A Short History of Redwood MedNet
Board of Directors
Meetings
Contact
A Short History of Redwood
MedNet
[ JULY 2004 ] Carl Henning, MD, initiates a
monthly meeting to discuss local participation in the national health
information exchange agenda. Participants in the first meeting:
Peter Cho, MD Family Practice Physician
Robert Faulk Executive Director, Mendocino Lake Medical Society
Carl Henning, MD Orthopedic Surgeon
Will Ross CTO, Alliance for Rural Community Health
Robert Rushton, MD Family Practice Physician
Greg Wenneson Project Manager, Alliance for Rural Community Health
[ AUGUST 2004 ] Steering Committee begins
meeting monthly at the office of the Mendocino-Lake Medical Society to
investigate development of a local clinical messaging service.
[ APRIL 2005 ] Steering Committee initiates
formation of a new non-profit organization to acellerate adoption
of health information technology, and monthly meeting moves to
Ukiah Valley Medical Center
[ MAY 2005 ] Monthly meeting moved to Ukiah
Valley Medical Center; "Redwood MedNet" chosen as
name of new organization
[ JUNE 2005 ] Seed funding for legal
incorporation provided by the Foundation for Medical Care of
Lake and Mendocino Counties
[ AUGUST 2005 ] Redwood MedNet Articles of
Incorporation filed with the State
of California; initial 501(c)(3) status granted to
Redwood MedNet
[ SEPTEMBER 2005 ] Founding Board of Directors
(BoD) seated, with all nine members from Ukiah; Clinical
Messaging grant received from
Blue Shield
of California Foundation
[ DECEMBER 2005 ] IRS
501(c)(3) Determination Letter received; BoD approves
"dba" for Mendocino HRE
participation in the
NHIN
Prototype Architecture contract with
ONC
[ OCTOBER 2006 ] Redwood MedNet and
Mendocino County Public Health submit feedback to the ONC
Biosurveillance
Working Group
[ JANUARY 2007 ] Redwood MedNet Project
Manager participates in the HIE Business Model Plenary Session at
the ONC Third
Nationwide Health Information Network Forum
[ APRIL 2007 ] Pilot testing of electronic
laboratory result data stream begins at
Healdsburg District Hospital
using the Mirth open
source health data integration engine
[ JULY 2007 ] First annual health information
exchange Conference
presented in Ukiah
[ JANUARY 2008 ] HIE expansion grant received
from UnitedHealth Group / PacifiCare
[ APRIL 2008 ] Production delivery of electronic
laboratory results begins from the outpatient laboratory at Healdsburg
District Hospital to Alliance
Medical Center, a community-based FQHC in Northern Sonoma
County
[ JULY 2008 ] Second annual health information
exchange Conference
presented in Ukiah
[ NOVEMBER 2008 ] Public Demonstration
of the Redwood MedNet clinical messaging service at Healdsburg
District Hospital; launch laboratory results delivery from
Quest Diagnostics
[ JUNE 2009 ] Public demonstration of
CONNECT Federal NHIN
Gateway (v2.0)
[ JULY 2009 ] Third annual health information
exchange Conference
presented in Healdsburg
[ SEPTEMBER 2009 ] Begin production delivery of
radiology reports at Healdsburg District Hospital
[ FEBRUARY 2010 ] Production
demonstration
of NHIN-enabled CONNECT gateway (v2.1) exchanging patient data with
Thayer County Health
Services in Nebraska
[ MARCH 2010 ] Demonstration of NHIN-enabled
CONNECT gateway (v2.3) at HIMSS
Interoperability Showcase in Atlanta
[ JULY 2010 ] Fourth annual health information
exchange Conference
presented in Santa Rosa, featuring a demonstration
of the then current NHIN Direct data exchange protocols.
Board of Directors
Mark Apfel, MD [ Secretary ] Medical Director, Anderson Valley Health Center
Harold Becker Regional CIO, Adventist Health
Jed Gladstein [ Treasurer ] Attorney
Carl Henning, MD [ President ] Orthopedic Surgeon, Ukiah Valley Primary Care
Ray Hino, MHA CEO, Mendocino Coast District Hospital
Martin Love, MBA CEO, Humboldt Del Norte IPA
Jack Neureuter CEO, Alliance Medical Center
Tom Reidenbach, PharmD [ Vice-President ] Pharmacist, Myer's Medical Pharmacy
Robert Rushton, MD Family Practice Physician
Meetings
BOD - 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, Ukiah Valley Medical Center
January to October = Meet on the 4th Thursday
November & December = 1 meeting between Thanksgiving and Christmas
OPERATIONS - 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM every other Tuesday
PRIVACY - as needed
TECHNOLOGY - 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM every Tuesday
Contact
Carl Henning, MD chenning -(at)- redwoodmednet -(dot)- org
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Last Update: 16 July 2010