Professional Experience
Mr. du Pont provides business and technology strategy, planning and management services, and policy and communications advice to clients in the healthcare industry, with an emphasis on health information technology.
Prior to joining Manatt Health Solutions, Mr. du Pont served two years with the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). While at ONC, Mr. du Pont analyzed and supported regional, multi-stakeholder collaborations engaged in the secure, accurate, and timely exchange of health information to improve the quality, safety, and efficiency of healthcare delivery. Mr. du Pont also worked on the effort to develop a nationwide health information network that will provide an interoperable, standards-based architecture for the secure exchange of healthcare information across the country.
Prior to his services at ONC, Mr. du Pont was a Program Manager at the Foundation for the eHealth Initiative where he worked on the Connecting Communities for Better Health program, which provided seed funding and hands-on support to multi-stakeholder collaborations using health information exchange and other information technology tools.
Before working with the Foundation, Mr. du Pont served as a Program Officer for the Department of Commerce’s Technology Opportunities Program, a matching grant program that supported community-based efforts to use technology to improve the delivery of healthcare and other vital human services.
Education
Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs, M.I.A., 1994.
Duke University, B.A., Political Science, cum laude, 1989.
Honors & Awards
Bronze Medal for Superior Service, U.S. Department of Commerce, 2000.
Publications
Co-Author, “HEALTH IT: Supporting Health-Center IT Investments Through Medicare and Medicaid,” Health Affairs Blog, December 5, 2007.
Contributor, “State Level Health Information Exchange: Roles in Ensuring Governance and Advancing Interoperability,” Preliminary 2007 Findings from State Level HIE Consensus Project, prepared for U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, September 28, 2007.
Co-Author, Summary Document Regarding Development and Adoption of a National Health Information Network, Department of Health and Human Services, 2005.
Speaking Engagements
Speaker, “Examining State Level HIE Entities and Key Roles: Analysis of Field Research,” Roles for State Level Public-Private Partnerships – A Consensus Conference, State RHIO Consensus Project, Washington, DC, November 5, 2007.
Speaker, “Financing a HIT Investment,” Health IT: A Rural Provider’s Roadmap to Quality National Meeting, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Rural Health Policy, Kansas City, MO, September 22, 2006.
Panelist, “The Role of Consultants and Vendors in the Health Information Technology Movement in the United States,” The Health Information Technology (HIT) Symposium at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, July 18, 2006.
Speaker, “Health Information Exchange 101: Multi-Stakeholder State, Regional and Community-Based Collaboratives,” to a delegation of Japanese officials from NTT DATA Corporation hosted by the eHealth Initiative, July 5, 2006.
Panelist, “Establishing a Foundation for Medicaid’s Role in Supporting the Adoption of Health Information Technology,” University of Massachusetts Medical School’s Center for Health Policy and Research, May 26, 2006.
Speaker, “Health IT 102: ONC’s National Framework,” Government Accountability Office, May 5, 2006.
Speaker, “eHealth Workshop: Identity Management and Regional Health Care Collaborations,” Liberty Alliance, April 26, 2006.
Speaker, “5th Annual Telehealth Leadership Conference: Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIO) Panel ,” Center For Telehealth & eHealth Law, March 6, 2006.
Speaker, “Telehealth: The Time Has Come,” Department of Health and Human Services, Office for the Advancement of Telehealth, January 30, 2006.
Speaker, “Health Information Technology in Community Health Centers,” Harvard Interfaculty Program for Health Systems Improvement, November 8, 2005.
Between January 2002 and October 2005, Mr. du Pont spoke regularly on various health IT topics.
