Leadership of the Connecting for Drug Safety Collaboration

The Connecting for Drug Safety Collaboration is coordinated and led by the eHealth Initiative, a non-profit, multi-stakeholder organization whose mission is to improve the quality, safety and efficiency of health care through information and information technology, whose multi-stakeholder Leadership Council provides overall strategic guidance to the initiative.

A National Advisory Board has been established for the Collaboration to provide guidance to the effort and provide input to the development of the technical, legal, and communications-related tools, which will be made widely available to accelerate the creation of an active drug safety surveillance system in the U.S. through the use of health IT and health information exchange.

Connecting for Drug Safety Collaboration Advisory Board Members

1. Steven C. Anderson, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Chain Drug Stores
2. Carolyn Clancy, MD, Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Liaison)
3. Tom Fritz, Chief Executive Officer, Inland Northwest Health Services
4. Linda Golodner, President-Emeritus, National Consumers League
5. Charles N. Kahn, III, President, Federation of American Hospitals
6. Jack Lewin, MD, Chief Executive Officer, American College of Cardiology
7. Alan Mertz, President, American Clinical Laboratory Association
8. Randolph A. Miller, MD, Donald A.B. and Mary M. Lindberg Chair in Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
9. Rose Marie Robertson, MD, FAHA, FACC, FESC, Chief Science Officer, American Heart Association
10. John Tooker, MD, MBA, FACP, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, American College of Physicians
11. Janet Woodcock, MD, Deputy Commissioner and Chief Medical Officer, Food and Drug Administration (Liaison)

Emily Welebob, consultant to eHealth Initiative, serves as the Program Director for the eHI Connecting for Drug Safety Collaboration.