Sarah DeSilvey, DNP, FNP-C

Sarah DeSilvey

Role:

Health IT Advisory Committee, Co-Chair
Interoperability Standards Workgroup, Co-Chair
Annual Report Workgroup, Member
Health Equity by Design Task Force 2024, Member

Director of Terminology
Gravity Project

HITAC Member Terms:
Term 1: 1/2023 – 1/2026

Sarah C. DeSilvey, DNP, FNP balances practice as a rural family nurse practitioner with advocacy for addressing the social determinants of health in clinical and community practice. Her area of focus is developing the terminology to capture the process of caring for patients’ social needs. Over the last decade she has collaborated with diverse colleagues on medical and social care integration and interoperability projects. Her work has now evolved into Gravity Project – a national consensus initiative to develop the data and data standards to address social needs. She serves as the Terminology Director helping to weave the practice of social care, community-based approaches, and the literature of social risk into health care terminology.