Colin Hung

Co-Founder

Toronto, Ontario Canada

Judge

Mentor

About Me

Co-creator and Moderator of the most popular tweetchat in healthcare, #HCLDR. Colin Hung has enjoyed a 20 year career in software and information technology, the last 10 years in the healthcare IT industry. He has helped to design and launch over a dozen health and healthcare related products including solutions for: infection control, risk management, claims processing, electronic health records, performance improvement, patient feedback and patient engagement. Colin lives and works in his hometown of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is actively involved in the healthcare community. He not only hosts #hcldr, but is also a regular participant in #hcsmca and #HITsm tweetchats. As well, Colin is a member of Hacking Health, an organization dedicated to improving healthcare through collaborative innovation. Colin helped to author the Taxonomy Monograph as part of ASHRMs Data for Safety Taxonomy Task Force, has participated in several overseas healthcare IT missions, been a keynote speaker at many patient safety/engagement conferences and is member of The Walking Gallery (http://reginaholliday.blogspot.ca/2011/04/walking-gallery.html). Colin holds a Bachelors of Applied Science (Mechanical Engineering) from the University of Waterloo. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the province of Ontario and is passionate about improving healthcare.