Health Information Exchange Coordinating Committee Members

State Consumer Health Information and Policy Advisory Council

• One member from the Council who will chair the Committee

Thomas W. Arnold – Secretary

State Consumer Health Information and Policy Advisory Council Liaison

Ebrahim Randeree, Ph.D. - Florida State University

Health Information Exchange Programs and Florida Association of RHIOs (FAR)

• One member representing the FAR and one member from an operating health information exchanges in Florida. These members recuse themselves during FHIN grant discussion, evaluation and recommendation processes

Allen Byington – Big Bend Regional Healthcare Information Organization

Hospitals and Clinics

• Two members from a hospital or clinic system utilizing an advanced electronic medical records system

Duane Steward, Ph.D. – Nemours and Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)

Reginald Smith – Mayo Clinic

Rural Health

• One member from a federally qualified health center or other rural health organization utilizing electronic medical records, telemedicine or telehealth systems

Kevin Kearns – Health Choice Networks

Practitioners

• Two physician members utilizing an advanced electronic health records system in his or her practice

Ronald Burns, D.O. – University Family Medicine Center, PA
Dennis Saver, M.D. – Florida Academy of Family Physicians

Professional Associations

• Two members from an association supporting electronic health record systems

Bill Bell – Florida Hospital Association
Linda McMullen – Florida Medical Association

Health Plans

• One member from the health insurance industry

Catherine Peper – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida

University - Florida Medical School

• One member representing best practices work in the health information technology field supporting health information exchange sustainability and business development

Nadine Dexter - University of Central Florida, College of Medicine

Consumers

• One member representing a statistically significant consumer population in Florida
  
  Karen A. Koch, MSW, MEd
  

Legal

• One member representing health information technology/privacy security law

Julie Meadows-Keefe, P.A. - Florida Department of Health

State Government

• One member from the Florida Department of Health 

Robert Harmon, M.D., Director - Duval County Health Department

• One member from Florida Medicaid 

Phil Willams, Assistant Deputy Secretary for Medicaid Finance - AHCA Division of Medicaid

IT Development Organizations

• One member representing information technology development

Matt Doster, ITFlorida

Florida Office of Economic Recovery

• One member representing

Linda Fuchs – Florida Office of Economic Recovery