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Tom Leary

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Tom Leary is Vice President, Government Relations, at HIMSS, the largest U.S. cause-based, not-for-profit healthcare association focused on the optimal use of information technology and management systems for the betterment of healthcare.

He leads the organization's public policy initiatives and outreach to Congress and Federal agencies. Leary had served as HIMSS' Senior Director of Federal Affairs since 2003, directing HIMSS' public policy activities with federal agencies, including analysis and response to federal regulatory requirements and leveraging HIMSS member subject matter expertise in health IT public policy development.

Leary has spent a good portion of his career in Washington on federal healthcare policy and regulation development. His experience includes work both inside and outside of government. Prior to his arrival at HIMSS, Leary was a Division Manager for Science Applications International Corporation's TRICARE Division, where he was engaged in the coordination of healthcare administrative outsourcing solutions for the Military Health System.

He began his career in 1992 as a staff assistant to Rep. Les Aspin (D-WI). He moved to the Pentagon with the Aspin team, where he served as a Clinton Administration political appointee at the Defense Department in the Office of the Secretary of Defense Legislative Affairs office as staff assistant, then as Special Assistant for Health Care Policy. In 1997, he expanded his focus on federal healthcare policy as the Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, serving on the Assistant Secretary's senior management team that addressed medical readiness and peacetime healthcare delivery for the Military Health System.

Leary obtained his bachelor's degree in History/Political Science from Rutgers University and his master's degree in 
Legislative Affairs from The George Washington University.

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  • About HRBA
    • HRBA Overview
    • Advisory Board >
      • William Yasnoff
      • Marion Ball
      • David Bennett
      • Mark Branning
      • Robert Brown
      • James T. Canedy
      • Camille Casteel
      • Ann Cavoukian
      • David Challoner
      • Jack Dillenberg
      • B. P. Fulmer
      • Ernst Hafen
      • Edmund Haislmeier
      • Richard Hodge
      • John Hoff
      • David B. Kendall
      • Mayor W.J. "Jim" Lane
      • Tom Leary
      • Richard Marks
      • Denni McColm
      • Bill Montgomery
      • Sherman J. Muller
      • Dave Roberts
      • Fran Roberts
      • Amnon Shabo
      • Edward H. Shortliffe
      • John Shufeldt
      • Latanya Sweeney
      • Manfred Sternberg
      • Peter Szolovits
      • Brad Tritle
    • Patient and Family Advisory Council
    • HRBA Officers
    • Contact Us
  • Resources
    • HRBA Overview Video
    • HRBs Add value to HIEs >
      • How to Build a Lifetime Health Record
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    • Patient Privacy Principles
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      • 2014 EHR Certification
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