Director, AcademyHealth

"Markle Connecting for Health has consistently worked to make sure that electronic health records and personal health records advance in the public interest. The organization was on the forefront of promoting a vision for electronic personal health records that moves well beyond current market limitations, and as a collaborative it continues to push the boundaries of what true consumer engagement and control could mean. Early on, the leaders of Markle Connecting for Health recognized the importance of meaningful consumer engagement, and have worked to foster an environment of supportive exchange in which all stakeholders participate on equal footing."

Alison Rein is a director at AcademyHealth, where she manages several projects that investigate the roles and responsibilities of consumers, policy makers, researchers, and other stakeholders in helping to transform the health care system through...

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  • Juan Alaniz

    Senior Health Policy Analyst for the Washington State Health Care Authority, and Project Manager for the Health Record Bank Project

  • Wendy Carr

    Member, Washington State Health Infrastructure Advisory Board &
    Chair, Consumer and Provider Engagement Committee

  • Rex Cowdry, MD, MPH

    Executive Director, Maryland Health Care Commission

  • Art Davidson, MD

    Director of Public Health Informatics, Denver Public Health
    Principal Investigator, Colorado Regional Health Information Organization

  • Mary Jo Deering, PhD

    Acting Director, Office of Programs & Coordination, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

  • Vicki Estrin

    Principal, C3 Consulting LLC

  • Gregory Farnum

    President, Vermont Information Technology Leaders, Inc.

  • Mark Frisse, MD, MBA, MSc

    Accenture Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University
    Director, Regional Informatics,  Vanderbilt Center for Better Health

  • Daniel T. Garrett

    Partner and Leader of the Health Industry IT (HIT) Practice, Health Industry Advisory Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers

  • J. Peter Geerlofs

    Former Chief Medical Officer, Allscripts Healthcare Solutions

  • John Glaser

    Partners HealthCare System

  • John Halamka

    Chief Information Officer, CareGroup Health System

  • Joseph M. Heyman, MD

    Chair, Independent National Physician Advisory Board, OptumInsight

  • Joseph M. Heyman, MD

    Chair, Independent National Physician Advisory Board, OptumInsight

  • Gerry Hinkley, JD

    Co-Chair, Health Care Industry Team, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

  • Jeff W. Johnson

    Project Director, HISPC-Illinois
    Executive Assistant to the Director for Customer Service, Illinois Department of Public Health

  • Martin LaVenture

    Director, Center for Health Informatics Division of Health Policy, Minnesota Department of Health

  • J.P. Little

     Executive Vice President Products & Services, Surescripts

  • J. Marc Overhage, MD, PhD

    Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Siemens Healthcare

  • Herbert Pardes, MD

    Executive Vice Chair, Board of Trustees, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, The University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell

  • Carol Raphael, MPA

    President and Chief Executive Officer, Visiting Nurse Service of New York

  • Alison Rein

    Director, AcademyHealth

  • Wesley Rishel

    Research Vice President, Government and Healthcare, Gartner Inc.

  • John Rother

    Executive Vice President of Policy, Strategy and International Affairs, AARP

  • Peter A. Schad, PhD

    Director of Molecular Epidemiology Genomics Environment and Health, RTI International

  • Raymond Scott

    Chief Executive Officer, Axolotl Corporation

  • Steve Shihadeh

    General Manager, Healthcare Industry Solutions Group, Microsoft Corporation

  • Andrew M. Wiesenthal, MD, SM

    Director, Healthcare Practice, Deloitte Consulting LLP

  • Perry A. Yastrov

    Project Director, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) Health Information Exchange and Electronic Health Record Utility (HIeHR Utility) Project