Steve Ward is the vice president of solutions for home care solutions at WellSky, responsible for the strategic direction and solution roadmap for the home infusion, specialty pharmacy, and home medical equipment solutions. Steve leads the home care solutions team, which partners with clients and stakeholders on the current and future design of the WellSky software solutions servicing this market, including CareTend and CPR+. Steve received his doctor of pharmacy degree from Campbell University and completed a pharmacy practice residency before working as a staff pharmacist at an academic medical center in eastern North Carolina. While working in the hospital, Steve become involved in pharmacy informatics and shifted his career to focus on healthcare IT. Steve has over 20 years of experience in healthcare IT in roles ranging from EMR solutions implementations, responsibility for the software development strategy and design of inpatient and retail pharmacy, CPOE, and nursing medication administration solutions. Additionally, Steve has led several device-related medication process solutions, including automated dispensing and the partnership with several smart IV pumps and pharmacy automation suppliers.