Commissioners on the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT®)

The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) is governed by a 21-member Board of Commissioners from academic, private sector and governmental agencies. The Commission oversees the work of CCHIT's professional staff and voluntary work groups. The roles of the Commissioners are to represent all stakeholders, provide strategic direction, ensure objectivity and credibility, provide guidance to and review the reports of the work groups, and approve the final certification criteria and processes.

Apply to serve on the Commission

If you are interested in becoming a Commissioner, we ask that you submit your resume to candidates@cchit.org for review and consideration. CCHIT will be accepting applications (resumes) for its Board of Commissioners through the end of July, and the Trustees will announce their selections by early September.

Commissioners serve voluntarily and participate in monthly meetings, alternating in-person and teleconference meetings. In addition, Commissioners should expect to spend time reviewing Work Group development products and staff reports prior to the Commission meetings. All in-person meetings are held in Chicago, Illinois. The meeting location and sleeping rooms are secured by CCHIT; however, travel and expenses are covered by each Commissioner.

The Commission is made up of at least two representatives each from the provider, payer, and vendor stakeholder groups, and at least one from seven other stakeholder groups, including safety net providers, health care consumers, public health agencies, quality improvement organizations, clinical researchers, standards development and informatics experts and government agencies. The Commissioners serve staggered two-year terms. Nominations open in the summer; they are submitted to the Commission by a joint Nominating Committee made up of internal and external members appointed by the Commission.

Certification Commission Chairman

Mark Leavitt, MD, PhD

Commissioners

  • Abha Agrawal, MD, FACP, Director, Medical Informatics; Associate Medical Director, Kings County Hospital Center

  • Richard Atkin, President, Misys Healthcare Systems

  • Karen Bell, MD, Director, Office of HIT Adoption, Office of the National Coordinator for HIT, US Department of Health and Human Services

  • Andrea Gelzer, MD, FACP, Senior Vice President, Clinical Public Affairs, CIGNA Healthcare

  • Jeffrey Hillebrand, Chief Operating Officer, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare

  • Linda Hogan, PhD, Vice President, Clinical Informatics & Operations, Pittsburgh Mercy Health System (Informatics)

  • Christopher Macmanus, Senior Vice President, Information Technology & CIO, Catholic Health Initiatives

  • Denni McColm, Chief Information Officer, Citizens Memorial Healthcare

  • Jane B. Metzger, Research Director, Emerging Practices, First Consulting Group

  • Susan R. Miller, RN, FACMPE, Administrator, Family Practice Associates of Lexington Kentucky

  • James Morrow, MD, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, North Fulton Family Medicine

  • Jonathan Perlin, MD, PhD, Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President for Quality, HC

  • Rick Ratliff, Chief Operating Officer, SureScripts (Health Information Exchanges)

  • Wes Rishel, Research Director, Gartner, Inc.

  • David A. Ross, ScD, Director, Public Health Informatics Institute, Decatur, Ga. (Public Health)

  • Don Rucker, MD, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Siemens Medical Solutions

  • Michael Ubl, Director, IT Strategy & eHealth, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota

  • Andrew G. Ury, MD, Chief Executive Officer, Practice Partner, Inc.

  • Andrew Wiesenthal, MD, Associate Executive Director, Clinical Information Support, The Permanente Federation