Our Committees
To learn more about the work of these Committees, please click the links listed below:
Consumer Committee
HealthInfoNet's Consumer Advisory Committee began meeting in January, 2007. Its role is to advise the HIN Board on medical privacy issues and to assist in the development of electronic Personal Health Records (PHRs) and efforts to build public awareness of electronic information-sharing. The Committee is chaired by Carol Carothers, who is one of two consumer representatives on the HealthInfoNet Board of Directors.
Technical and Professional Practice Advisory Committee
The HealthInfoNet Technical and Professional Practice Advisory Committee is a standing committee of the HealthInfoNet Board of Directors comprised of CIOs and Chief Medical Directors from Maine provider sites, practicing providers, and other interested parties with experience and expertise in the implementation and use of health information technology, clinical data sets, and/or public health information systems. The focus of the Committee is to support the Board and the HealthInfoNet staff in matters related to developing, implementing and sustaining a statewide health information exchange.