Who we are


Walter W. Wieners
During a career spanning over 20 years, Mr. Wieners has established himself as an accomplished international healthcare consulting executive who has held senior level positions with leading US information consulting and technology firms. His US work has been complemented by extensive global experience and has covered a cross-section of the healthcare industry, addressing the needs of pharmaceutical companies, insurers, governmental organizations, system vendors and investment firms. During 2008 he is providing information systems and business partner selection advice for the National Health Insurance Program, a universal plan, for the Turks and Caicos Islands Government.

A Fellow in the Health Information Management Systems Society, he is Co-Chair of the Global EHR Task Force which published the White Paper "Electronic Health Records: A Global Perspective" in September 2008. Recently he completed a 2-year assignment as Director, Healthcare Consulting, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Oracle Nederlands, B.V. and returned to northern California. Previously he served as Adjunct Faculty and National Advisory Council Member, The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing.

Walter Wieners’ expertise lies in international healthcare consulting practice leadership, product and business strategy development and support for complex business development opportunities. His career is underscored by success in developing strategic business plans, market entry approaches, managing complex multi-year projects and fostering long-term client relationships at senior executive levels. Mr. Wieners has substantial domain expertise in payer and provider markets, a strong global network and a reputation for value driven accomplishments.

An acknowledged thought leader, Mr. Wieners authored the successful John Wiley & Sons book, “Global Health Care Markets: A Comprehensive Guide to the Regions, Trends, and Opportunities Shaping the International Health Arena,” and has published substantially in Healthcare Informatics. Through Johns Hopkins he contributed a chapter on lessons learned implementing national EHR programs, Global Perspectives, published by Springer, Inc. in April 2006 within “Aspects of the Electronic Health Record.”

Mr. Wieners received a master’s degree from The University of Chicago and a bachelor’s degree from The Johns Hopkins University.

Neelam Sekhri Feachem
Chief Executive Officer

Ms. Sekhri Feachem has over 25 years of experience in health policy, financing and management of delivery systems. She served as health financing and policy advisor at the World Health Organization from 2003- 2007, where she provided technical and policy guidance to a wide range of countries on health financing systems, with a particular focus on private and social insurance, and methods to complement public financing with private funding instruments.

As founder of The Healthcare Redesign Group Inc. since 1994, Ms. Sekhri Feachem heads a consultancy that has been recognized by the San Francisco Business Times as one of the fastest-growing privately-held companies in the San Francisco area. She advises governments and international organizations on health reform, financing and policy issues; and provides consultation to insurers, providers and integrated networks on strategic business planning, operations management and organizational reengineering.

Prior to founding The Healthcare Redesign Group, Ms. Sekhri Feachem spent 14 years with Kaiser Permanente where she held executive positions in hospital and medical group management, organizational development, and finance.

Ms. Sekhri Feachem has served on various Boards including the Commercial Advisory Board of the British National Health Service, Working Group on Private Insurance for the Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD) , and the Board of Directors of the Alameda County Medical Center.

Her recent publications include: A Risky Business: Saving Money and Improving Global Health Through Better Demand Forecasts; Private Insurance: Implications for Developing Countries; Regulating Private Insurance to Serve the Public Interest; Getting More for their Money: A comparison of the NHS and Kaiser Permanente; Cross-Border Health Insurance: An Overview of Mexico and the United States; Managed Care: the U.S. experience; Global Health Care Markets.

Brian S. Gould, MD

Dr. Gould has had an extensive career in international health care, health insurance and health care information technology.

Educated at the Johns Hopkins University and the School of Medicine of the University of California at San Francisco, Dr. Gould has headed the international divisions of the United HealthCare Corporation (mid-1990’s) and more recently, WellPoint, Inc. (2004-5).

Following a decade in the practice of clinical psychopharmacology at the Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, Dr. Gould (a Diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology) held the positions of SVP and Corporate Medical Director of Blue Cross of California, SVP of Specialty Operations at United HealthCare, CEO of United HealthCare’s Global Services Division, and most recently, Managing Director of the WorldWide Services Division of Arcus Enterprises Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of WellPoint, Inc. Dr. Gould has extensive experience developing health care joint ventures in the United States, the Republic of South Africa, the European Union, Hong Kong, China and India.

Since the late 1990’s, Dr. Gould has maintained an active consulting practice emphasizing innovative health care information technology. In this capacity he has conducted engagements with Discovery Health LLC, South Africa; private investment companies Accel Partners, SV Life Sciences and Capitol Health; McKesson (hospital systems); RxHub LLC, (electronic prescribing); NaviMedix Inc. (electronic provider communications infrastructure); the Medforma division of Ginality, Inc. (personal electronic health record and wellness); the University of Washington, Dept. of Pharmaceutics; and MedDirect Health Benefits (electronic banking system for Health Savings Accounts).


[September, 2008]