Impact Statements
Mark Frisse, MD
Professor and Director of Regional Informatics, Vanderbilt University
"The Connecting for Health Common Framework policy documents provided us with some of the essential tools that we needed to create a data exchange in Memphis that connects every major health care provider in the region. Confidentiality of medical information is paramount. We believe we saved hundreds and thousands of dollars using the Model Contract for Health Information Exchange as a basis for our own work."
Mark Frisse is the Accenture Professor of Biomedical Informatics at Vanderbilt University. He serves as Director of Regional Informatics Programs through the Vanderbilt Center for Better Health and as Professor in the Vanderbilt Department of Biomedical Informatics. In his work at the Vanderbilt Center for Better Health, he is responsible for coordinating regional, state, and national projects aimed at the application of information technology to advance patient care. His primary focus is on developing a state-wide health information infrastructure to support TennCare patients and on developing a regional demonstration in the Memphis area.
