Robert Guajardo Email Address

Director of Platform Innovation

Cognosante is an information technology services company which provides health IT solutions, business process outsourcing services, and consulting.

Robert Guajardo is an expert in Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) systems in the US and is now expanding this knowledge for the UK Healthcare markets as well. Prior to joining GDIT, his entire career has been spent in software development, including leading and managing software engineering teams in both the commercial and federal healthcare IT space. Robert has over 26 years of Federal Healthcare IT experience working with the Defense Health Agency (DHS) supporting CHCS, AHLTA and TC2, Department of Veteran Affairs, as well as the Indian Health Service (IHS).Robert’s ongoing goal is to leverage his expertise in healthcare, business process analysis, database design and integration technologies, to help clients improve the quality of healthcare delivery while reducing costs and increasing efficiencies in healthcare data sharing and analysis. In 2010, Robert was encouraged to use his ability to communicate the organizations capabilities, and work closely with customers as a trusted solutions partner. He leveraged his ability to tailor technical healthcare IT discussions, as appropriate, to the particular audience. Having come from a healthcare focused IT background, he has the ability to dive into details and solution requirements to a greater depth than most HIT professionals can speak to.As a software architect and engineer Robert’s experience, while heavily in the Defense Health Agency arena, includes support and solution development with CHCS, TC2 and AHLTA, the VA VistA system as well as the IHS RPMS system. Software development, and maintenance projects included areas of Laboratory, Pharmacy, Pharmacy PDTS, Medical Record Tracking, Patient Admissions and Registration, Patient Appointment Scheduling, Emergency Department, Systems Interfacing and Data Sharing, Radiology, Order Entry, Mass Casualty System, TC2, Caché Conversion, CHCS Modernization, SSO/CM, TBI/BH, Purchased Care Claims Processing and CP&E Data Warehouse Development.