TELEMEDICINE REPORT TO CONGRESS
January 31, 1997
Evaluation and Inventory Subgroup
Linda Brink, Ph.D., Chair
Telemedicine Evaluation Working Group
Department of Defense
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Co-Chair
Rebecca Kelley
Office of the Chief Information Officer
Veterans Health Administration
Department of Veteran Affairs
Legal Subgroup
Steve Permison, M.D., Chair
Bureau of Health Professions
Health Resources & Services Administration
U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services
Co-Chair
Eric Marks, M.D.
Uniformed Services
University of Health Sciences
Department of Defense
Reimbursement Subgroup
Chair
Bill England, J.D., Ph.D.
Office of Research and Demonstrations
Health Care Financing Administration
U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services
Michael J. Ackerman, Ph.D High Performance Computing and Communications National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Lee Bailey U.S. Israel Science & Technology Commission Department of Commerce Robert Bozzelli Bureau of Prisons Department of Justice Richard Banvard High Performance Computing and Communications National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Bill Braithwaite Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation U.S. Dept. Of Health and Human Services David Brown, Ph.D. Center for Devices and Radiological Health U.S. Food and Drug Administration U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Larry Bryant Rural Utilities Services U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Terri Brown Rural Information Center Health Service U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Ed Cameron Rural Utilities Service U.S. Dept. Of Agriculture Armand Checker Office of Rural Mental Health Research National Institutes of Health U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services G. Radford Clark Bureau of Prisons Department of Justice Richard Cooper Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Charles Doarn Aerospace Medicine National Aeronautics and Space Administration Andre J. Duerinckx, MD, Ph.D. West L.A. VA Medical Center Department of Veteran Affairs John Fanning Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services J. Michael Fitzmaurice, PhD. Office of Science and Data Development Agency for Health Care Policy and Research U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Sharon Forrest Office of Information Resources Management Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Ronald Freeman Office of Health Programs Indian Health Service U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Charles A. Gardner, Ph.D. Fogarty International Center National Institutes of Health U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Terri Gay Office of International and Refugee Health Health Resources & Services Administration U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Adam Golodner Rural Utilities Service U.S. Department of Agriculture Melvyn Greberman, M.D. Division of Small Manufacturers Assistance Center for Devices and Radiological Health U.S. Food And Drug Administration U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Carol B. Haberman, M.S., M.P.A. High Performance Computing and Communications National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Lori Harris Office of Legislative and Government Affairs Health Care Financing Administration U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Thomas W. Hertz, Ph.D. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Virginia Huth Office of Management and Budget Rebecca Kelley Washington IRM Field Office Department of Veteran Affairs Lawrence Kucken Office of Research & Demonstrations Health Care Financing Administration U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Joanne Kumekawa Office of the Assistant Secretary National Telecommunications Information Administration U.S. Dept. of Commerce Luis Guillermo Kun, Ph.D. Center for Information Technology Agency for Health Care Policy & Research U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Daniel Maloney Washington IRM Field Office Department of Veteran Affairs Eric S. Marks, M.D. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Dept. of Defense Elliot Maxwell Office of Plans and Policy Federal Communications Commission Thomas Morris Office of Rural Health Policy Health Resources & Services Administration U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Peter Nacci Joint Program Steering Group National Institute of Justice Department. of Justice James Pittman Center for Mental Health Services Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services LTC Ron Poropatich, MD Walter Reed Army Hospital Department of Defense Lygeia Ricciardi Office of Plans and Policy Federal Communications Commission Harry L. Roesch Appalachian Regional Commission Dave Ross, Sc.D. Office of Public Health Practice Centers for Disease Control U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Bernadette Schumaker Bureau of Policy Development Health Care Financing Administration U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Rufus Sessions, Ph.D Walter Reed Army Medical Center Department of Defense Fay Shtern National Cancer Institute National Institutes of Health U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Neil J. Stillman, Ph.D. Office of Information Resorces Managmeent U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Mark Thomas, P.E. Clinical Engineering Program Indian Health Service U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Cindy Trutanic, JD Office of the Vice President Office of Tipper Gore Elisa Tunanidas Bureau of Policy Development Health Care Financing Administration U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Linda A. Vogel Office of International and Refugee Health Health Resources & Services Administration U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Cathy Wasem Office of Rural Health Policy Health Resources & Services Administration U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Shari Wyatt National Telecommunications Information Administration U.S. Depart. of Commerce Don Young, J.D. Office of the General Counsel Health Resources & Services Admnistration U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Cap. Paul Zimnik, DO U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command Department of Defense
Lori Bartholomew Physician Insurers Association of America James. G. "Gil" Hill American Psychological Association Tom Mahr Office of the Hon. Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) United States Senate D. Kathy Milholland, Ph.D., R.N. American Nurses Association David Nickelson, J.D., Psy.D. Office of the Hon. Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) Ellen Riker Justine Germann Federation of State Medical Boards Curtis Rooney, J.D. American Medical Association Jay H. Sanders, M.D., F.A.C.P. American Telemedicine Association & The Global Telemedicine Group Nancy Sharp American College of Nurse Practitioners Dr. Mary Wakefield Center for Health Policy College of Nursing and Health Sciences, George Mason University Robert Waters, J.D. Arent Fox Dennis Wentz American Medical Association Nigel Wilkinson RSS&M