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Bio · 50 words

Thomas Powell, MD MS, is a physician and career Chief Medical Information Officer with over twenty-five years in clinical, academic and industry leadership. He owns CMIO, LLC, which provides interim executive services, consultation and the Diagnostician method. He is the author of The Diagnostician (November 2026).

Bio · 100 words

Thomas Powell, MD MS, is a physician and applied clinical informaticist who has spent over twenty-five years in clinical, academic and industry leadership as a Chief Medical Information Officer. He owns CMIO, LLC, which provides interim executive services, consultation, project support, and the Diagnostician method, which applies the physician's clinical method to the health system itself. He speaks, writes and mentors physician informaticists nationally. His book, The Diagnostician: American Healthcare Is Sick, Misdiagnosed, and Getting Worse; It's Time to Call the Doctor, carries forewords by David Lubarsky, MD, MBA, and W. Ed Hammond, PhD.

Spoken introduction

Dr. Thomas Powell has spent over twenty-five years as a Chief Medical Information Officer, the physician responsible for making clinical technology actually serve patients. His new book, The Diagnostician, argues that American healthcare has been treated for twenty years without a diagnosis. Today he's going to make one.

Book facts

Title: The Diagnostician
Subtitle: American Healthcare Is Sick, Misdiagnosed, and Getting Worse; It's Time to Call the Doctor.
Author: Thomas Powell, MD MS
Forewords: David Lubarsky, MD, MBA; W. Ed Hammond, PhD
Publisher: CMIO, LLC Publishing
On sale: November 3, 2026
Editions: Kindle, paperback, hardcover, premium color hardcover

Interview topics
  • Why twenty years of health IT arrived without a diagnosis
  • The CMIO title versus the CMIO function
  • Governing AI the way we govern drugs
  • Alert fatigue as a patient-safety problem
  • What boards should ask about technology
  • The informatics workforce no one is training