Nicholas Appolonia is a clinical informaticist, clinician in surgical medicine as a first assistant and subject matter expert. He brings medical experience, expertise, and knowledge to the Defense Health Agency (DHA), Military Health System (MHS), Veterans Health, Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), State Health Reform, local community and commercial healthcare environments.
He has over 15 years of health care, health policy and health information systems experience both at the operational and corporate levels with his combination of technical skills derived from his military, civilian, clinical and administrative background in perioperative surgical nursing as a surgical first assistant and his experience in the arena of software design, development and implementation.
Nick served eight years of military service in the United States Army as a Operating Room Surgical Nurse and also as a Official Command Trainer for the 10th Mountain Division Army Training Brigade providing Medical Training Operations for Combat Medics and Convoy Operations. He is the former Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) and Principal of Healthcare Informatics with SAIC Health Solutions Business Unit (now Leidos) supporting the Military Health System Operations, managing and sustaining the largest health record for the Department of Defense as systems integrator. He supported AHLTA, CHCS, the AHLTA Sustainment and Integration project and all Tricare Management Activity projects enhancing clinical delivery, readiness, interoperability and sustainment as a trusted advisor and partner.