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Bascom Professor in Total Quality at the University of Wisconsin and a leading expert in human factors and systems engineering in healthcare and patient safety;
  • Homer Chin, MD, medical director of Kaiser Northwest Health Plan, an organization at the forefront of EHR implementation for many years;
  • Carol Diamond, MD, managing director of the health programs at the Markle Foundation - widely recognized as one of the nation's most innovative philanthropic organizations focused on improving the ability of patients, consumers and clinicians to use information technology to improve healthcare;
  • Nancy Leveson, PhD, Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT, a leading expert on software engineering and safety of software-controlled systems;
  • Clement J. McDonald, MD, director and research scientist, The Regenstrief Institute and distinguished professor of medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine; and
  • John Tooker, MD, chief executive officer of the American College of Physicians.

    Using EHRs as a core means for improving the safety and effectiveness of care has been a hot topic in recent years across government, policy, industry and clinical stakeholders. Given the tens of billions of dollars necessary to install such systems in physician practices nationwide, greater attention is being paid to issues such as EHR safety, reliability and testing, monitoring and implementation strategies.

    Geisinger Health System, under whose auspices the panel is being assembled, has successfully deployed an integrated EHR that provides access to critical information about a patient's health to doctors and other healthcare providers through HIPAA-compliant Internet portals. Geisinger also offers patients direct, confidential access to their EHR, electronic messaging with their doctor's practice and online scheduling. The Geisinger is actively engaged in research studying the quality and efficiency of EHR-enha
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    • Contact: Patricia Urosevich
    purosevich@geisinger.edu
    570-271-7441
    Geisinger Health System
    14-Nov-2006


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