health information exchanges, health collaboratives, government, and across the healthcare ecosystem to discuss the future of health data and interoperability. We caught up with several of these leaders at the conference to get their perspectives on the biggest issues facing healthcare data today, from interoperability and data quality to rural health, Medicaid, AI, and the evolving role of HIEs and other healthcare infrastructure.

Check out the conversations below for a quick look at some of the key topics and ideas coming out of Civitas 2026.

Salim Kizaraly, Co-Founder and Head of Growth at NinePatch

Brad Porter, CEO at Orion Health

Dan Chavez, CEO at Serving Communities HIO (SCHIO)

Jolie Ritzo, CEO at Civitas Networks for Health

Margaret Tiedemann, Consultant at Freedman Healthcare

Martin Cody, SVP Sales and Growth at 4medica

Nick Orser, Senior Director, Solution Consulting at Verato

Norm Thurston, Executive Director at NAHDO

Rachel Warnock, Director of Marketing at J2 Interactive

Thanks to Civitas for having Healthcare IT Today at the event and to everyone who took time to talk with us and share their insights and perspectives.  What do you think of what they shared?