David Yakimischak
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
CHIEF QUALITY OFFICER
David Yakimischak is Senior Vice President and Chief Quality
Officer. In this capacity, Mr. Yakimischak leads the new Quality
Office at Surescripts. Mr. Yakimischak ensures the quality of the
end-to-end e-prescribing process - from the time a prescription is
first considered by a prescriber to the time the medication is
dispensed to the patient and all intermediate points. The Quality
Office incorporates technical, clinical and six sigma capabilities
into its programs and analyses. In addition to his focus on the
Surescripts network, Mr. Yakimischak works with all network
participants involved in the end-to-end e-prescribing
process.
From 2006 to 2009, and prior to his role in the Quality Office,
Mr. Yakimischak was EVP & Chief Technology Officer for
Surescripts (legacy Virginia operation) where he was responsible
for product development, product management, technical operations,
implementation and certification, and customer support.
Mr. Yakimischak has 25 years of experience in technology
management and product development in the healthcare, financial and
publishing industries.
From 1999 to 2002, Mr. Yakimischak was the CTO at
MedicaLogic/Medscape, a leading provider of electronic medical
record (EMR) software and developer of the leading clinical
reference Web site for physicians and medical professionals. He
played an important role in taking the company from early start-up
through an IPO, a merger with two other healthcare companies and,
finally, through its acquisition by WebMD and GE Medical Systems
(now GE Healthcare). Mr. Yakimischak was responsible for all
technology, including development, operations, information
technology and business systems.
Prior to his work with MedicaLogic/Medscape, Mr. Yakimischak
served as the director of product development at Dow Jones
Interactive where he worked to transform the Wall Street Journal
and Dow Jones News Retrieval into a leading supplier of news and
information via the Web. He had responsibility for product
development, project management, quality assurance, technical
support and consulting services.
Mr. Yakimischak started his career at Merrill Lynch Canada, where
he was responsible for telecommunications and datacenter
operations.
Mr. Yakimischak has served on the editorial advisory board of
InfoWorld magazine, is a founding member of the CTO Club in New
York City and studied computer science and engineering at the
University of Toronto.
