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Committee on Using Performance Monitoring to Improve Community Health
BOBBIE A. BERKOWITZ* (Cochair), Deputy Secretary,
Washington State Department of Health, Olympia, Washington
THOMAS S. INUI** (Cochair), Professor and Chair,
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Massachusetts
ALAN W. CROSS (Vice Chair), Director,
Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
LARRY W. CHAMBERS, Epidemiology Consultant,
Hamilton–Wentworth Regional Public Health Department, and
Professor,
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
THOMAS W. CHAPMAN,*** Chief Executive Officer,
George Washington University Hospital, and
Senior Vice President for Network Development,
George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
ELLIOTT S. FISHER, Associate Professor of Medicine and Community and Family Medicine,
Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire
JAMES L. GALE, Professor,
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, and
Director,
Northwest Center for Public Health Practice, University of Washington, Seattle;
Health Officer,
Kittitas County, Washington
KRISTINE GEBBIE**
(Liaison, Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention),
Assistant Professor of Nursing,
Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, New York
FERNANDO A. GUERRA, Director of Health,
San Antonio Metropolitan Health District, San Antonio, Texas
GARLAND H. LAND, Director,
Center for Health Information Management and Epidemiology, Missouri Department of Health, Jefferson City, Missouri
SHEILA LEATHERMAN, Executive Vice President,
United Health Care Corporation, Minneapolis, Minnesota
JOHN R. LUMPKIN, Director,
Illinois Department of Public Health, Springfield, Illinois
WILLIAM J. MAYER, Vice President,
Medical Affairs, Kellogg Company, Battle Creek, Michigan
ANA MARIA OSORIO, Chief,
Occupational Health Branch, California Department of Health Services, Berkeley, California
SHOSHANNA SOFAER, Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Research,
Department of Health Care Sciences, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
DEBORAH KLEIN WALKER, Assistant Commissioner,
Bureau of Family and Community Health, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
JOHN E. WARE, Jr.,*** Senior Scientist,
The Health Institute, New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
RICHARD A. WRIGHT, Director,
Community Health Services, Denver Department of Health and Hospitals, Denver, Colorado
Study Staff
Linda A. Bailey, Senior Program Officer (Co–Study Director)
Jane S. Durch, Program Officer (Co–Study Director)
Stephanie Y. Smith, Project Assistant
Michael A. Stoto, Director,
Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Marissa Fuller, Research Associate
Sarah H. Reich, Project Assistant
Susan Thaul, Senior Program Officer
Workshop Consultant
Ellen M. Weissman,
Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health