Purpose
The Physician Committee provides domain expertise, leadership and guidance to HIMSS physician & medical informatics activities, initiatives and collaborations.
A word from the Physician Committee Chair
In this day and time, physicians are bombarded with so many competing initiatives. Their role as advocate for patients is being challenged by regulations, IT initiatives, reimbursement issues and so many others. The rate of change for all of these, also contribute to the burden of caring for patients. HIMSS Physician Community is the resource for helping to manage all of these thru education, advocacy, and collaboration. It is such an honor to work with an organization that allows me to pursue my passion of high quality care with IT innovation across the care continuum. In my position as Physician Committee Chair, I have connected with the best and brightest in the field and help ground all of our initiatives to the central idea of quality patient care.
Physicians & Technology
Physicians around the world are increasingly under pressure to improve the quality, cost-effectiveness, and safety of patient care. Patients are demanding a different type of clinical encounter, and physicians are experiencing new requirements to adopt and use information technologies that are expensive and, neither intuitive, nor user-friendly. Decisions about how care is to be delivered, paid for, and evaluated, are being made at the highest levels, without a cogent, unified physician-created IT roadmap.
Join Us
HIMSS is building a community that all physicians can leverage to profoundly influence the transformation of healthcare. More information can be found at www.himss.org/physician
For more information on the HIMSS Physician's Community please contact us at informatics@himss.org.
Committee Members
John Lee, MD
Chief Medical Information Officer
Edward Hospital and Health Services
Chair
Felicia M. Baxter, MD, MBA, CPHIMS, FAAP
Chief Medical Information Officer
iCare.com LLC
William W. Feaster, MD, MBA
Chief Medical Information Officer
CHOC Children's Hospital
Ashutosh Goel, MD
VP/CMIO
Bronson Healthcare Group
William Manard, MD, FAAFP
Medical Director of Health Management Information Systems
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Lisa M. Masson, MD MBA
Medical Director, Informatics
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Joseph C. Nichols, MD
Principal
Health Data Consulting
Kathy A. Nieder, MD
Epic Physician Liaison
Baptist Healthcare System – BHMG
Karl Poterack, MD
Medical Director, Applied Clinical Informatics
Mayo Clinic Hospital
Joel J. Reich, MD
Chief Medical Information Officer
Eastern Connecticut Health Network
Mark Roche, MD, MSMI
Partner
Avanti iHealth
Robert S. White, MD, FAAFP
Chief Medical Information Officer
Allegheny Health Network
CMIO Roundtable
The CMIO role and adoption of CMIOs in hospitals and health systems is continuing to increase. The purpose of the Roundtable is to enable the advancement of CMIOs as trusted medical leaders as part of an integrated care team. We are seeking current physician members who are a.) interested in medical informatics and b.) hold the job title of CMIO, CMO, COO, CTO or Chief of Other Clinical Department to join our new Roundtable. The frequency of the Roundtable meetings and goals of the group will be determined by the participants. To participate and learn more about the Roundtable please contact Informatics.
New to Medical Informatics Workgroup
The HIMSS Physician Community recognizes there is a deficiency of information for physicians that are new to the informatics field. The HIMSS Physician Community New to Medical Informatics Workgroup is seeking volunteers to lead young and new to informatics physicians in the emerging informatics field who will help construct educational webinars, develop community resources & tools and provide guidance in this evolving field. Volunteer time commitment will be 2 to 4 hours a month; meetings will be held virtually. Please contact Informatics to get connected today.