Impact Statements
Juan Alaniz
Senior Health Policy Analyst, the Washington State Health Care Authority and
Project Manager for the Health Record Bank project
"The Common Framework materials were useful resources to the Washington State Health Care Authority in developing our roadmap for state health information exchange. Having these resources available to the project manager and the members of the Health Infrastructure Advisory Board at the start meant that we did not have to "reinvent the wheel." It laid out many of the basic policy and technical issues that we needed to consider when developing our consumer-centric health record banking model."
Juan is a graduate of the University of Texas at El Paso with a B.A. in political science. He served as a medical service officer in the US Army, and held health care program management positions at the state department of health and state Medicaid office. He also has experience in the private sector in health plan administration with EDS. He is currently a senior health policy analyst with the Washington State Health Care Authority and is the project manager for the Health Record Bank project and staffs the Health Information Infrastructure Advisory Board (HIIAB) that was mandated by the legislature in 2005 and 2007. With the Board and active involvement of a separate stakeholder advisory committee, a strategy recommendation and roadmap was submitted to the Governor and Legislature in December, 2006. The legislature adopted the board recommendations and extended the work of the HIIAB during the 2007 session. This work is to result in implementation of the first consumer-centric health record banks inWashington State.
