[ Tuesday, September 13, 2005 ]
"Community" Outreach. HHS and the Bush Administration ordered the establishment of the "American Health Information Community," a commission set up to advise HHS on ways to promote digitization of information in the healthcare area and to improve interoperability. The 16 commissioners of "the Community" were named today:
- Scott P. Serota, President and CEO, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
- Douglas E. Henley, M.D., Executive Vice President, American Academy of Family Physicians
- Lillee Smith Gelinas, R.N., Chief Nursing Officer, VHA Inc.
- Charles N. Kahn III, President, Federation of American Hospitals
- Nancy Davenport-Ennis, CEO, National Patient Advocate Foundation
- Steven S Reinemund, CEO and Chairman, PepsiCo
- Kevin D. Hutchinson, CEO, SureScripts
- Craig R. Barrett, Chairman, Intel Corporation
- E. Mitchell Roob, Secretary, Indiana Family and Social Services Administration
- Mark B. McClellan, M.D., Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Julie Louise Gerberding, M.D., Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Jonathan B. Perlin, M.D., Under Secretary for Health, Department of Veterans Affairs
- William Winkenwerder Jr., M.D., Assistant Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense
- Mark J. Warshawsky, Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy, Department of Treasury
- Linda M. Springer, Director, Office of Personnel Management
- Michelle O’Neill, Acting Under Secretary for Technology, Department of Commerce
- Jeffery P. Drummond, Partner, Jackson Walker LLP
Just kidding about #17.
Jeff [12:31 PM]
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