Sita Kapoor

Sita Kapoor, is a healthcare IT entrepreneur and an innovative leader directing HealthEC’s research and development team, applying mathematical and computing models in the custom development of large-scale data integration and analytics solutions that empower physicians and healthcare organizations to identify and engage at-risk patients requiring closer medical attention.

Prior to HealthEC, Sita was co-founder and CIO of IGI Health, a provider of IT solutions and BPO services. There, she built the Med-Link clearinghouse that allowed provider organizations working with any billing system to capture and convert data into discrete data formats for claims adjudication. Sita further designed the foundation for custom and packaged healthcare portal solutions, including the payer-provider portal, clinical exchange, and the personal health record.

A graduate of Rutger’s University, Kapoor began her data scientist career in the mid-1980s. She was a part of the engineering team that programmed the navigational backup system for the U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. Kapoor had an integral role of encrypting satellite data to prevent spacecraft communication failure. In October 2012, Kapoor made the jump from space to healthcare. Upon her transition to healthcare, she applied her engineering and big data experience to the industry, opening a whole new world of opportunities.

She has provided consulting services for numerous multi-national healthcare companies including United Healthcare, Siemens Medical Systems and Johnson & Johnson healthcare.

She also serves as a board member of the Population Health Alliance and is actively involved in HIPAA workgroups charged with defining consent and transaction standards.

The industry has acknowledged her efforts through various awards and leadership recognitions such as: 2021 - CIO 100 Award 2021 - Bronze Stevie Award for Business Services Industries-Woman of the Year 2021 - Indian Achievement Award in Business Leadership 2019 - Health Data Management’s Most Powerful Women in Healthcare IT

She believes that data scientists, especially women, are responsible for addressing many challenges as well as identifying how patterns shift when certain data elements are added to, or removed from, data models. As Sita Kapoor continues to explore these healthcare data sets and analytical models, she encourages female innovators to work in such an innovative industry.