Valerie Watzlaf, PhD, MPH, RHIA, FAHIMA Vice Chair of Education and Associate Professor University of Pittsburgh Department of Health Information Management School of Health and Rehabilitation Science 6030 Forbes Tower, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 Dr. Valerie Watzlaf is an Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Education within the Department of Health Information Management in the School…
Tammy Feenstra Banks, MBA, FACMPE Gobles, MI 49055 Tammy Feenstra Banks’ professional experience spans over 25 years in health-oriented organizations including a large nonprofit Medical Association, a large health system, and a Fortune 500 managed healthcare and insurance company. She has devoted her career leading multi-stakeholder collaborations to align incentives to solve healthcare’s administrative and…
Jamie Ferguson VP, Health IT Strategy & Policy Kaiser Permanente Anacortes, WA 98221 Jamie Ferguson is Vice President of Health Information Technology (IT) Strategy and Policy at Kaiser Permanente and a fellow of its Institute for Health Policy. He is responsible for Kaiser Permanente health IT informatics standards, priorities, and policies, and government and industry…
Wu Xu, PhD Adjunct Faculty, Sociology, Bio-Medical Informatics, and Clinical Epidemiology University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 84112 Dr. Xu is a former State Director of Center for Health Data and Informatics in Utah Department of Health (UDOH). She has more than 25 years of experience in innovation, development and administration of interoperable information…
Melissa M. Goldstein, JD Associate Professor Department of Health Policy and Management Milken Institute School of Public Health The George Washington University 950 New Hampshire Ave. NW, Second Floor Washington, DC 20052 Melissa M. Goldstein, JD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Milken Institute School of Public…
Denise Love, BSN, MBA Sandy, UT 84094 Ms. Love is the former Executive Director of the National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO), a national non-profit and educational association dedicated to the public availability and uniformity of health care data. Currently, as a consultant to NAHDO for special projects, she continues to advocate for the…