HEALTHeLINK ANNOUNCES 2011 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

BUFFALO, NEW YORK – HEALTHeLINK, Western New York’s clinical information exchange, has announced its 2011 board of directors. Cheryl Howe, executive vice president, operations at BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York was recently announced as chair. Immediate past chair Michael Cropp, MD, president and CEO of Independent Health and David Scamurra, MD, pathologist with X-Cell Laboratories of WNY were named vice chairs.

“HEALTHeLINK is one of the country’s leading regional health organizations due to the unprecedented level of collaboration among our region’s hospital systems, health plans, physicians and other health care providers, each of whom are represented on our board of directors,” said Dan Porreca, HEALTHeLINK’s executive director.

Other HEALTHeLINK board members include: Anthony Billittier, MD, Erie County Commissioner of Health; David Dunn, MD, vice president, health sciences, University at Buffalo; Richard Gold, executive vice president, mortgage and consumer lending, M&T Bank; Dennis Horrigan, president & CEO, Catholic Medical Partners IPA; James Kaskie, president and CEO, Kaleida Health System; Jody Lomeo, CEO, Erie County Medical Center Corporation; Kenneth Oakley, CEO, Rural Health Education Center; Judy Smith, MD, executive medical director, Roswell Park Cancer Institute; and Art Wingerter, president, Univera Healthcare.

About HEALTHeLINK: The not-for-profit organization was established through funding from BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York, The Catholic Health System, Erie County Medical Center Corporation, Independent Health Association, Kaleida Health, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Univera Healthcare and the Health Care Efficiency and Affordability Law for New Yorkers Capital Grant Program (HEAL NY) from New York State. HEALTHeLINK also received one of the country’s largest awards as part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services’ Beacon Community Cooperative Agreement Program.

HEALTHeLINK stakeholders include a broad representation of healthcare professionals and organizations throughout the eight-county Western New York region such as the State University of New York at Buffalo, P2 Collaborative, Chautauqua County Health Network, the WNY Rural Area Health Education Center and local county public health departments. For more information on HEALTHeLINK, visit www.wnyhealthelink.com.

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