Principals
Dr. James D. Blair, President and CEO, CHCER
James Blair, DPA, MHA, FACHE, FABCHS, is President and CEO of the Center for HealthCare Emergency Readiness (CHCER). Dr. Blair is a career-retired Army Colonel with 28 years of active service. His Army staff assignments included Chief of Education and Training, Office of the Army Surgeon General; other notable assignments included Chief of Staff of the 7th Medical Command and USAREUR Deputy Chief Surgeon for Medical Support Services. He served as Chief Executive Officer in hospitals ranging from Combat Field and Combat Evacuation, Medical Center, Medical System with 2 Medical Centers, and 11 community hospitals. Among his private sector experiences are Vice-President of Hospital Corporation of America, Middle East Ltd., independent healthcare consultant to Joint Commission International (JCI), an international healthcare consultant in the Middle East and Africa, and consultant to Native American Tribes under the Indian Sovereignty Act. His public sector experiences include Deputy Director, Operations, for the South Carolina Health and Human Services Finance Commission, as well as academic appointments to several universities. Dr. Blair is a member of the Upsilon Phi Delta National Honor Society in Health Administration and is the author of many articles, spanning many expert domains in healthcare. Dr. Blair also holds combat awards including the Purple Heart and Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Clusters.
Davis Blair, CHSS, CHSP, HACP
Davis Blair has twenty-five years of senior management positions with increasing responsibility in public and private, early stage and mature organizations, deep skills in the areas of market research and consulting, information system design, measurable marketing, and general management in emerging markets, particularly Asia/Pacific. Notable assignments include founding Chief Marketing Officer at Neoris, the second largest systems integration and IT outsourcing firm in the Latin America market, Group Vice President at Gartner Group, the leading IT consultancy, and General Manager of Asia Pacific for International Data Corporation (IDC), a leading supply-side market research firm for the High Tech industry.
Davis began his career as a Systems Analyst/MIS Manager at a 300-bed private hospital in Saudi Arabia, where he and his team developed a hospital administration system focused on financial reporting and medical records management, with modules for all Inpatient Services, Outpatient Clinics, Pharmacy, Laboratory, Imaging, and ER Services. He is a Certified HIPAA Security Specialist (CHSS), a Certified Healthcare Security Officer (CHSP), and a Healthcare Accreditation Certified Professional (HACP). After serving in Korea with the Army Security Agency, he majored in Management Information Systems.