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Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Workshop Participants
Pages 277-298

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... He is the founding chairman of the Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy, the national organization of health services researchers.
From page 278...
... Cohn, M.D., M.P.H., is the associate executive director of Health Information Policy for The Permanente Federation, Kaiser Permanente.
From page 279...
... He is a nationally recognized expert on health information policy, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Administrative Simplification, healthcare data management, clinical and administrative classifications, and the electronic transmission of healthcare data.
From page 280...
... Public Advisory Board and the Electronic Health Record Safety Institute Advisory Board of the Geisinger Center for Health Research, and is a member of the IPRO Advisory Board for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Doctor's Office Quality-Information Technology (DOQ-IT) project in New York.
From page 281...
... , Group Health Community Foundation, and Kaiser Permanente Health Care Alternatives. A professor in the Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at the Oregon Health & Science University, Dr.
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... Dr. Forrest has methodological expertise in health services and outcomes research and evaluation, health status assessment of children and adolescents, primary care, and use of health informatics to improve child health.
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... in biology from Yale University. George Isham, M.D., M.S., is the Chief Health Officer and Plan Medical Director at HealthPartners where he is responsible for quality, utilization management, health promotion and disease prevention, research, and health professionals' education at HealthPartners.
From page 284...
... Most recently, he was vice president, Health Improvement Resources, at WellPoint Health Networks, where he managed the disease management programs for all the operating units. He also held senior positions at Kaiser Permanente, including founding executive director, Care Management Institute, Kaiser's corporate disease management and clinical policy entity, and president and CEO of CareTouch, Inc., an e-health start-up venture.
From page 285...
... He also serves as the lead for Accenture's Global Electronic Health Record practice. He joined Accenture in 2003 after retiring from the Navy Medical Corps and concentrates on helping governments and commercial organizations optimize health care through effective business process transformation and the appropriate use of information technology.
From page 286...
... Additionally, Mr. La Chance is the codirector of biomedical informatics for the Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute, a partnership between TCHR and Oregon Health & Science University.
From page 287...
... Moorehead Professor of Chemical Engineering, and clinical associate professor of Orthopedic Surgery at The Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University School of Medicine.
From page 288...
... Marder has been responsible for developing and enhancing Thomson Healthcare's MarketScan® databases. As a professional economist and health services researcher, Dr.
From page 289...
... His academic research has been concerned with the effectiveness of medical treatments in improving health; the economic and policy factors influencing medical treatment decisions and health outcomes; the impact of new technologies on public health and medical expenditures; and the relationship between health status and economic well-being.
From page 290...
... Bush, and Clinton administrations, with responsibility for coordinating activities and policies in disease prevention and health promotion. Programs and policies created and launched at his initiative include: the Healthy People process setting national health objectives, the U.S.
From page 291...
... Army. In addition to being a practicing family practitioner, his military career also included managing Department of Defense regional healthcare delivery systems, creating national and international healthcare policy for the Army, and developing practice guidelines.
From page 292...
... healthcare system. She serves on a number of advisory bodies related to health information exchange, including the Confidentiality, Privacy, & Security workgroup of the American Health Information Community, and the Health Information Protection Taskforce of the State Alliance for e-Health.
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... He pioneered the use of clinical databases to improve the accuracy of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule as the thoracic surgery member of the AMA Relative Value Update Committee. In 2006 he received the Distinguished Service Award of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
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... Myers Professor of Law and codirector of the Center for Health Law Studies at Saint Louis University School of Law. He is an internationally recognized scholar on health law whose research interests lie primarily at the intersection of medicine, law, and technology.
From page 295...
... His research encompasses the safety of drugs, devices, vaccines, and medical procedures. Current studies include post-marketing safety studies for recently approved drugs, natural history of disease studies to provide context for Phase III clinical trials, studies of the impact of drug labeling and warnings on prescribing behavior, and determinants of drug uptake and discontinuation.
From page 296...
... She counsels clients on matters related to electronic data sharing, including the use of health information in e-health and Internet ventures, electronic medical and billing systems, research registries, tissue banks, and marketing initiatives. Her clients include information technology vendors, informatics companies, healthcare clearinghouses, e-health organizations, healthcare providers, pharmaceutical and medical device companies, health plans, universities, and research institutions.
From page 297...
... Dr. Woodcock has close interactions with diverse constituencies, including the clinical and scientific communities, members of Congress and the administration, national media, patient and consumer advocacy groups, the international drug regulatory community, the regulated industry, and representatives of federal and state agencies.


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