Andy Heeren

Senior Director, Public Health

Andy Heeren has over 25 years of extensive experience in the field and currently serves as the Senior Director of Public Health for Netsmart. His daily responsibilities include leveraging his decades-long expertise to position the myInsight solution to deliver long-term public health client value through effective solution strategy, implementation, and support. Andy brings a wealth of knowledge acquired over his career, focusing on areas such as enabling public health program content development and maintenance, public health clinical and organizational workflows, program and operational reporting and analytics, billing and finance, and connections with value-add solutions to ensure public health organizations are fully equipped to address the needs of their respective communities. Before joining Netsmart, Andy held the position of Senior Director, Network Intellectual Property at Cerner Corporation (now Oracle Health). In this role, he not only demonstrated his profound understanding of the industry but also played a pivotal role in product strategy ownership, industry standards creation, and software development management aimed at facilitating health care data interoperability. Andy's tenure at Cerner also saw him serve as the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors for DirectTrust, a non-profit trade alliance dedicated to enabling technical trust and confidence in the national secure exchange of health information, further underscoring his commitment and leadership in the healthcare domain. Back

Recent articles from this author

Expanding Access to Care for Better Public Health

Thursday, April 06 | Thought Leadership,Human Services,Netsmart in the Community

Barriers to mental health and substance use services continue to be challenging, as the demand for care continues to rise. In fact, 28% of those seeking mental health care and 22% seeking substance use care are unable to find a conveniently located provider, which can be particularly difficult in rural areas. Hear three strategies public health organizations can implement to improve outcomes, boost access to services and increase staff satisfaction.

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Contactless Consumer Engagement: Meeting the New Expectation

Friday, May 14 | Thought Leadership

As we begin to transition into a post-COVID world through vaccination rollouts, there is one “new normal” that is likely to stick: a shift in consumer engagement and expectation regarding convenient, no-contact scheduling.

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