Chief Medical Information Officer and Medical Director

Baylor Health and Hospital System

Joseph H. Schneider, M.D., MBA, FAAP, serves as Baylor Health Care System's chief medical information officer (CMIO) and medical director of clinical information.

Throughout his career, Dr. Schneider successfully combined his interests in medicine and business. He received his medical degree from Emory University in Atlanta, GA., followed by a pediatric residency at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston. Dr. Schneider earned a master's of business administration from Columbia University, New York, NY, after graduating Magna cum Laude with a biopsychology major from St. Joseph's College, Philadelphia, PA. In 2005, he was a National Library of Medicine Medical Informatics Fellow and he is a Certified Professional in Health Information and Management.

Dr. Schneider is chair-elect of the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Clinical Information Technology and is a member of the board of directors of the Texas Pediatric Society. He is also the chairman of the Texas Medical Association Committee on Health Information Technology. Dr. Schneider was one of the original authors of the Continuity of Care Record Standard, which is now used in many electronic medical records (EMR) to exchange clinical information electronically. He has published numerous articles about the adoption and safe use of EMR and personal health records.

Prior to joining Baylor, Dr. Schneider served as CMIO at Children's Medical Center in Dallas.