Interoperability, Community Data Governance, and TEFCA Networks

A Conversation with Lisa Bari

Lisa Bari is the founding CEO of Civitas Networks for Health, the national nonprofit organization with a mission to support community and data-led health improvement and information exchange to address health outcomes and provide the infrastructure for health equity. Civitas Networks for Health counts more than 160 regional health improvement collaboratives, regional and statewide health information exchanges, and affiliated organizations as members.

Her notable prior roles included Interim CEO of the Strategic Health Information Exchange Collaborative, which became Civitas Networks for Health; Health IT and Interoperability Lead at the CMS Innovation Center working on primary care payment models; and earlier in her career, part of the executive leadership team of an electronic health records vendor. She holds an MBA from Purdue University and an MPH in Health Policy from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Lisa serves on the Boards of Directors of HealthCare Access Maryland, Zorya Foundation, and eHealth Exchange.

On this episode listen in as Jim talks with Lisa. Given her deep background in both the technology and policies of healthcare data interoperability give her a unique position to expound on topics such as: challenges to interoperability, importance of community data governance, and the potential of the looming TEFCA network.

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