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I was asked for a short bio for a speaking engagement.  This is what I sent:

James L. Holly, MD, is the Founder and CEO of SETMA (www.jameslhollymd.com) a multi-specialty practice which adopted EHR in 1998 and developed extensive disease management and clinical decision support  tools.

SETMA is a HIMSS  Davies Award winner, an NCQA Tier III Patient-Center Medical Home (2010-2019), an accredited medical home by Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Healthcare (2010-2017), a Joint Commission accredited ambulatory and PC-MH (2014-2020) and a URAC PC-MH 2014-2017 and an awardee of the highest level of HIMSS stories of Success.

Dr. Holly writes and speaks extensively on healthcare public policy, informatics and the transformation of healthcare.  All of these publications are posted at www.jameslhollymd.com.  

Dr. Holly also prepared a 4,000 page manual for CMS’ Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative (TCPI).  It can be reviewed at

http://jameslhollymd.com/transforming-your-practice/introduction-to-setmas-tcpi-library

Dr. and Mrs. Holly endowed a PC-MH Distinguished Chair at UT Health San Antonio, a Distinguished Visiting Professor Lectureship in PC-MH and a Primary Care Institute, also at UT Health San Antonio.

In 2016, Dr. Holly received the inaugural award for PC-MH from the PC-PCC.  In 2012, Dr. Holly was awarded the HIMSS’ Physician IT Leadership Award.

Dr. Holly is an Adjunct Professor at UT Health San Antonio in the School of Medicine Family and Community Department. Brief summaries of Dr. Holly’s and of SETMA’s “achievements, advances, awards and accreditations can be viewed at the following two links:

http://jameslhollymd.com/Accreditations/achievements-which-have-advanced-setma

http://jameslhollymd.com/Accreditations/accreditations

In a letter of transmittal for a gift to the Dr. & Mrs. James L. Holly Distinguished Chair for Patient-Centered Medical Home the President of the company said:

“Our organization works with thousands of physicians across the country and with dozens of physician leaders…Dr. Holly is in a league by himself.  His energy, passion, and unrelenting commitment to improving the quality of healthcare is without equal in my experience.”

(The complete text of this lettet can be read at:

http://jameslhollymd.com/in-the-news/pdfs/Letter-of-Transmittal-for-Support-of-Holly-Distinguished-Professorship-Universal-American.pdf)