Grace Waterford

Grace Waterford is a Senior Health Information Analyst at PeaceHealth, specializing in electronic medical record data quality, governance, and compliance. With a Master of Science from the University of Illinois Springfield, she leads regional data initiatives and conducts security assessments of EHRs to mitigate risk and ensure cross-system consistency.

Her professional focus is on leveraging massive amounts of health data to unearth insights that drive better healthcare operations and privacy protection. She has a forward-looking perspective on the future of data in the industry.

She believes Population Health Management will fully enter a predictive era by 2026, using real-time data to optimize interventions.