Bilal Hashmat is the president, CEO, and co-founder of CureMD, a company that pioneered SMART Cloud technology in the 1990s. Today, CureMD provides specialty electronic medical records, practice management, patient engagement and population health solutions that transform the clinical, administrative and financial operations of healthcare organizations. Over a period of two decades, Hashmat has established himself as the leading innovator in the world of Health Information Technology. Hashmat studied economics at City University New York (1988-1992). He worked with the Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and managed to develop usability guidelines for patient safety (later adopted by the American Medical Informatics Association). Hashmat is on a mission to help providers deliver better care with ease. And he knows how to get there.