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HHS announces appointment of four new directors

E-Health Trend Watch, April 28, 2006

Department of Health and Human Services National Coordinator David Brailer announced the appointment of the following four permanent directors during a meeting of the American Health Information Community:

* Karen Bell was named director of the Office of Health IT Adoption. She previously worked for Boston's Partners Healthcare.

* Kelly Cronin was named director of the Office of Programs and Coordination. Cronin previously directed patient-safety initiatives at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

* Attorney Jodi Daniel was appointed the new director of the Office of Policy and Research. Daniel worked in the development of e-prescribing standards for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

* John Loonsk was named director of the Office of Interoperability and Standards. He was the director of informatics for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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