Facilitating the work of the Interoperability Matters public-private cooperative, the Leadership Council represents diverse perspectives from leaders in health IT. The council provide guidance to The Sequoia Project’s strategic priorities, informs feedback to policymakers, and leads in building education and resources for public good.
Members of The Sequoia Project designate a primary and alternate representative to the Leadership Council.
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These members-only events cover important discussion topics. Leadership Council members receive access to a community area where discussions can continue in an online forum. They can also access meeting materials, and more.
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American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), Amy Mosser
American Medical Association, TBD
Athenahealth, Josh Parker
Atlas Health Club, Britt Bohannon
Availity, Susan Bellile
Avaneer Health, Gary Word
Azuba, Bart Carlson
Bay Health Medical Center, TBD
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Rich Cullen
BluIP, Inc., Armen Martirosyan
CA Emergency Medical Services Authority, Leslie Witten
Clearpath, Lauren Brown
Clinical Architecture, Stephanie Broderick
CommonSpirit, Lori Richter
Contra Costa Health Services, Troy Kaji
Cozeva, Rosh Singh
CRISP, Ryan Bramble
CyncHealth, Kevin Conway
CVS Health, Colleen Rackley-Cuda
Datavant, Samantha Segall
Delaware Health Information Network (DHIN), Jan Lee
DirectTrust, Lee Barrett – Co-chair
East Tennessee Health Information Network (etHIN), Pam Matthews
eClinicalWorks, Navi Gadhiok
eHealth Exchange, Jay Nakashima
Epic, Rob Klootwyk
Evernorth, Kyle Tucker
FindHelp, Jaffer Traish
General Health Systems, Jennifer Ray
Graphite Health, Stan Huff – Co-chair
Greenway Health, Stephanie Jamison
HCA, William Gregg
Hawai’i Health Information Exchange, Frances Chan
HealthCatalyst, Ryan Barry
Health Gorilla, Steve Yaskin
Health and Hospital Corp of Mariann County, Rene Wyatt-Foston
HealthInfoNet/Cureous Innovations, Jennifer Beedy
Healthmark Group, Henry Archibong
Highmark Health, Brian Barrett
HIMSS, TBD
HITRUST Alliance, TBD
HonorHealth, Glynn Hollis
Humana, Chris Walker
Indiana Health Information Exchange (IHIE), John Kansky
Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Babak Saboury
Intermountain Healthcare, Sid Thornton
Jackson Community Medical Record, Julie Lowry
Kaiser Permanente, Jamie Ferguson
KlearTrust, Cessily Johnson
Kno2, Matt Becker
KONZA, Laura McCrary
Lehigh Valley Health Network, Richard Kerr
Marble, Dennis Glokas
MedAllies, John Blair III
Medica, Yvonne Chastanet
MedVirigina / Clareto, Steven Leighty
Michigan Health Information Network (MiHIN), Shreya Patel
MRO, Moliehi Weitnauer
NCHIEA (dba NCHealthConnex), Christie Burris
Netsmart, AJ Peterson
NextGen, Dan Werlin
New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), Jennifer D’Angelo
North Dakota HIN, Shila Blend
New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC,) David Horrocks
OCHIN, Jennifer Stoll
OneRecord, Jennifer Blumenthal
Optum, Michelle Miller
Oracle Cerner, Hans Buitendijk
Orion Health, Chad Peterson
Patientory Association, Chrissa McFarlane
PointClickCare, David Pyke
Rhapsody, Abigael Grippe
Santa Cruz HIO, Bill Beighe
Schellman Compliance, LLC, Doug Kanney
Sekhmet Advisors, Shannon Kennedy
Smile Digital Health, Duncan Weatherston
Social Security Administration, Melissa Ayres
Surescripts, Tara Dragert
Sutter Health, Joana Washburn
Stanford Health Care, Matthew Eisenberg
SyqurX, Joan Ziegler
Texas e-Health Alliance, Nora Belcher
The New York Presbyterian, Virginia Lorenzi
Velatura HIE Corporation, Katelyn Lewis
Veterans Administration, Jeffrey Anderson, MD
Virginia Health Information, Kyle Russell
YoCierge Inc, George Bessenyei
Zane Network, LLC, Luigi Leblanc
Zus Health, Inc., Amy Bagge-Smith
Interoperability Matters a public-private cooperative solving discrete health information exchange challenges through a variety of workgroups and initiatives. Learn More
Workgroup organized to assist understanding the barriers consumers face in accessing health information.
Workgroup organized to help propose and develop strategies to meet consumer healthcare needs.
Workgroup that targets improvements necessary to enable semantic interoperability of health information.
Workgroup focused on the on-the-ground approaches to facilitate information sharing.
Workgroup Inactive Workgroup that explores and recommends methods to improve interoperability amongst payers.
Workgroup that is committed to improving pharmacy interoperability.
Workgroup focused on supporting proper information exchange that protects consumers privacy.
Community of Practice focused on providing participants with best practices at the intersection of public health.
Committee is focused on facilitating and prioritizing the work of the Interoperability Matters Workgroups.
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TEFCA™, outlines a common set of principles, terms, and conditions to support the development of a Common Agreement that helps enable the nationwide exchange of electronic health information (EHI) across disparate health information networks (HINs).
Discover how The Sequoia Project’s Advisory Services can support your organization with tailored projects and provide expert guidance on interoperability initiatives.
Bring The Sequoia Project experts to your organization to deliver education on interoperability and Health IT, tailored to your team’s needs and goals.
Engage The Sequoia Project team to support interoperability and health IT testing initiatives.
Learn how the Data Usability Taking Root Movement is advancing healthcare interoperability by improving the quality, consistency, and usability of shared health data across the industry.
The Sequoia Project is convening privacy & consent advocates in recognition of various initiatives underway to ensure health data is exchanged with proper patient consent.
Role-based education that helps healthcare organizations understand and comply with the Information Blocking Rule established under the 21st Century Cures Act.
The Sequoia Project offers a variety of opportunities for you to promote and highlight your organization throughout the year with sponsorships. From programs to our yearly annual meeting, there are a variety of sponsorship opportunities to choose from.
Discover the latest resources for advancing interoperability in your organization
Explore our public comments on Health IT, interoperability, information sharing, TEFCA, and healthcare policy initiatives.
Share your comments on Interoperability Matters Workgroup draft publications and add your insights to open surveys.
Contact us to learn more about health data interoperability, membership, initiatives, and how to get involved.
The annual meeting is the premier gathering of healthcare leaders, policy experts, and technology innovators dedicated to advancing nationwide health data exchange.
