Anthony

Villanueva

Anthony Villanueva serves as CIO for Neighborhood Health in Nashville, Tennessee. During the last 20+ years, he has led the enterprise transformation of several health technology units. He champions the use of a knowledge driven decision approach with a high emphasis on IT as a service and delivering continuous improvements in process, quality, and productivity via strong governance principles. Anthony is using these frameworks to facilitate the practice transformation of Neighborhood Health by using analytics and business intelligence to improve the outcomes of underserved populations. Through these improvements, Neighborhood Health has achieved Patient Center Medical Home (PCMH) accreditation by both NCQA and The Joint Commission. Anthony currently is an active member of CHIME and HIMSS serving in committees and as a speaker. He holds CHCIO, ITIL, and CPHIMS certifications. He resides in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, with his wife Michelle and daughter Zoe. When not working, Anthony is an active musician in the community.