Kelly L Hyde

Dr. Hyde is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of FidelityEHR she also oversees all design, development, customization, implementation, research, and evaluation at FidelityEHR. She earned her PhD in 2002 with an emphasis on social systems research and evaluation and brings 30 years of expertise in development and implementation of data-driven systems of change. She started Accountability Solutions, a comprehensive social science research, evaluation and data-systems development Company in 1994. Her experience with advancing technologies in human services led to the development of several behavioral health related software systems.

In 2004, she established, Social TecKnowledgy, Inc., a partner company to develop and commercialize an innovative Electronic Health Record (EHR) for behavioral health systems of care, community mental health services, and integrated physical and behavioral health settings. In 2015 both Social TecKnowledgy and the newly created EHR were re-branded FidelityEHR as part of the STTRII commercialization grant.

Dr. Hyde’s extensive clinical, research, evaluation and technology development experience includes work in many diverse settings, such as hospitals, public mental health programs, public and private healthcare systems, public policy organizations, public systems change initiatives, educational settings, child welfare organizations, private mental health practice organizations and academic organizations.

She has successfully combined her unique expertise in the behavioral health field to develop the first customizable Software as a Service (SaaS) product that is theoretically grounded in evidence-based practice and research. This means that for the first time an EHR for behavioral health is designed to support service delivery, data collection for management, supervision, and multi-level data driven decision-making. Her behavioral health and integrated health software was awarded STTRI and STTRII National Institute of Health (NIH) funding for development and commercialization.

Dr. Hyde also currently holds a clinical LPCC license in the state of New Mexico.