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Key EHR Program Contacts

Executive Direction:
William “Craig” Vanderwagen, MD, Acting IHS Chief Medical Officer, Rockville, MD
Keith Longie, Acting Director, IHS Office of Information Technology, Rockville MD
EHR Program Director:
Howard Hays, MD, MSPH, Phoenix Indian Medical Center; Howard.Hays2@ihs.gov
Dr. Hays is responsible for overall direction, coordination, and progress toward completion of the IHS-EHR suite of applications, and for creating a program that will sustain the EHR and support sites that implement it.
Clinical Lead:
Robert Byron, MD, MPH, Crow Service Unit, Crow MT; robert.byron@mail.ihs.gov
Dr. Byron is the lead clinical user of EHR and is responsible for coordinating the EHR requirements process for current and future development, and for developing a training program that meets the needs of EHR users.
Technical Lead:
Bruce Parker, ITSC Acting Director, Albuquerque NM; Bruce.Parker@ihs.gov
The ITSC Director is responsible for designating staff to oversee development, initial testing and certification of the EHR applications, technical support for EHR after deployment, and consultation and support on network and technical infrastructure issues.
Transformational Lead:
Pam Schweitzer, Pharm D, BCPS, ITSC Pharmacy Consultant, Phoenix AZ; Pam.Schweitzer@mail.ihs.gov
Ms. Schweitzer works closely with sites that are moving toward EHR, in team building, planning, technical and business process self-assessment, and a variety of other preparatory activities.
Deployment and Training Coordinator:
David Taylor, MHS, RPh, PA-C, RN, Cherokee NC; David.Taylor@ihs.gov
CAPT Taylor is responsible for developing and coordinating training activities for Clinical Application Coordinators, EHR implementation teams, and clinical users.
Hardware and Network Consultant:
Wes Old Coyote, CIO, Navajo Area IHS; Wesley.OldCoyote@ihs.gov
Mr. Old Coyote provides consultation to Areas and health care facilities on computer hardware and network requirements for adequate support of EHR.
Health Information Management Consultant:
Pat Gowan, HIM Consultant, Phoenix Area IHS;Patricia.Gowan@ihs.gov
Ms. Gowan consults with the EHR Program on issues relating to medical records management in the EHR environment.
Functional Software Development Team:
Raymond Willie Mike Danielson
Linda Fels Chris Saddler
Horace Whitt F.J. Evans
Tim Frazier Michael Kring
Godfrey Drake  

Clinical Advisory Team:
Mark Carroll, MD, Tuba City Regional Health Care Corp
Debra Doornbos, RN, MSN, ANMC
Tom Duran, RPh, CIO, Northern Navajo Medical Center
Bill Gloyd, MD, MPH, Albuquerque Indian Hospital
Denise Grenier, MSW, LISW, Clinical Lead ITSC BH Project, Tucson AZ
Thomas Manning, MD, CD, Warm Springs
Thomas Maynor, MD, MPH, Washoe Tribal Health
Elaine Miller, MD, MH Branch Chief, Aberdeen Area
Corinna Nyquist, RN, BSN, Indian Health Council, Pauma Valley CA
Rick Robinson, DPM, Whiteriver AZ
David Sprenger, MD, BH Consultant, California Area
Don Stucky, MD, W.W. Hastings Indian Hospital
Tina Tah, RN, BSN, Diabetes & PHN Coordinator, Albuquerque Area
Charlton Wilson, MD, Diabetes Ctr Director, PIMC
Tracy Wolfe-Chlupsa, RN, FNP, Cherokee Indian Hospital

The EHR-CAT was convened to provide functional requirements (current and future) for the Electronic Health Record from the perspective of clinical users.


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This file last modified: Wednesday September 29, 2004  4:21 PM