NEW! Smart Health White Paper

Joint Venture’s Smart Health Task Force has worked for more than two years to introduce new efficiencies to the region’s health care sector by using information technology more effectively. The process has involved hundreds of leaders from the Valley’s health care providers, insurers, employers,and the broader community.

In a white paper being released today, we are providing a full report to the community.

Click here to read the Smart Health white paper

Joint Venture’s Smart Health project was a comprehensive Valley-wide effort to use information technology to improve the quality and reduce the cost of health care. After over two years of extensive process, the Smart Health Task Force completed its work on May 1, 2008. You can download our final report to the community here.

For a full list of participants in the project, click here.

Smart Health Main Page

Organization & Leadership

Smart Health Task Force Roster

Co-Chairs

Eric Benhamou, Chairman, 3Com and Palm
Richard Levy, Chairman, Varian Medical Systems

Members

Mahnaz Choobineh, Camino Medical Group
Dr. Jeffrey Rideout, Cisco Systems
Nick Augustinos, Cisco Systems
Keith Kennedy, CNF
Marty Tenenbaum, Commerce Net
Joe Wagner, El Camino Hospital
Missy Krasner, Google
Jeff Rose Health, Alliant
Gary Allen, The Health Trust
Dr. Bern Shen, The Health Trust, Intel
Tom Wright, IBM Corporation
Colin Evans, Intel
Ben Wilson, Intel
Dr. Rosaline Vasques, Innovate Health
Anwar Hussain, Katalytic
Seth Fearey, Joint Venture: Silicon Valley
Chris Dawes, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
John McInally, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Dr. Howard Davis, O'Connor Hospital
Peter Mongroo, Oracle
Mike Reandeau, Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Paul Tang, Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Rena Lane, Palm
Todd Lash, Revolution Health
Dr. Mike Patel, San Jose Medical Group
Dr. Geoff Rutledge, San Mateo Medical Center
Leona Butler, Santa Clara Co Family Health Plan
Dr. Larry Bonham, Santa Clara County Individual Practice Association (SCCIPA)
Mark Zielazinski, Sensitron Corporation
Randy Frakes, PPMSI
Carolyn Byerly, Stanford Medical Center
Kevin Tabb, Stanford Medical Center
Dr. Ron Jimenez, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Dennis Koteck, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Nancy Clum, Veteran's Administration Hospital

Smart Health Working Groups

Chairs

John McInally, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Marty Tenenbaum, CommerceNet

Members

Nick Augustinos, Cisco Systems
Joe Wagner, El Camino Hospital
Peter Mongroo, Oracle
Gail Moody, Palm
Mike Higgins, Pelikan Technologies
Todd Lash, Revolution Health
Dr. Geoff Rutledge, San Mateo Medical Center
Leona Butler, Santa Clara County Family Health Plan
Mark Zielazinski, Sensitron Corporation
Greg Malkary, Spyglass Consulting
Kevin Tabb, Stanford Medical Center
Henry Lowe, Stanford University
Neil Cowles, Tolven Health
Patrick Mantey, University of California Santa Cruz, CITRS