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Key Informant Groups

TASC has created several Key Informant Groups to help provide ongoing expertise and feedback to TASC, the Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP), the Flex Monitoring Team, and the State Flex Programs. These Key Informant Groups to meet periodically to:

  1. Discuss and provide feedback on urgent developments in their field of expertise;
  2. Provide insight on technical questions posed by the 45 State Flex Programs through TASC; and,
  3. Help build a body of knowledge on the topic that can be shared with the State Flex Programs, ORHP and the Flex Monitoring Team.

The following Key Informant Groups have been developed:

Emergency Medical Services

  • Walt Gregg, Minnesota Rural Health Resource Center, Flex Monitoring Team
  • Dan Manz, Vermont Office of Emergency Medical Services and Injury Prevention
  • Megan Meacham, Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration
  • Aarron Reinert, Lakes Region Emergency Medical Services
  • Nels Sanddal, American College of Surgeons
  • Gary Wingrove, May Clinic Medical Transport/Gold Cross

Health Information Technology/Telehealth

Financial and Operational Improvement

Quality Improvement and Leadership

  • Darlene Bainbridge, DD Bainbridge and Associates, Inc.
  • Brian Haapala, Stroudwater Associates
  • Bob Hartl, Hartl Pearson Consulting
  • Paul Moore, Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration
  • Ira Moscovice, Minnesota Rural Health Research Center, Flex Monitoring Team
  • Iran Naqvi, Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration
  • Brock Slabach, National Rural Health Association
  • Jeff Spade, North Carolina Rural Health Center, North Carolina Hospital Association

 

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