The committee, made up of 14 members, offers suggestions to the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology regarding policies, standards, implementation specifications and certification criteria pertaining to the establishment of a health information technology infrastructure, according to a Dec. 20 news release from the GAO.
Here are the five new member joining:
- Lee Fleisher, MD: An emeritus professor of anesthesiology and critical care and a practicing anesthesiologist at the Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.
- Katrina Parrish, MD: A physician director of clinical informatics at health insurer Humana.
- Randa Perkins, MD: The chief medical information officer and senior director for clinical informatics at Tampa, Fla.-based H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute.
- Rochelle Prosser, RN: A caregiver who founded Orchid Healthcare Solutions, a company that aims to provide information and guidance to patients, their families and clinicians regarding oncology treatment options and supportive services.
- Mark Sendak, MD: The population health and data science lead at the Durham, N.C.-based Duke Institute for Health Innovation.
