Innovation in Healthcare

Dr. Ator graduated from Texas A&M with a degree in Electrical Engineering, Cum Laude.  He subsequently attended Baylor College of Medicine medical school and went on to a Residency in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at UCLA followed by a Fellowship in Otology – Neurotology, Skull Base Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine.  He joined the faculty of KU Otolaryngology in 1992.  He became the first Chief Medical Informatics Officer for the KU Health System in 2004.  He did graduate work in Informatics at OHSU and was Board Certified in Clinical Informatics in 2016.
 
A personal touch with medical errors, easily preventable with technology, along with his background in digital technology led to work beginning in late 1990’s focused on bringing an enterprise EMR to KU.  Logician was first installed in 2003 and subsequently Epic beginning in 2007 as an Enterprise Solution for the ambulatory and inpatient sectors.  Since that time his focus has been on improving provider experience with complex technology and putting that technology to work for physicians. 

Over the last 10 years, Dr. Voran has piloted various workflows and technologies with emphasis on putting as much technology in the primary care physician’s hand and exam room as possible. He is a strong believer in patient engagement and patient directed care. He has aggressively used the patient portal, promoted point of care imaging and believes that until the patient is the primary user of the EMR medical organizations will not fully realize the power of the clinical information systems in which they are now investing. He provides medical content expertise to a number of startup companies across the nation and in the greater Kansas City area. Most recently, he created dashboards for the Department of Community and Family Medicine with emphasis on Quality Metrics designed to help physicians. He participates in numerous quality initiatives that are helping close care gaps at the point of care.

He is the Principal Investigator of a Million Hearts grant, is managing TMC’s Self Measurement of Blood Pressure project and is leading University Health’s Remote Patient Management pilot program. He has piloted and supported the implementation of Apple’s Physician Dashboard in the EHR enabling physicians to view their patients Apple Health data the patients have chosen to share. Dr. Voran received his bachelor’s degree in anthropology and an associate’s degree in respiratory from the Wichita
State University in 1974 and 1976. He earned his medical degree from the University of Kansas School of Medicine in 1988 and postgraduate degree from University of Kansas – Family Practice in 1991. He is Board Certified in Family Practice and is an active member of the American Academy of Family Practice, is on the Missouri Academy of Family Medicine’s education board. He is a board member of the Kansas Foundation for Medical Care and Neuro580 in Charlotte, NC. Dr. Voran is active in a number of professional organizations and is a past president for the Heart of America chapter of HIMSS. He is also a collaborating physician for CVS Minute Clinics in the Kansas City area.

Denton is a Family Physician and a Medical Director of Innovation and Informatics within The University of Kansas Health System where he’s championing telehealth and mobile health projects and driving the digital health strategy forward. He’s also an Assistant Professor and works with the Inter-professional Teaching Clinic with students and resident physicians. He is also active in global health organizations that engage learners and helps to promote public health and sustainable continuity primary care around the world.

He earned bachelor’s degrees in Biochemistry, Spanish, and Chemistry at Kansas State University, a Master’s in Public Health at Drexel University in Philadelphia, a Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine at Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, and completed Family Medicine Residency at Unity Health Care in Washington D.C.