Health Care Investment Visions® was founded in 1996 by seasoned, multi-decade veterans of the health care information technology industry whose experience was gained in the often unpredictable health care and technology markets. Originally focused on serving venture funds during the heady late 1990s, the firm evolved into a business and product consultancy for health care information technology innovators. Over time, this practice grew to include merger and acquisition services, interim management capabilities, and transaction management—all powered by leading market research services. Today, this evolution continues as we couple our past success with proven stewardship skills and access to financing partners.

Defining Principles

We work side by side with our corporate and individual venture entrepreneurs, helping to set the course, enabling them to leverage their strengths and produce sustainable results.

Using an adaptive method with structured criteria, we identify venture risks in the market with regard to product, technology, revenue model and economics, achievability, exit strategy, and investor reward. We then structure a context-sensitive pathway to manage these risks while driving innovation into the market. Finally, we implement a self-corrective governance process that is appropriate to the life cycle of the venture, and provide new pathways as the innovation evolves. Working closely with corporate and individual entrepreneurs, we drive the information technology innovation and venture to achieve full potential.

Our Team

Joseph M. DeLuca, MA, FACHE
Managing Member

Joseph DeLuca is a health care information technology futurist with 22 years of experience working with health care entrepreneurs, technology innovators, and provider and payer systems, to realize their strategic and market goals. He collaborates with health care information technology suppliers at the concept, startup, market entry, growth, and multi-billion dollar development stages. Known for his ability to transform high-level business strategy into executable results, Mr. DeLuca works on the forefront of new generation technology-to-market alignment. 

He frequently educates, speaks and publishes on the future of health care technologies. His most recent book, The CEO's Guide to Health Care Information Technology: Revised Edition, is now available from Jossey-Bass. He is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, a member of the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society and recently received the Certificate of Director Education qualification from the Corporate Directors Institute. He has served on the board of numerous for-profit (public and private) and nonprofit organizations. He received his BA from Lawrence University and his MA in Health Services Administration from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
 

Rebecca Enmark, MLIS
Member and Research Director

Rebecca Enmark works with individual corporate clients as well as the corporate team in product, market and research direction, planning, and execution. Over the course of her career, she has worked closely with both information technology developers to focus product planning, use and development in support of short- and long-term business and market requirements. Ms. Enmark is frequently published on information technology topics in industry journals and monographs, and is co-author of The CEO's Guide to Health Care Information Technology: Revised Edition. A Senior Member, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, she received a BA and a master’s degree in information management from the University of California-Berkeley.

David Hansen, MBA, MA
Venture Associate

David Haselwood, MBA, MPH
Principal

Mr. Haselwood joins Health Care Investment Visions from the venture capital group at Burrill & Company, a health care merchant bank based in San Francisco. Previously, David held positions in business development and marketing at Roche Molecular Diagnostics. In addition, Mr. Haselwood worked in the health care investment banking departments at Volpe Brown Whelan & Prudential Securities. This array of experiences suits Mr. Haselwood perfectly as a partner with Health Care Investment Visions in our ongoing expansions into venture creation and advancement. Mr. Haselwood served as a research fellow at the Wilmer Eye Institute at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and was an observer on the Board of Directors of Proventys and Primera Biosystems. He received his BA in Natural Sciences from the Johns Hopkins University, his MPH in Health Care Finance and Management from UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health, and his MBA from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business.

Michael Solomon, MBA
Venture Associate

Michael Solomon has more than 25 years of experience in leading the development of new business strategy and innovations for health information technology firms, applying a rare combination of entrepreneurial and public company experience as well as in-depth technology and health care knowledge. While at IDX Systems Corporation, Michael led the company’s market research, strategic planning, and new business development teams – providing support to the e-health, enterprise clinical, revenue cycle and practice management lines of business. As the founder and president of a successful practice management systems company, Michael led the development of one of the first web-based systems to support the large, independent medical group practice on a low-cost, non-proprietary platform. His extensive work in building and evaluating HIT firms provides a broad and deep perspective on the market.

Michael earned a Masters in Business Administration, specializing in health care management, from the University of Miami, Florida. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in health care services.

Paul S. Van Dolah, MHCA
Venture Associate

Paul Van Dolah has served in senior leadership positions in health care for over 25 years, implementing information technology driven business models, efficiencies and quality initiatives into the industry. His other specialties include: strategic planning, business development, strategic partnership formation, organization development, operations analysis, business process design, and financial management. Mr. Van Dolah served on the senior leadership teams of Hahnemann Medical College & Hospital, Indiana University Hospitals, and Valley Children’s Hospital. For over 15 years he was Executive Vice President / Chief Operating Officer of Children’s Hospital and Health System – San Diego. He is a Diplomate of the American College of Health Care Executives and is active in the Healthcare Financial Management Association, the Forum for Health Strategists, and the Medical Group Management Association. Mr. Van Dolah received his BA from Northwestern University and his MHCA from George Washington University.