Achieving the Health IT Objectives of the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

A Framework for 'Meaningful Use' and 'Certified or Qualified' Electronic Health Records

The Markle Connecting for Health Collaborative

The consensus statement Achieving the Health IT Objectives of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act represents a collective view that was deeply informed by the many and diverse collaborators of Markle Connecting for Health.

The following individuals support this collaborative statement.

Steve Adams
ReachMyDoctor
Thomas Aschenbrener
Northwest Health Foundation
Kirsten Beronio
Mental Health America
Carmella Bocchino, RN, MBA
America's Health Insurance Plans
Adam Bosworth
Keas, Inc.
William Braithwaite, MD, PhD
Anakam Inc.
Mark Chassin, MD, MPP, MPH
The Joint Commission
Maureen Corry, MPH
Childbirth Connection
Robert Cothren, PhD
Cognosante, Inc.
Rex Cowdry, MD*
Maryland Health Care Commission
Nancy Davenport Ennis
National Patient Advocate Foundation
Brian DeVore
Intel Corporation
David Epstein
The State of the USA
Colin Evans
Dossia
Karen Evans
KE&T Partners, LLC
Lisa Fenichel
Health Care for All
Steven Findlay
Consumers Union
Mark Frisse, MD, MBA, MSc
Vanderbilt Center for Better Health
Gilles Frydman
Association of Online Cancer Resources
Daniel Garrett
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Douglas Gentile, MD, MBA
Allscripts
Adrian Gropper, MD
MedCommons
Margalit Gur-Arie
GenesysMD
John Halamka, MD
CareGroup Health System
John Haughton MD, MS
DocSite, LLC
Douglas Henley, MD, FAAFP
American Academy of Family Physicians
Joseph Heyman, MD
American Medical Association
James Heywood
PatientsLikeMe
Gerry Hinkley, JD
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Kevin Hutchinson
Prematics, Inc.
Charles Jaffe, MD, PhD
Health Level Seven, Inc.
William Jessee, MD
Medical Group Management Association
Mimi Johnson
National Consumers League
Jeff Jonas
IBM Distinguished Engineer
Michael Kappel
McKesson Provider Technologies
Brian Keaton, MD, FACEP
American College of Emergency Physicians
David Kibbe, MD, MBA
American Academy of Family Physicians

Brian Klepper, PhD
Healthcare Performance, Inc.
Allan Korn, MD
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
Vince Kuraitis
Better Health Technologies, LLC
David Lansky, PhD
Pacific Business Group on Health
Jack Lewin, MD
American College of Cardiology
Janet Marchibroda
IBM Corporation
Philip Marshall, MD, MPH
WebMD Health
Deven McGraw, JD, MPH
Center for Democracy and Technology
Blackford Middleton, MD, MPH, MSc
Partners HealthCare System
John Moore
Chilmark Research
Tom Morrisson
NaviNet, Inc.
Farzad Mostashari, MD, MSc*
New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
Debra Ness
National Partnership for Women & Families
Peter Neupert
Microsoft Corporation
Margaret O'Kane
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
J. Marc Overhage, MD, PhD
Regenstrief Institute, Inc.
Herbert Pardes, MD
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and
NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System
Joy Pritts, JD
Center on Medical Records Rights and Privacy
Rick Ratliff
Surescripts
Alison Rein
AcademyHealth
Wesley Rishel
Gartner, Inc.
John Rother
AARP
Peter Schad, PhD
The Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Josh Seidman, PhD
Center for Information Therapy
Alfred Spector
Google
Ellen Stovall
National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
Thomas Sullivan, MD
DrFirst
Micky Tripathi
Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative
Robert Wah, MD
Computer Sciences Corporation
Jeb Weisman, PhD
Children's Health fund
Marcy Wilder, JD
Hogan & Hartson LLP
Peter Wilensky
Zix Corporation
Markle Foundation:
Zoë Baird, President
Carol Diamond, MD, MPH
Chair Markle Connecting for Health

*Federal and state employees collaborate but make no endorsement.

The group is grateful to Josh Lemieux of the Markle Foundation for the production and drafting of this document, with important contributions from other Markle colleagues Claudia Williams, Rebekah Cohen, Matt Kavanagh, and Jill Schulmann, and from Clay Shirky, the Technical Lead for Markle Connecting for Health.