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London. He holds a BS in Computer Science and a PhD in Educational Research from Purdue
University and is a Fellow in the American College of Medical Informatics. He is currently Chair
of AMIA's Academic Forum and represents the University of Minnesota on the Minnesota
eHealth Initiative. He directs the Great Plains Telehealth Resource and Assistance Center which
provides technical assistance to healthcare providers who are establishing telehealth programs.
His research activities focus on taking advantage of existing clinical data in electronic health
records to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of clinical care. He is actively engaged in
evaluations of the impact of HIT on patient and provider outcomes both in primary care settings
involving eprescribing and in the ED in the inpatient setting.
Howard Strasberg, MD, MS, is the VP of Medical Informatics for Wolters Kluwer Health –
Clinical Solutions. He focuses on clinical decision support, including medication safety
screening, reducing alert fatigue and integrating medical knowledge with EHRs. He is also
actively involved in standards development as a co-chair of the HL7 CDS working group, which
develops CDS standards in areas such as Infobuttons, Order Sets, and Decision Support Services.
Dr. Strasberg is also the current chair of AMIA’s Industry Advisory Council. Prior to joining
Wolters Kluwer Health in 2003, he was CEO of Skolar, Inc., an online provider of clinical
information and continuing medical education (CME) for medical professionals. Dr. Strasberg
received his MD degree from the University of Western Ontario and his MS degree in
Biomedical Informatics from Stanford University. He is board certified in Family Medicine.
Freda Temple, MLS, has served as a consultant to AMIA since 2006, assisting AMIA staff in
editing manuscripts for publication, and in planning and implementing meetings sponsored by
the organization. Ms. Temple has over 30 years of professional experience in the fields of
health education, information management and communication. As a senior manager at Aspen
Systems Corporation, she managed large, multi-faceted AIDS and cancer education programs
for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and the
World Health Organization. She is an experienced technical writer with expertise in translating
technical information into reader-friendly language for print and web products. Her
publications include reports, articles, white papers, manuals, conference materials, briefing
books, strategic plans, proposals and marketing materials. She received a Masters in Library
Science from the University of Michigan.
Jill DeGraff Thorpe, JD, is General Counsel and Vice President for Strategic Initiatives for
AFrame Digital, a health IT company delivering advanced telemonitoring capabilities drawn
from discreet observations of daily living. Ms. Thorpe provides thought leadership to executives
of healthcare providers in senior living, long-term care, rehabilitation, primary care and home
health, and strategic consulting to advance adoption of innovative care delivery and payment
models. She also works to establish research demonstrations of the effectiveness of care
coordination models. Ms. Thorpe brings over 20 years’ experience advising public and private
companies in corporate, strategic partnering, M&A, structured finance, technology acquisition
and private equity transactions. Previously, Ms. Thorpe was Associate General Counsel for
CyberCash, an early pioneer in secure online payment processing. Before that, she practiced
law at Morrison & Foerster, specializing in corporate, securities and financial transactions. She
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