About the Alliance
Independent Healthcare Market Intelligence
The Alliance for Smart Healthcare Excellence is an independent, nonprofit organization focused exclusively on digital health and healthcare IT. Through market research, thought leadership, maturity models, and benchmarking, we help organizations understand markets, measure progress, identify opportunities, and accelerate transformation.
Leadership
Our Team
Healthcare and market intelligence leaders with deep experience in technology, transformation, research, and growth.
Erik Westerlind
Chief Revenue Officer
Erik Westerlind leads revenue strategy for the Alliance, overseeing sales, marketing, and customer success to drive sustainable, predictable growth. A results-driven healthcare IT leader with 30 years of go-to-market experience, including time with KLAS and CHIME, he specializes in market intelligence, vendor performance, and competitive win/loss analysis, using research-backed insight to help companies sharpen their positioning and drive more revenue.
Molly McCarthy
Podcast Host
Molly K. McCarthy, MBA, BSN, RN-NI, is a health technology advisor and strategist focused on using AI and digital innovation to improve care delivery, safety, and outcomes. She previously spent nearly a decade at Microsoft, including service as U.S. Chief Nursing Officer.
What guides us
Purpose and Direction
Our Mission
Advance healthcare performance through independent market research, structured measurement, and validated maturity models.
Our Vision
Become the healthcare IT industry's most trusted source for market intelligence and evidence-based transformation guidance.
Why the Alliance?
Trusted Expertise. Independent Perspective.
Focused
Exclusively focused on healthcare IT and digital health.
Independent
A nonprofit organization providing objective, unbiased research.
Experienced
Leadership with decades of market intelligence experience across leading healthcare organizations.
Expert
Direct involvement in EMRAM, Digital Health Most Wired, and industry benchmarking initiatives.
Authoritative
Creators of market-defining maturity models and benchmarking initiatives.
Connected
Reach through Healthcare IT Today, ViVE, industry media, and strategic relationships.
Turn market intelligence into action.
Talk with the Alliance about market research, thought leadership, maturity models, or industry benchmarking.