HIP-TN gets permanent CEO

Keith Cox (left), who has already had a busy career in health IT -- with McKesson, Microsoft, A.D.A.M. and others -- is the new CEO for the Health Information Partnership for Tennessee (HIP-TN). The release is here. Here's some interesting background on the relationship between HIP-TN and the Governor's office of E-Health Initiatives. Pending Cox's appointment, the HIP-TN has been run by staff of C3 Consulting, a Brentwood IT and business-process consulting firm. Here's the job description offered while Cox was being recruited. The Buffkin Group was retained for the search, originally. A key resource in all this has been Vicki Estrin.

Vanderbilt Health Information Privacy Lab director honored

VU HIPL Director Bradley Malin (Steelers fan) was named among 85 researchers honored with a with a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. He's an assistant professor of biomedical informatics in the School of Medicine at VU. The White House release.

CEO for Health Info Partnership TN

HIP-TN has operated for some time through a contract with C3 Consulting, where Vicki Estrin is managing consultant. HIP-TN has now has retained the Buffkin Group to recruit a CEO for the organization. Here's the CEO Job Description. Here's a HIP-TN overview (PPT). Here's our earlier story on the interrelationship between the TN Office of E-Health, run by Will Rice, and HIP-TN.

Health online proliferates

WiserTogether.com is one of a number of localized social Health sites proliferating. Here's their beta. Here's the related Washington Post story.