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Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Participants
Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Participants
Pages 331-338
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Joyce Dubow, M.A., is senior advisor in AARP's Office of Policy and Strategy, where she has responsibility for a broad health portfolio related to AARP's healthcare reform initiatives. She has had a special focus on private health plans in the Medicare program, healthcare quality, and consumer decision making.
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Gillam is responsible for designing and deploying technology systems to create an advanced medical care environment. He and the multidisciplinary staff of ER One are currently developing innovative solutions to enable healthcare providers to effectively communicate in the event of a pandemic disease or disaster by using interactive voice response technology and gesture recognition.
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Dr. Hinshaw led the institute in its support of valuable research and research training in many areas of nursing science, such as disease prevention, health promotion, acute and chronic illness, and the environments that enhance nursing care patient outcomes.
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She is past chair of the Council for Cardiovascular Disease in the Young of the American Heart Association and is currently president of Alpha Omega Alpha. She has a bachelor of science degree from McGill University, an M.D.
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He also is a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians, an earned degree awarded to family physicians for distinguished service and continuing medical education, and recently accepted an appointment from the University of Kansas School of Medicine as an assistant professor of family medicine. Richard Platt, M.D., M.S., is professor and chair of the Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, a New England health maintenance organization that supports research and teaching.
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He also serves as the chief medical spokesperson for the company. Specific areas of responsibility include utilization management; case management; disease management; quality management; pharmacy operations; prevention and wellness; research and evaluation activities; claim payment policy; hospital, physician, and ancillary provider contracting; and provider relations.
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APPENDIX C in the managed care industry. He currently serves on the board of directors of the National Committee for Quality Assurance, the National Council of Physician Executives of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, and on the Chief Medical Officers' Committee of America's Health Insurance Plans.
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