Bipartisan task force tackles health IT, healthcare reform
BPC’s Task Force on Delivery System Reform and Health IT:
- Sen. Tom Daschle, Co-Chair
- Sen. Bill Frist, Co-Chair
- Scott Armstrong, President and Chief Executive Officer, Group Health Cooperative
- Peter Basch, MD, FACP, Medical Director, Ambulatory EHR and Health Information Technology Policy, MedStar Health
- Christine Bechtel, Vice President, National Partnership for Women and Families
- David Blumenthal, MD, MPP, Harvard University, Former National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Department of Health and Human Services
- Christine Cassell, MD, President, American Board of Internal Medicine
- Reginald Coopwood, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Regional Medical Center at Memphis
- Janet Corrigan, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Quality Forum
- Gov. John Engler, President, Business Roundtable
- Alissa Fox, Senior Vice President, Office of Policy and Representation, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
- Douglas E. Henley, MD, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer American Academy of Family Physicians
- Karen Ignagni, President and Chief Executive Officer, America’s Health Insurance Plans
- Brent James, MD, M.Stat., Chief Quality Officer and Executive Director, Institute for Health Care Delivery Research, Intermountain Health Care
- David Lansky, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Business Group on Health
- Jack Lewin, MD, Chief Executive Officer, American College of Cardiology
- Deven McGraw, Director, Health Privacy Project, Center for Democracy and Technology
- Margaret O’Kane, President, National Committee for Quality Assurance
- Stephen Palmer, State Health IT Coordinator and Director, Office of e-Health Coordination, Texas Health and Human Services Commission
- Herb Pardes, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer, New York Presbyterian Hospital
- John Rother, Executive Vice President, Policy, Strategy and International Affairs, AARP
- Gov. Mike Rounds, State Co-Leader, BPC Health Project
- Michael Simpson, Vice President and General Manager, Healthcare Knowledge and Connectivity Solutions, GE Healthcare
- Gov. Ted Strickland, State Co-Leader, BPC Health Project
- Tony Tersigni, EdD, FACHE, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ascension Health System
- Betsy Weiner, PhD, RN-BC, FACMI, FAAN, Senior Associate Dean for Informatics, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
Topics:
Meaningful Use, Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR), Privacy & Security, Quality and Safety, Financial/Revenue Cycle Management