Physician Community Leadership Committee

Purpose:
HIMSS and the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (AMDIS) have joined forces to form the HIMSS Physician Community.

The community’s purpose is to “articulate a cohesive voice for HIMSS physicians and to provide leadership, guidance and domain expertise to HIMSS’ activities, industry initiatives, and collaborations with physicians societies across the country,” as stated in the agreement.  The alliance between the two organizations formalizes all efforts for a more focused strategy within HIMSS for physicians engaged in health IT and management systems.

Any physician member of HIMSS or AMDIS can actively engage in the Physician Community at no additional cost.  The Community will focus on four areas:

• Tools, resources, education, research and professional development for physicians engaged in the development, implementation, and/or use of IT and management systems
• Informing public policy initiatives that can impact the quality, safety, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of patient care
• Informing private-sector initiatives that can impact the way in which physicians interact with their patients, clinical administrative staff and other physicians and insurance companies
• Informing standards and interoperability initiatives that can impact physicians’ workflow and improve access to information

Listen to the Physician Community Podcast Series

Chair Person:
Steven Arnold, MD, MBA, MS, COE, FHIMSS
CMO
Virginia Premier Health Plan
Richmond, VA
Consultant
Healthcare Global Advisors
LaGrangeville, NY

Committee Members

Ray Aller MD, FHIMSS
Director, Automated Disease Surveillance System
Los Angeles County Public Health
Vista, CA

Michael S. Blum, MD
CMIO, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Cardiology
University of California Medical Center
San Francisco, CA

Mark Chasin, MD, CHCQM, FAIHQ
Executive Medical Director, Clinical Informatics and Quality Improvement
Bon Secours Charity Health Systems
Suffern, NY

Linda Christmann MD, MBA
Consultant
Wilson, NC

Jack Ehrhart, MD, MPH
Elliott Hospital
Manchester, NH

Richard Gibson, MD, PhD
Senior VP & CIO Legacy Health System
Portland, OR

Brian Jacobs, MD
Vice President & CMIO
Executive Director, Center of Pediatric Informatics
Children’s National Medical Center
Washington, DC

Gary Klein MD, MBA, FHIMSS
CMIO
Vangent
Vienna, VA

Howard Landa, MD
CMIO, Pediatric Urologist
Hawaii Permanente Medical Group
Honolulu, HI

Kevin McEnery, MD
Associate Division Head
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Jack Varga, MD, MHSA, CPHIMS, FHIMSS
Physician Informaticist
Veterans Health Administration
Washington, DC

Contact:

Pat Wise, RN, MS, MA, FHIMSS
Colonel, USA Ret'd
Vice President, Healthcare Information Systems
HIMSS
Phone: 706-650-1482
pwise@himss.org

Richard Rydell, MBA, FHIMSS
President and Executive Director
AMDIS
Phone: (530) 596-4477
info@amdis.org

Pam Brewer
Coordinator, Healthcare Information Systems
HIMSS
Phone: 252-946-3546
pbrewer@himss.org

 

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