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:
Brian Jacobs, MD
Vice President & CMIO
Executive Director, Center of Pediatric Informatics
Children’s National Medical Center
Washington, DC
Brian Jacobs, MD
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
Linda Christmann MD, MBA
VPMA/Regional CMO
CHRISTUS Central Louisiana
Alexandria, LA
Douglas Dew, MD
President, Medical Staff
Flagler Hospital
St. Augustine, FL
Jack Ehrhart, MD, MPH
Elliott Hospital
Manchester, NH
Richard Gibson, MD, PhD
Senior VP & CIO
Legacy Health System
Portland, OR
Gary Klein MD, MBA, FHIMSS
CMIO
Vangent
Vienna, VA
Howard Landa, MD
CMIO, Pediatric Urologist
Hawaii Permanente Medical Group
Honolulu, HI
Glenn Mitchell, MD
CMO
Sisters of Mercy Health System
Chesterfield, MO
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
