Organizations
Member, American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA)
Member, American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
Member, American Public Health Association (APHA) and Southern California Public Health Association (SCPHA)
Member, Health Record Banking Alliance
Fellow, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
Member, International Society for Disease Surveillance (ISDS)
Pioneer Member, The Internet Society
Peer Reviewer, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Journal of Health Care Information Management and Pediatrics
Committee Involvement
Present Activity
Stage 2 MU Public Health Reporting Requirements Task Force, January 2013 – present
HIE Toolkit Taskforce, Health Care Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), Summer 2011 – present
American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA) Standards and Interoperability Steering Committee, February 2011 - present
Professional Education Committee, Public Health Data Standards Consortium, January 2008 - present
Pediatric Health Informatics & Technology Special Interest Group, Health Care Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), Spring 2007 - present
Small & Independent Consultant Special Interest Group, Health Care Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), Spring 2007 - present
Co-Chairperson, Public Health Data Standards Consortium Communication and Outreach Committee, Fall 2006 - present
Child Health Work Group (formerly Pediatric Data Standards Special Interest Group), Health Level 7 (HL7), Spring 2005 - present
Electronic Health Record Technical Committee (EHR TC) Subcommittee on Interoperability, Health Level 7 (HL7), Spring 2005 - present
Past Activity
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) Immunization Information System (IIS) Blue Ribbon Panel, Spring 2013
American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Public Health Informatics Executive Committee, November 2010 - October 2012
Treasurer, Public Health Data Standards Consortium, October 2007 - June 2012
Direct Project Implementation Group, April 2010 - December 2011
Healthcare Information Exchange Committee, Health Care Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), July 2009 - June 2011
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Immunization Information System Minimum Functional Standards Update Project, January 2011 - May 2011
Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP), March 2007 - Winter 2010
Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP) Technical Committees, Winter 2006 - Winter 2010
American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA) Data Exchange Steering Committee, Spring 2005 - Fall 2010
American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA) Data Definitions Work Group, Spring 2005 - Summer 2010
American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA) Transport Layer Work Group, Spring 2005 - Summer 2010
Committee on Immunization Registry Standards for Electronic Transactions (CIRSET), now the American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA) Messaging Work Group, Spring 2000 - Summer 2010
California Health and Human Services (CHHS) Health IT Health Information Exchange Finance Workgroup, December 2009 - April 2010
Healthcare Information Exchange Portfolio Task Force (formerly HIE Guide Workgroup), Health Care Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), Spring 2009 - Spring 2010
Connections Community of Practice, Winter 2001 - March 2010
California Health and Human Services (CHHS) Health IT Research and New Technologies Workgroup, May 2009 - August 2009
American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA) Urban/Cities Committee, Winter 2004 - Fall 2005
Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP) Use Case Committee, Fall 2005
American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA) Emergency Preparedness and Response Committee, Fall 2002 - Summer 2005
Electronic Health Record (EHR) Deployment Task Force, Health Care Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), Summer 2004 - Spring 2005
American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA) Technical Committee, Spring 2002 - Spring 2003
Computer Technology Advisory Committee, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Fall 1996 - Fall 2001