HealthTech

Board Chairperson
John Haughom, M.D., Senior Vice President, Healthcare Improvement Division PeaceHealth

Vice Chair
Gordon Hunt, M.D., M.B.A., Senior Vice President and CMO Sutter Health

Treasurer
Mary Pittman, Ph.D., President Public Health Institute

Secretary
Molly J. Coye, M.D., M.P.H., Chief Executive Officer Health Technology Center

Dan Fox, Ph.D., President Emeritus Milbank Memorial Fund
Kathryn E. Johnson

Ex officio Director

Bruce M. Fried,  Attorney Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal

John Haughom, M.D.,Senior Vice President, Healthcare Improvement Division, PeaceHealth

John Haughom, M.D., is corporate Senior Vice President of the Healthcare Improvement Division for PeaceHealth. Prior to this, Dr. Haughom served as the corporation’s Chief Medical Officer and the Director of Health Services Research and Development. He also has 15 years of clinical practice experience. In this role, he is responsible for clinical improvement, health services research, outcomes measurement, the information systems department, the web services department, and all PeaceHealth information systems initiatives including the Community Health Record, a computer-based medical record system providing across the continuum care support to physician groups and regional health care facilities in three states (Oregon, Washington, and Alaska). In addition to an electronic medical record, features of the Community Health Record include physician order entry, real time decision support, chronic disease registries, a robust data warehouse architecture and advanced secure access to clinical information for patients via the Internet. Dr. Haughom is also a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Informatics at the Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, OR.

Gordon C. Hunt, Jr., M.D., M.B.A. Senior Vice President and CMO, Sutter Health

Dr. Hunt heads Sutter Health’s system-wide quality initiatives and efforts to integrate care through alliances with aligned and affiliated physicians groups across northern California. He has extensive experience in medical group formation, developing hospital-physician partnerships, and the integration of hospitals, multi-specialty medical groups, and IPAs. Dr. Hunt is board certified in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine. He is a member of California Medical Association’s Commission on Legislation.

Mary Pittman, Ph.D., President, Public Health Institute

Dr. Pittman serves at President of the Public Health Institute, an independent nonprofit organization attracting inspired leaders and committed to saving lives and improving quality of life by strengthening public health locally and globally.  Prior to leading PHI, Dr. Pitman served as President of the Health Research and Educational Trust, which conducts research, demonstration projects and education. She was also a member of the executive staff of the American Hospital Association. Prior to assuming the leadership of HRET in 1993, she was President and CEO of the California Association of Public Hospitals. Dr. Pittman received master’s degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, in Public Health and City and Regional Planning, as well as a doctorate in Public Health Administration.

Molly J. Coye, M.D., M.P.H. CEO, Health Technology Center

Dr. Molly J. Coye is founder and CEO of the Health Technology Center (HealthTech), a non-profit education and research organization established in 2000 to advance the use of beneficial technologies in promoting healthier people and communities. Today HealthTech provides objective technology forecasts, innovative decision-making tools, and expert learning networks for 45 Partner organizations. Partners include nearly 25 percent of the nation’s hospitals, as well as the country’s leading health plans and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, which together cover more than half of all insured Americans. Dr. Coye has extensive experience in both the public and private sectors. She served as Commissioner of Health for the State of New Jersey and Director of the California Department of Health Services, in addition to heading the Division of Public Health at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, leading marketing and product development for interactive health communication and disease management at HealthDesk Corp, serving as Executive Vice President for the Good Samaritan Health System, and directing The Lewin Group’s West Coast office. As a member of the Institute of Medicine, Dr. Coye co-authored the reports To Err is Human and Crossing the Quality Chasm, chaired the Committee on Access to Insurance for Children, and co-chaired the Committee on Patient Safety Data Standards. Dr. Coye is on the Board of Trustees of the American Hospital Association and the Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), one of the largest and most creative nonprofit organizations working in international health. She was a founding board member of The California Endowment, the largest private health care philanthropy in California. Dr. Coye has her M.D. and M.P.H. degrees from Johns Hopkins University and is board certified by the American College of Preventive Medicine. In 2005, she was selected one of the 100 most influential leaders in health care - and the 25 most influential women in health care - by Modern Healthcare magazine.

Dan Fox, Ph.D., President Emeritus Milbank Memorial Fund

Dr. Fox led the Milbank Memorial Fund, the nation’s oldest endowed foundation in healthcare and public health. Prior to that he was a faculty member and administrator at Harvard University and then at the Health Sciences Center of the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Dr. Fox holds A.B, A.M. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University and is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.
Kathryn E. Johnson

Kathryn E. Johnson served as the Chief Executive Officer of Health Forum for twenty-five years and retired January 1, 2002.  She has served on numerous Boards, including chairing the Boards of the Institute for Research on Learning and the American Society of Association Executives. She is a former W. K Kellogg Foundation Fellow. Currently, Ms. Johnson serves on the Boards of the Friends of the UN World Food Program, the Health Tech Center, the International Leadership Association, Omni Med, and  RENEW.