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Appendix E: Biosketches of Committee Members and Staff
Pages 275-288

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From page 275...
... In this role, he was charged with building an interoperable, private, and secure nationwide health information system and supporting the widespread, meaningful use of HIT. As a renowned health services researcher and national authority on health IT adoption, Dr.
From page 276...
... He is a practicing primary care physician and senior vice president for population health at Massachusetts General Hospital and Partners HealthCare in Boston. He is also an associate professor at Harvard Medical School and holds degrees from Middlebury College, Oxford University, Harvard Medical School, and the Harvard School of Public Health.
From page 277...
... and is responsible for the design and implementation of system-wide care delivery changes that will improve patient health, improve the patient experience of health care, and reduce the health care cost burden.
From page 278...
... Dr. Isham has served on the IOM's Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, and chaired the IOM committees that authored the reports Priority Areas for National Action: Transforming Health Care Quality and The State of the USA Health Indicators.
From page 279...
... He co-founded and for the past 4 years has served as co-chair of the Health Data Initiative, a joint effort of HHS and the IOM focused on the release of health care data to spur private-sector innovation that can improve health care cost and quality.
From page 280...
... He com ­ pleted a research fellowship with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and NIH, and went on to complete his internal medicine residency training at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the Harvard Medical School. Kevin L
From page 281...
... , leading public reporting, consumer engagement, and payment reform efforts, and established the MHMC Data and Analytics program, which became the nation's fourth qualified entity. MHMC was named "Implementation Partner" in Maine's State Innovation Model grant.
From page 282...
... Rhee worked in community health settings as chief medical officer of Baltimore Medical System Inc., the largest network of federally qualified health centers in Maryland. In addition, he served
From page 283...
... She has served extensively in advisory roles for agencies and organizations leading quality measurement and delivery system reform. She currently serves as a member of the American Board of Internal Medicine Council, the board of directors of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation, and the Massachusetts Statewide Quality Advisory Council.
From page 284...
... Before coming to AHRQ, Dr. Stevens served for 15 years as chief medical officer responsible for national clinical leadership of HRSA's Community and Migrant Health Center Program and for leadership of the HRSA/Bureau of Primary Health Care initiative on eliminating health disparities in underserved and minority populations.
From page 285...
... He has served as board chair for several health informatics professional associations, including the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) , the Computer-based Patient Record Institute, and the Joint Healthcare Information Technology Alliance.
From page 286...
... Preventive Services Task Force, which develops the Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, as well as the American Health Information Community's Personalized Health Care Workgroup and the Evaluation of Genomic Applications in Prevention and Practice Workgroup. He chaired the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics Health and ­ S ­ ociety; served on and chaired IOM panels, Medicare's Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee; and served on several subcommittees of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Healthy People 2020.
From page 287...
... He was also former founding director/chair of the Health Group at RWJF; the World Bank/European Commission Task Force for Health Reconstruction in Bosnia; the federal Office of Research Integrity (HHS) , and the HHS Nutrition Policy Board.


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