Policy Workgroup
The Policy Workgroup develops Carequality’s policy around the optionality of the patient authorization structure, authorization as it pertains to the non-discrimination principle, and the scope of authorization in patient discovery transactions. The workgroup’s members represent a diverse collection of the various stakeholders affected by patient authorization policies.
Patient Authorization Policy Workgroup Members:
| Name | Organization |
| Lori Beckmann | Sutter Health |
| India Brim | Surescripts |
| Shelley Brown | San Diego Healthconnect |
| Jennifer Broxmeyer | athenahealth |
| Peter DeVault | Epic |
| Daniel Fischer | athenahealth |
| Anne Kimbol | HIE Texas |
| Suzannah Lipscomb | Georgia Dept. of Community Health |
| Darren Mann | Intermountain Healthcare |
| Tom Morgan | NHS Human Services |
| Jay Nakashima | DaVita |
| Dan O’Mahoney | NorthShore University Health System |
| AJ Peterson | Netsmart |
| Marty Prahl | Social Security Administration |
| Scott Stuewe | Cerner |
| Kristen Valdes | b.well |
The Policy develops Carequality’s policy around the optionality of the patient authorization structure, authorization as it pertains to the non-discrimination principle, and the scope of authorization in patient discovery transactions.
Draft conclusions reached by the Policy Workgroup can be found in this here. These conclusions will be reflected in proposed updates to the Query-Based Document Exchange section of the Implementation Guide. The latest draft of the Implementation Guide can be found here.