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 Kim
Hoffman, Chairperson, currently is the Outreach and Telehealth
Coordinator for the Information Technology Group (ITG) at Oregon Health
& Science University (OHSU). After attending Southern Oregon University,
Kim began her career at OHSU in 1976 in the Patient Business Office. In
1985, she joined the Hospital Information Systems Department (HISD) to
assist with the implementation of the SMS (Shared Medical Systems)
patient and clinical management systems. After taking on the role of
Interim Director for HISD in 1988, she served as the Applications
Manager for HISD until 1993 when the hospital and university systems
groups merged to become the Information Technology Group. Kim served as
Interim CIO for OHSU in 1995, and then became the Director of
Applications for ITG until 1999, when she moved into her current
position. Kim currently participates as an ex-officio member of the
Oregon Telecommunications Coordinating Council (ORTCC), serves on the
Health-Education Committee of the ORTCC, and is the current chair of the
Telehealth Alliance of Oregon (TAO).
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 Robin
Lawson,
BA in education from University of Washington, has used her educational
background to create teaching programs to help train healthcare
interpreters. She serves on the board for PCC Healthcare Institute and
has offered courses in this program for close to fifteen years. She also
developed Passport University to assist interpreters with specific areas
of learning to enhance their skills. In 1997, Robin created HB 2635 and
saw it pass into State of Oregon law. This law ensures that interpreters
and translators are recognized in the State of Oregon as independent
contractors. “Passport To Languages” received the Best of Portland 2008
& 2009 Translators and Interpreters Award from the US Local Business
Association. Robin has a dream of creating an Oregon-wide Video
Healthcare Interpreting team to assist all patients and providers in
need of a professionally trained interpreter, no matter where in Oregon
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 Robert "Bob
Duehmig,
Vice-chairperson,
currently is the Communication Director for the Oregon Office of Rural
Health. After attending Indiana University, Robert worked as an
academic advisor for the US/UK Fulbright Commission in London.
After returning to the US, he worked in the end user marketing division
of Avnet Computer in Culver City, CA. In 1992, he moved to Oregon
where he worked on a number of various political campaigns before
becoming Director of Government Relations for the American Federation of
Teachers-Oregon. In 1998, he began working with Congressman David
Wu on issues dealing with labor, education and health care. In
2000, Robert became the Associate Director of Government Relations for
OHSU. Robert is a past chair of the Oregon Health Action
Campaign, Treasurer for the NW Families Children from Cambodia and the
Sabin Elementary PTA. |
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 Robert
"Rob" Myers
is the owner
of R.E. Myers and Associates, LLC in Condon, Oregon; providing lobbying,
interaction management and telecommunications consulting services.
He is also the General Manager of Frontier TeleNet, which is one of the
largest public purpose wireless telecommunications networks in the
nation.
An essential element in the Frontier TeleNet network is a layer of
telehealth communications that upon completion will provide
interconnectivity for every public and private health facility in the
region; and connectivity to urban central health service facilities in
the Willamette Valley. This telehealth segment is designed to meet
normal daily service requirements in addition to emergency and/or
catastrophic response capability and capacity. Rob serves by
gubernatorial appointment on the Oregon Telecommunications Coordinating
Council and is a past Chair of the Health-Education Committee.
Rob grew up
in Condon, attending Condon schools and Oregon State University - he is
a lifelong resident of Oregon.
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 Catherine
Britain, Secretary (acting),
runs CSB Consulting from Medford, Oregon. She provides
support to organizations and communities who want to build telehealth
networks, and develop applications. Additionally, CSB Consulting offers
telehealth policy development and grant writing support for telehealth
projects. She is also the Assistant Project Coordinator for the Oregon
Health Network FCC Pilot Program and serves as the chair for the TAO
reimbursement workgroup. Catherine serves on the board for the
Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center, an organization that
provides technical assistance and support to new and existing telehealth
programs in eight states. Previously she was the program director
for RODEO NET, a telemental health program based in La Grande, Oregon
for 10 years. Catherine has been active in regional, state and national
groups that promote rural mental health, rural telecommunications and
telehealth. Among them the Association of Telehealth Service Providers
and the American Telemedicine Association, the Board of the National
Association for Rural Mental Health, and the Oregon Telecommunications
Coordinating Council. She is a co-founder and the immediate past
president of the Telehealth Alliance of Oregon.
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 Edwin B. Parker
is President of Parker Telecommunications, a consulting business located
in Gleneden Beach, Oregon, since 1989. In previous careers Parker was a
division president for a large telephone company, President, Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer of a publicly traded telecommunications
company that he had co-founded as an entrepreneurial start-up company,
and (for 17 years) a Professor of Communication at Stanford University.
He is author or editor of many articles and books, including
Electronic Byways: State Policies for Rural Development through
Telecommunications, which was published by the Aspen Institute in
1995. Parker was the founding chairperson of the Economic Development
Alliance of Lincoln County.
Oregon
Governor John Kitzhaber named Parker local economic development leader
of the year in 1995. Parker represented the Oregon coast on the
Connecting Oregon Communities Advisory Board. He served on the Oregon
Telecommunications Coordinating Council from its inception until its
sunset in 2010. He was named Man of the Year in Lincoln City in 2006 in
recognition of his local contributions to telecommunications and
economic development. He helped create Oregon Health Network and served
as co-chair of the Interim Executive Committee until the organization
was incorporated, a full time executive director was appointed and a
regular governing board was established. Parker and his wife, Fran
Spigai, were given the “Outstanding Contribution to Rural Health in
Oregon” award at the Oregon Rural Health Conference in September 2007.
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 Jo
Bell, Treasurer, is Health
Policy Advisor for the Department of
Community Colleges and Workforce Development.
She previously held positions as the Acting Executive Director Oregon
Healthcare Workforce Institute, Shared Executive for the Healthcare
Workforce Initiative, Office of the Governor / Oregon Association Of
Hospitals & Health Systems, and Director, Legislative Support
Services Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems. |
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Thomas Roe, MD,
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 Sandy Kukla,
RN, CFP, is the Senior Program Manager for GCI ConnectMD,
Washington. As an RN, IT financial and application analyst, she has been
with GCI since 2006. She has over 30 years of experience in various
healthcare disciplines including hospital and emergency room nursing,
practice administration, Director of Hospital Business Services ,
application implementation and training, medical financial consulting
and clinical analytics. Sandy is a member of the Washington Technology
Exchange Advisory Board, ATA, MGMA, HFMA and is a certified EMT. Sandy
is very active in chronic care collaborative, patient safety
initiatives, advancement of telemedicine applications and passionate
about improving healthcare and the access to care. |
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 Douglas Romer
is the Executive
Director of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer at Grande
Ronde Hospital, a twenty-five bed critical access hospital located in La
Grande, Oregon. Doug is a graduate of Eastern Oregon University and
has over thirty-five years experience in the healthcare industry
including Surgical Services management, performance improvement,
accreditation and licensure. Doug is the telemedicine coordinator for
Grande Ronde Hospital and has implemented several successful
telemedicine programs that have increased access and quality of care for
its rural community. Doug is a member of Eastern Oregon University –
College of Arts and Sciences Computer Sciences/Multimedia Industry
Advisory Board, Center for Human Development Board of Directors and is
the President of the Northeast Oregon Nurse Executive Council. Doug has
presented to local, state and national audiences concerning technology
and telemedicine successes. |
 Jeff Caulley
is a Strategic
Planning and Business Development Analyst for Asante Health System
located in Medford, Oregon. He has worked for Asante for the past 10
years in various operational roles with the last 3 years in his current
role in. He sees telemedicine as the next frontier of healthcare in
rural areas of Oregon. Jeff is a native Oregonian and earned his
bachelors and masters degree from Southern Oregon University. |
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 Donald
Skinner
currently serves as the Executive Director of Oregon Pacific Area Health
Education Center, which has its office in Lincoln City and serves
Oregon’s nine northwest counties. A long time Oregon political activist
and non-profit administrator, Don was founding Director of Oregon
PeaceWorks and has worked as Development Director for Oregon EarthShare,
Public Affairs Director for Planned Parenthood of the
Columbia-Willamette and also served on the Kopetski Congressional staff.
With an emphasis on community organizing, Don’s interest is in expanding
TAO’s capacity to facilitate effective application of telecommunications
to narrow the quality of healthcare gap between rural and urban areas.
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 John
Irwin works with
communities to help them use technology for economic development and
quality of life enhancements. John previously chaired the Oregon Telecommunications
Coordinating Council (2001-2009). Previous board affiliations included Vice-chairman of
the Area Health Education Center of southwest Oregon (www.healthyoregon.com).
John is a co-founder of the Living Well in Southern Oregon Program (www.sohealthyoregon.org).
He brings 30 years of diverse technology, healthcare and business
experience gained from both the public and private sectors. |
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 Christopher
Tamarin, Ex Oficio,
is the Telecommunications Coordinator for the Oregon Economic and
Community Development Department (OECDD) assisting communities with
telecommunications infrastructure and application issues. He has
seventeen years experience in marketing voice and data
telecommunications services and equipment used in small and large
communities by multi-location companies, electric utilities, healthcare
providers, schools, and government agencies. He has an MBA from
the University of Nevada and an MS in Telecommunications from the
University of Colorado. He has five years teaching experience at
Eastern Oregon University. Contact Chris by calling 503 508-0178
or by e-mail to
Christopher.Tamarin@state.or.us. Or US Mail to Oregon Economic
and Community Development Department, 121 SW Salmon Street #205,
Portland, Oregon 97204.
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Josie Henderson, MPAHA, is an independent telehealth consultant who
is working with Providence Health & Services in Portland, Oregon to help
them make strategic decisions about telehealth. Prior experience
includes serving as the Chief Executive Officer for the Telemedicine
Research Center (TRC) and as the Executive Director for the Association
of Telehealth Service Providers (ATSP). During her tenure with the TRC
and ATSP she was involved in numerous regional and national telehealth
efforts. In 2003, Josie’s testimony before the Oregon State Legislature
helped lead to the passage of House Joint Resolution 4, which favors
telemedicine reimbursement. In 2010 she earned a Masters of Public
Administration, Health Administration from Portland State University,
graduating Upsilon Phi Delta. Josie is passionate about leading
telehealth efforts that achieve the triple aim of healthcare: lower
cost, better health, and an improved patient experience.
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