HIT-HIE Advisory Committee

The Advisory Committee will serve as the mechanism for channeling advice and recommendations to the Health Information Technology Council, which is chaired by Secretary JudyAnn Bigby, from interested private and public sector constituencies. The Advisory Committee’s primary focus will be to advise and make recommendations on all aspects of the design and implementation of the HIE, as well as on other health information technology policies for the Commonwealth. The Advisory Committee will be instrumental in fostering effective public-private collaboration and will make invaluable contributions to the shape and successful implementation of the statewide HIE. MeHI, through its Project Management Office, will assist, coordinate and facilitate the efforts of the Advisory Committee, while ad hoc workgroups will continue to broaden the base of input into key issues.

Meeting Schedule

HIE-HIT Advisory Committee meets jointly with the Health IT Council. Click here for the Health IT Council Meeting schedule.

Members

  • John Halamka - CIO, Harvard Medical School, CIO BIDMC (Co-Chair)
  • Manu Tandon - SCIO-EOHHS (Co-Chair)
  • Nicolaos Athienites - Internal Med/Nephrology, Brockton
  • David Bates - Professor Dept of Health Policy & Mgt, Harvard SPH
  • Rita Battles - Director of Inpatient Services, DMH-Central Office
  • Mary Ellen Bennard - CIO, Dept. of Social Services-EOHHS-Dept of Children and Families
  • Peter Bristol - Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Network Health
  • Kathleen Donaher - Assoc. Prof. Graduate School of Nursing, Regis College
  • Steven Fox - Vice President, Network Mgt and Contract Operations, Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA
  • Larry Garber - Medical Director for Informatics, Fallon Clinic
  • Ellen Janos - Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo P.C.
  • Michael Lee - Director, Clinical Informatics, Atrius Health, Pediatrician, Dedham Medical Associates, Inc.
  • Wendy Mariner - Edward R. Utley Professor of Health Law, Boston University SPH
  • Keith Maxwell - Technical Services Director, Mass League of Community Health Centers
  • John Merantza - Information Systems Director, VNA & Hospice of Cooley Dickinson, Inc.
  • Daniel Mumbauer - President & CEO, High Point Treatment Center
  • Naomi Prendergast - President & CEO, D'Youville Senior Care
  • John Poikonen - Clinical Informatics Director, UMass Memorial Health Care
  • Barbara Popper - Project Director, Federation for Children with Special Needs
  • Janet Rico - Director, Family Nurse Practitioner Program, Clinical Associate Professor, Simmons College School for Health Studies
  • Leslie Rosenblatt - Consumer Interest
  • Andrei Soran - Chief Executive Officer, Metrowest Medical Center
  • Deborah Stevens - Information Security Officer, Tufts Health Plan
  • Gillian A. Haney - Director, Department of Public Health