Health Information Exchange

Interoperable EHRs require a structure for sharing information—a secure network. To ensure these concerns are addressed, the the HIE Work Group is charged with recommending criteria and test scripts to all work groups to support health information exchange.  

Co-chairs:

• John Blair, III, MD
  President & CEO
  Taconic IPA

• Robert C Steffel, BS, MS Health Systems Engineering
  President & CEO
  Greater Cincinnati HealthBridge, Inc.

Members:

• Deborah Bass, RN, Bachelor of Arts Healthcare Administration
  President, CEO
  Bass & Associates, Inc.

• Jay Eisenstock, MBA
  Manager, Provider eSolutions
  Aetna

• James Ferguson
  Executive Director of HIT Strategy & Policy
  Kaiser Permanente

• Madan Gopal, Ph.D.
  Systems Architect
  Arizona Department of Health Services

• Mark Jacobs, MHA, CPHIMSS, FHIMSS
  Director, Technology Services and Data Center Operations
  Wellspan Health

• Adnane Khalil, CS/MBA
  Chief Information Officer
  SharedHealth, BCBS of Tennessee Company

• Thomas Liddell, BS - Indiana
  Executive Director
  Michigan Health Information Network

• Sandy McCleaf, BS, MBA
  PMO Director
  MedVirginia

• Rhonda Medows, MD
  Commissioner, Health
  Georgia Department of Community Health

• Kondayya Mullapudi
  Program Manager, Open Source Healthcare
  Misys Healthcare Systems

• Gina Perrez, MPA
  President
  Delaware Health Information Network (DHIN)

• Nick Radov, MBA
  Director, Research and Development
  Axolotl Corporation

• Lisa Rawlins
  Director Quality and Performance Improvement
  Broward Health

• Debbie Rieger
  Chief Operating Officer
  California Regional Health Information Organization (CalRHIO)

• Wes Rishel
  Research Director
  Gartner, Inc.

• Dan Soule, BSE
  Vice President of Platforms & Interoperability
  Eclipsys Corporation

• Carl Weigle, MD
  Professor of Pediatrics
  Medical College of Wisconsin

• David Yakimischak
  Chief Technology Officer
  Surescripts