Gibbons creates health task force
CARSON CITY -- Gov. Jim Gibbons issued an executive order Wednesday to create the Health Information Technology Blue Ribbon Task Force, which he hopes can propose ways to detect infectious disease outbreaks early.
He wants the task force to propose recommendations for a health care information network by April 30.
Gibbons said a statewide health information network could bring higher quality health care by providing information on treatment or tests useful in dealing with infectious diseases.
It also would allow the exchange of health care information among professionals, while guarding the privacy of patients.
Funds for setting up a statewide network come from federal economic stimulus grants.
Task force members include state health officer Tracey Green; university Regent Ray Rawson; Chuck Duarte, head of the Nevada Division of Health Care Financing and Policy; Leslie Johnston, director of the Nevada Public Employees Benefits Program; Tom Chase, chief executive officer, Nevada Health Centers; Scott Kipper, state Division of Insurance commissioner; Marc Bennett, president of Health Insight; Robert Schaich, senior vice president of United Health Care of Nevada; and Chris Bosse, vice president of Renown.
Other members are Brian Brannan, chief operating officer of University Medical Center; Maurizio Trevisan, vice chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education; Dr. Steve Loos of Great Basin Imaging; Bobbette Bond of the Southern Nevada Health Care Coalition; Robert Dornberger, vice president of Scolari's Food and Drug Co.; Rich Hsu, a Reno lawyer; and Glenn Trowbridge, the representative for consumers.
