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Dr. Louis Diamond will chair the HIMSS Patient Safety, Quality and Outcomes Committee and serve as vice chair of the eHealth Initiative Policy Steering Committee

ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Louis Diamond, vice president and medical director of the Healthcare and Science business of Thomson Reuters, was recently named chair of the HIMSS Patient Safety, Quality and Outcomes Committee and vice chair of the eHealth Initiative Policy Steering Committee. Both committees will have an important advisory and advocacy role in determining the direction of healthcare reform in the United States.

The HIMSS Patient Safety, Quality and Outcomes Committee focuses on leveraging healthcare information technology to enhance patient safety and quality outcomes. In the coming months, the 11-member committee will work to influence the development of regulations and legislation as federal stimulus funds are deployed for healthcare information technology. Dr. Diamond will serve a one-year term as chair of the committee.

"Dr. Diamond understands the landscape of quality initiatives, key players, and the confluence of factors that impact healthcare quality," said David Collins, director of healthcare information systems for HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society). "This combination of insight and experience provides his ability to drill down to the heart of the matter to provide the most pragmatic tools to inform the industry.

"Dr. Diamond will continue to lead the work established over this past year on clinical decision support, e-prescribing, and medical devices," Mr. Collins said, "and lead HIMSS efforts on informing regulation, replying to public comment, and highlighting key lessons from the HIMSS Davies Awards of Excellence, to shape the impact of HIT on patient safety and quality."

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