Tang to Chair NQF Advisory Committee

NQF has formed a new Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC) to develop a strategic plan and provide guidance for NQF’s HIT portfolio; offer input on HIT projects; review electronic specifications for NQF-endorsed and candidate standards; and make recommendations on the endorsement and maintenance of HIT-related consensus standards.

HITAC is a standing committee of the NQF Board of Directors and includes non-voting federal liaisons from AHRQ, CMS, Indian Health Service, ONC, and the Veterans Health Administration.

Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC) Members

Paul C. Tang, MD, MS (Chair) Bio
Vice President and Chief Medical Director, Palo Alto Medical Foundation

Patricia A. Abbott, PhD, RN-BC Bio
Associate Professor, The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and The Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine, Division of Health Sciences Informatics

Richard J. Baron, MD Bio
President and CEO, Greenhouse Internists

David W. Bates, MD, MSc Bio
Chief of Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and
Medical Director of Clinical and Quality Analysis, Partners HealthCare System, Inc.

Chad Bennett Bio
Director of Health Informatics and Product Strategy, Iowa Foundation for Medical Care

A. John Blair, III, MD Bio
President, Taconic IPA, Inc.

Marilyn Jane Bowman-Hayes, RN, MSN, MBA Bio
Informatics Nurse Specialist, Association of periOperative Registered Nurses

Becky J. Cherney Bio
President and CEO, Florida Health Care Coalition

Ian Z. Chuang, MD, MS Bio
Medical Officer, Applied Informatics, CIGNA HealthCare

John F. Derr, RPh Bio
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Strategic Officer, Golden Living, LLC

Caterina E.M. Lasome, PhD, MSN, MBA, MHA, RN, CPHIMS Bio
Chief Operating Officer, National Cancer Institute Center for Biomedical Informatics & Information Technology

Christoph U. Lehmann, MD Bio
Director, Clinical Information Technology, Johns Hopkins University
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Michael I. Lieberman, MD, MS Bio
Director, Medical Quality Improvement Consortium, GE Healthcare IT

Blackford Middleton, MD, MPH, MSc Bio
Corporate Director, Clinical Informatics Research & Development, Partners HealthCare System, Inc.

J. Marc Overhage, MD, PhD Bio
Director of Medical Informatics, Regenstrief Institute

Stanley L. Pestotnik, MS, RPh Bio
General Manager, TheraDoc, Hospira, Inc.

Eva M. Powell, MSW, CPHQ Bio
Director, Health Information Technology Project, National Partnership for Women & Families

Christopher J. Queram, MA Bio
President and CEO, Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality

Deborah A. Reid, JD, MHA Bio
Senior Attorney, National Health Law Program

Martha A. Roherty, MPP Bio
Executive Director, National Association of State Units on Aging 

John Seibel, MD Bio
Medical Director, New Mexico Medical Review Association

Shannon Sims, MD, PhD Bio
Director of Health Informatics in Performance Improvement, Rush University Medical Center

Christopher S. Snyder, DO Bio
Chief Medical Information Officer, Peninsula Regional Medical Center

David A. Stumpf, MD, PhD Bio
Senior Vice President for Clinical Data Strategies, United Health Group

Marcia Thomas-Brown, MHSA, LNHA, CHE Bio
Chief Operating Officer, National Health IT Collaborative for the Underserved