The members of the Markle Connecting for Health Policy Subcommittee have accomplished an extraordinary task in less than a year’s time—the development of an evolving piece of work that can serve as the core of nationwide health information exchange—the policy components of the Markle Connecting for Health Common Framework for Private and Secure Health Information Exchange, published in 2006. During this time, we have been fortunate to work with respected experts in the fields of health, information technology, and privacy law, all of whom have contributed their time, energy, and expertise to a daunting enterprise. Our consultants and volunteers have worked long hours in meetings and conference calls to negotiate the intricacies of such issues as privacy, security, authentication, notification, and consent in health information exchange. We offer them our heartfelt thanks for taking on this journey with us, and look forward to the remaining work ahead.
In addition, we would like to offer special thanks to the volunteers and consultants who authored the initial drafts of this body of work—their hard work created a strong foundation upon which to focus the Subcommittee’s deliberations: Stefaan Verhulst, Clay Shirky, Peter Swire, Gerry Hinkley, Allen Briskin, Marcy Wilder, William Braithwaite, and Janlori Goldman.
Finally, we must note that none of this work would have been possible without the leadership and inspiration of our co-chairs, William Braithwaite and Mark Frisse.They have led us with steady hands and determination of spirit.
William Braithwaite, MD, eHealth Initiative, (Co-Chair)
Mark Frisse, MD, MBA, MSc, Vanderbilt Center for Better Health, (Co-Chair)
Laura Adams, Rhode Island Quality Institute
Phyllis Borzi, JD, George Washington University Medical Center
Susan Christensen,* JD, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, United States Department of Health and Human Services
Art Davidson, MD, MSHP, Denver Public Health
Mary Jo Deering,* PhD, National Cancer Institute/National Institutes of Health, United States Department of Health and Human Services
Jim Dempsey, JD, Center for Democracy and Technology
Hank Fanberg, Christus Health
Linda Fischetti,* RN, MS, Veterans Health Administration
Seth Foldy, MD, City of Milwaukee Health Department
Janlori Goldman, JD, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
Ken Goodman, PhD, University of Miami
John Halamka, MD, CareGroup Healthcare System
Joseph Heyman, MD, American Medical Association
Gerry Hinkley, JD, Davis, Wright, Tremaine LLP
Charles Jaffe, MD, PhD, Intel Corporation
Jim Keese, Eastman Kodak Company
Linda Kloss, RHIA, CAE, American Health Information Management Association
Gil Kuperman, MD, PhD, New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Ned McCulloch, JD, IBM Corporation
Patrick McMahon, Microsoft Corporation
Omid Moghadam, Intel Corporation
Joyce Niland, PhD, City of Hope National Medical Center
Louise Novotny, Communication Workers of America
Michele O’Connor, MPA, RHIA, MPI Services Initiate
Victoria Prescott, JD, Regenstrief Institute for Healthcare
Marc A. Rodwin, JD, PhD, Suffolk University Law School
Kristen B. Rosati, JD, Coppersmith Gordon Schermer Owens & Nelson PLC
Sara Rosenbaum, JD, George Washington University Medical Center
David A. Ross, ScD, Public Health Informatics Institute
Clay Shirky, New York University (Chair, Technical Subcommittee)
Don Simborg, MD, American Medical Informatics Association
Michael Skinner, Santa Barbara Care Data Exchange
Joel Slackman, BlueCross/BlueShield Association
Peter P. Swire, JD, Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University
Paul Tang, MD, Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Micky Tripathi, Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative
Cynthia Wark,* CAPT, United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, United States Department of Health and Human Services
John C. Wiesendanger, MHS, West Virginia Medical Institute/Quality Insights of Delaware/Quality Insights of Pennsylvania
Marcy Wilder, JD, Hogan & Hartson LLP
Scott Williams, MD, MPH, HealthInsight
Robert B. Williams, MD, MIS, Deloitte
Joy Wilson, National Conference of State Legislatures
Rochelle Woolley, RxHub
Amy Zimmerman-Levitan, MPH, Rhode Island State Department of Health
*Note: Federal employees participate in the Subcommittee but make no endorsement
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