HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMMISSION FILLED

August 10, 2006

Source: Heather Scott

Governor Jennifer Granholm announced Wednesday the first appointees to the new Health Information Technology Commission, charged with creating a statewide electronic medical records system.

Gregory Forzley of Grand Rapids, medical director of informatics at Saint Mary’s Health System, will represent doctors of medicine; Ganesh Reddy of Okemos, director of business development at HTC Global Services Incorporated, will represent consumers; and Thomas Stevenson of Alto, associate professor and associate clinical medical manager with the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, will represent doctors of osteopathic medicine and surgery, all for terms expiring August 3, 2007.

Robert McDonough of Three Rivers, director of global public policy management at Pfizer, will represent pharmaceutical manufacturers; Community Health Janet Olszewski of Williamston will represent the department; and Information Technology Teri Takai of Troy will represent the department, all for terms expiring August 3, 2008.

Toshiki Masaki of Canton, public policy manager at Ford Motor Company, will represent purchasers and employers; Mark Notman of East Lansing, chief technical officer with the Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, will represent schools of medicine in Michigan; and Jeanne Strickland of Brighton, chief compliance officer with the University of Michigan Health System, will represent hospitals, all for terms expiring August 3, 2009.

Robin Cole of Detroit, COO of Pro Care Health Plan Incorporated, will represent health plans and other third party payers; Joseph Hohner of Canton, vice president and chief information officer at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, will represent nonprofit health care corporations; Robert Paul of Novi, president of Compuware, will represent members of the health information technology field; and Larry Wagenknecht of Haslett, CEO of the Michigan Pharmacists Association, will represent pharmacists, all for terms expiring August 3, 2010.