Laura McCrary, EdD, is founding Executive Director/CEO of the Kansas Health Information Network (KONZA), which provides analytic and health information exchange solutions to providers, patients and health plans. KONZA's new products focus on improving health access, evaluating health care quality and transforming health data into format that support value-based payment models, medical research and clinical trials. Previously, Dr. McCrary served as an adjunct professor at Kansas State University and Rockhurst University-Helzberg School of Management, teaching courses in health information technology and quality.