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Council Members
Council Membership*

 

 Terms expiring 1/1/2017

Bridget Barnes, Portland
Vice President, Chief Information Officer, Oregon Health & Sciences University

Ellen Larsen, RN, Hood River
Director of the Hood River County Health Department
 
Carolyn Lawson, Salem
Chief Information Officer for the Oregon Health Authority and
Oregon Department of Human Services 

Terms expiring 1/1/2016

Greg Fraser, M.D., Sublimity
Medical Director of Information Systems and Informatics, WVP Health Authority
 
Dave Widen, Dayton
Assistant Professor, Pacific University

Terms expiring 12/31/2015

Kenneth M. Carlson, M.D., Salem
Childhood Health Associates of Salem

Erick T. Doolen, Springfield
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, PacificSource Health Plans 

Terms expiring 1/1/2015

Bob Brown, Portland
Retired, Board Member, Oregon Health Action Campaign

Ex Officio Members

Mel Kohn, Portland
Public Health Director, Oregon Health Authority

Judy Mohr Peterson, Portland
Medicaid Director, Oregon Health Authority

 * Three vacancies to be addressed later this year. 

 

 

The Health Information Technology Oversight Council (HITOC) Members

The Council is comprised of eleven individuals appointed by Governor Ted Kulongoski. They bring to the group the diverse experience outlined by the legislation in health information technology as well as in health care delivery, policy and research. They represent consumer and business perspectives, public and private sectors, and the geographic and demographic differences of Oregon's health care providers and the patients they serve. 

 
The Health Information Technology Oversight Council (HITOC) was created within the Oregon Health Authority by the passage of HB 2009. It is charged with developing a statewide strategic plan for electronic health information exchange, coordinating public and private efforts to increase adoption of electronic health records, setting technology standards, ensuring privacy and security controls, and creating a sustainable business plan to support meaningful use of health information technology to lower costs and improve quality of care.