Dr. Nishi Rawat is a co-founder of OpenBeds Inc. and Senior Vice President at Appriss Health. She is a physician and healthcare services researcher, trained in Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, and faculty at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is an NIH-sponsored investigator who has won several awards at national meetings for her research, and leadership awards from Johns Hopkins for her quality improvement activities. Nishi brings a wealth of healthcare knowledge, creativity and vision to OpenBeds Inc. As a critical care physician, Dr. Rawat experienced the frustration of locating the proper care for her patients suffering from behavioral health conditions. That led to the development of OpenBeds(r), a software platform that improves transparency, communications and ultimately care for behavioral health. In 2015, NIDA approached Dr. Rawat to partner to develop technology to service the opioid epidemic. OpenBeds(r) is now implemented in hundreds of organizations and serves 8 state governments. Given its success, OpenBeds Inc. was recently acquired by Appriss Inc. where Nishi now leads its strategy in the healthcare sector. Nishi also holds a Masters of Business Administration from Georgetown University.