Mark Sugrue (sha-grew) is a Director with PricewaterhouseCoopers based in Boston, MA. Mark offers over 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry. Mark provides strategic, operational and financial management consulting services to a wide range of healthcare organizations and has strong expertise in the provider, payer and vendor segments. Mark is a Registered Nurse and is a board certified Informatics Nurse. He has been nationally recognized for his expertise in healthcare information technology, patient safety and information Privacy and Security. He serves nationally as the Chair of the HIMSS Nursing Informatics Task Force and is a governing director for the Alliance for Nursing Informatics. Mark is a guest speaker at trade shows and professional conventions and has authored several articles. Mark also serves as faculty for a Healthcare Information Technology course he developed as part of a Doctorate in Nursing Practice curriculum.