Debra McGrath, CRNP, Director of IT Services/Senior Vice President

Debra McGrath, CRNP, senior vice president, heads Coker Group's Technology service line. With a primary focus on clinical information technology, her role includes oversight of technology acquisition, implementation, and utilization in the ambulatory and inpatient setting. Under her oversight, the company provides technology support services to practices and healthcare entities across the nation.

A Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist and experienced Nurse Practitioner, Ms. McGrath spent much of her career in nursing before moving into management, and has dedicated years to healthcare-related academic pursuits. Ms. McGrath is an expert on applications in ambulatory settings, federally qualified and community health centers, nurse practitioner practice, patient data collection, warehousing and reporting, and handheld and wireless technologies.

Ms. McGrath holds a B.S.N. from West Chester University, an M.S.N. in Perinatal Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, and a post-masters certificate as a Family Nurse Practitioner, Wilmington College. She is Board Certified in Family Practice, American Nursing Credentialing Center.

She is a well-published author and experienced speaker presenting for associations and organizations throughout the country.

Jeffery Daigrepont, Director of Business Development/Senior Vice President

Jeffery Daigrepont, a senior vice president of Coker Group, specializes in health care automation, strategic planning, operations, and deployment of fully integrated information systems for medical practices and hospitals. A popular program speaker, Jeffery is frequently engaged by highly respected organizations across the nation. Accomplishments include the authorship of several publications, and Mr. Daigrepont is often interviewed in industry publications. For FY09, Daigrepont chairs the Ambulatory Information Systems Steering Committee of HIMSS. In addition, as the Ambulatory Committee liaison for FY09 to the ACEC planning Committee, he represents the HIMSS Ambulatory and AISC members. Daigrepont is certified as a Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems (CPHIMS) and is credentialed by the American Academy of Medical Management (AAMM) with an Executive Fellowship in Practice Management (EFMP) and Certified Administrator in Physician Management (CAPPM). To learn more about Coker technology services, contact Jeffery Daigrepont at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Hal Carr, Vice President

Hal Carr, a proven leader, consultant, and business information technology innovator, serves as vice president with Coker Group, working out of Coker's Dallas office. Mr. Carr has spent his career applying IT solutions to business problems. With over a decade in healthcare IT managing hospital information systems, payer systems and ambulatory EHR/PMS system solutions, he has a proven record of supplying strategic technology expertise, including the positioning and deployment of EHR/PMS systems in the ambulatory space to large-scale multi-specialty organizations.

Mr. Carr has a degree in English Literature from University of Kentucky and Computer Science from Purdue University. He is also the author of several IT implementation methodologies including a comprehensive EHR deployment process.