Appendix A: Site Visit Dates and Interviewees
Denver Health
September 28, 2009
Interviewees:
 Art Davidson, M.D., Public Health Preparedness
 Josh Durfee, M.S.P.H., Statistical Research Scientist
 Ray Estacio, M.D., General Internal Medicine
 Patricia Gabow, M.D., CEO, DenverHealth
 Simon Hambidge, M.D., Director of Service, General Pediatrics and School
Health Services
 Ed Havranek, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Cardiology
 Tom MacKenzie, M.D., Chief Quality Officer
 Dean McEwen, M.B.A., Department of Internal Medicine and Community
Health
 Susan Moore, M.S.P.H., Assistant Director of Health Services Research
 Connie Price, M.D., Medical Director of Infection Control and Prevention
 Amy Richardson, R.H.I.A., HIM/EHR Applications Director
 Debbie Rinehart, M.S., Research Project Coordinator
 Allison Sabel, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., Director of Biostatistics
 Andrew Steele, M.D., Director, Medical Informatics
 Anna Vance, Ph.D., R.N., Critical Care
 Gregg Veltri, Chief Information Officer
Geisinger Health System
July 13, 2010
Interviewees:
 Seth Frazier, Vice President Transformation, Division of Clinical Innovation
 Thomas Graf, M.D., Chairman Community Practice
 Jean Haynes, President and CEO, Geisinger Health Plan
 James B. Jones, Ph.D., M.B.A., Research Investigator
 H. Lester Kirchner, Ph.D., Senior Investigator
 Gail Riley, Director, CDIS Analytic Team
 Walter “Buzz” Stewart, Ph.D., M.P.H., Associate Chief Research Officer,
Director, Center for Health Research
 Joan E. Topper, Vice President, IT Optimization, Division of Clinical Innovation
Kaiser Permanente
April 1, 2010
Interviewees:
 Paul Wallace, M.D., Medical Director for Health and Productivity Management
Programs
 Jed Weissberg, M.D., Senior Vice President, Quality and Care Delivery
Excellence
 Matt Stiefel, M.P.A., Senior Director, Department of Care and Service Quality
 Michael Johnson, Ph.D., Director, Utility for Care Data Analysis, Kaiser
Foundation Health Plan
 Dave Schweppe, M.P.H., Executive Director, Customer Analytics & Reporting
 Stanley Watson, Vice President & Director Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
 Robert Crane, M.P.A., Senior Advisor
 Coralie Chan, M.P.H., Safety Net Project Manager, Community Benefit
 Jamila Gul, Administrative Director for Strategic Programming, Division Of
Research
 Joseph Selby, M.D., M.P.H., Director, KP Northern CA, Division of Research
 Gabriel Escobar, M.D., Research Scientist
 George Peredy, M.D., Physician
New York City Primary Care Information Project
September 23, 2009
Interviewees:
 Michael Buck, Ph.D., Clinical Informatics Advisor
 Daniel Halevy, M.D., Executive Director, Clinical Quality
 Amanda Parsons, M.D., Assistant Commissioner
 Amber Patel, Privacy and Security Specialist
 Laura Rosas, Privacy and Security Director
 Kate Shanks, Director, Systems Integration
 Sarah Shih, M.P.H., Executive Director of HQIN/Evaluation
 Jesse Singer, M.D., Executive Director of Development
 Nick Soulakis, HIE Director
 Winfred Wu, M.D., Director, Public Health Informatics
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Palo Alto Medical Foundation
April 2, 2010
Interviewees:
 Barbara Anderson, R.N., Clinical Research Manager, PAMF
 Albert Chan, MD, MS, Physician, PAMF Redwood Shores Family Medical
 Kristen Jadelrab, RN, MPH
 Hal Luft, Ph.D., Vice President, Research Division
 Cliff Olson, M.B.A., Director, Information Management, Research Institute
 Tom McDonald, Physician, PAMF
 Mike Reandeau – Regional CIO, Information Technology, Sutteer
 Cathy Tannaci - Senior Director, Information Services, Sutter
 John Whight, Systems Analyst, Quality and Planning, PAMF (PAD)
Veterans Health Administration
March 30, 2010
Interviewees:
 Jennifer Garvin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology,
Dpearmtnet of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Bioinformatics, Salt Lake
City VA Healthcare System
 Brent James, M.D., Director, Institute for Health Care Delivery Research,
Intermountain Healthcare
 Makoto Jones, M.D., Research Scientist, Epidemiology, University of Utah
 Scott Narus, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Bioinformatics, Unviersity of Utah
 Jonathan Nebeker, M.D., Associate National Director, Patient Care Services,
Informatics, Director VINCI Program, Salt Lake City VA Healthcare System
 Rich Nelson, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Healthcare Economics, University of
Utah
 Jim Potter, Program Manager, Consortium Healthcare Informatics Research
 Brian Sauer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology, Department
of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Bioinformatics, Salt Lake City VA
Healthcare System
 Qing Zeng, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Bioinformatics, University of Utah
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