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Appendix C: Workshop Speaker Biosketches
Pages 105-112

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From page 105...
... In addition to her own cultural competence research, she has overseen the development of guides to assist health plans in implementing culturally and linguistically appropriate services and a research agenda for cultural competence in health care. Currently, Ms.
From page 106...
... She currently resides in Bellingham, Washington, with her husband and passionately advocates for user-centered design in all health care processes, with an emphasis on patient needs and their privacy. Linda Harris, Ph.D., leads the Health Communication and ehealth Team in the U.S.
From page 107...
... Her research is at the crossroads of biomedical informatics and public health including computer interventions for chronic disease self-management, health promotion and informed decision-making, patient focused electronic health records and personal health records, tailoring health communication, and interactive computer graphics for communicating health risk probabilities to patients. Another area of her research focuses on how theory from the behavioral sciences can be applied to advance our understanding and to improve our capacity to implement information technology systems into health care organizations.
From page 108...
... Marchibroda cofounded and served as chief operating officer for two health care information organizations, one which focuses on providing patient safety and compliance information to physicians and the other -- a Bertelsmann AG subsidiary -- which focuses on providing electronic publishing services to the payer community to support member information needs. She also served as the interim chief operating officer for the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship.
From page 109...
... Anthony "Tony" Rodgers has over 25 years of health care executive management experience in both hospital systems and health plans. He currently holds the position of director of the Arizona Medicaid Program, known as the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System.
From page 110...
... He has also worked at the Advisory Board Company as a consultant and at the American College of Cardiology as assistant director of Private Sector Relations, conducting extensive research and analysis in managed care, quality-of-care issues, and other aspects of the health care industry. In addition, Dr.
From page 111...
... Seidman uses distance running as his own therapy of sorts, and has completed 27 marathons. Cynthia Solomon is CEO of Access Strategies Inc, a health care consulting firm located in Sonoma, California.


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