Lauren Alderson (MD)

Dr. Lauren Alderson is the interim chief medical information officer of OCHIN. She earned her medical degree from Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland Oregon. She completed her family medicine residency as a uniformed naval officer at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, California. Afterward, she moved to Whidbey Island, Washington to complete her active-duty tour, where she was selected as the chief medical information officer. In this role, she led key strategic efforts to increase access to specialty care for active-duty military personnel and their families. Additionally, she oversaw the implementation of the U.S. Navy’s first deployment and stabilization of MHS GENESIS, the U.S. Department of Defense’s billion-dollar electronic health record (EHR) system.

Lauren joined OCHIN in 2019 and became board certified in informatics in 2021. She now leads the Clinical Operations team, which includes practice coaches, clinical programs specialists, pharmacists, nurses, analysts, and clinicians, while partnering closely with OCHIN’s Operations team.

While at OCHIN, she has led a dedicated Public Health Emergency team focused on COVID and Mpox build and workflow.  She also serves on Epic’s gynecology steering board, driving the prioritization of content and development within Epic’s EHR.

As a physician informaticist, Lauren has a passion for clinical decision support, artificial intelligence, health care gaps, clinician burden, and streamlining the EHR.