The iHealth Alliance is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to protect the interests of patients and providers, as healthcare increasingly moves online. The iHealth Alliance governs the Health Care Notification Network (HCNN) and will ensure that the network is used only for patient safety alerts.
The iHealth Alliance is chaired by Nancy W. Dickey, M.D., past President of the AMA, President of Health Science Center and Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs for Texas A&M University.
The iHealth Alliance Board of Directors is comprised of industry leaders from medical societies, liability carriers, patient advocacy groups and others dedicated to protecting the interest of patients and providers.
President, Texas A&M Health Science Center
Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, Texas A&M University System
Former President, American Medical Association, 1998-99
Chairman, iHealthAlliance
Chair, Board of Trustees
American Medical Association
Medical Director
Senior Vice President
The Doctors Company
Past President
Massachusetts Medical Society
Professor of Surgery
Vice Chancellor for Clinical Affairs
LSU Health Sciences Center
Medical Director, Medical Informatics
Scott & White Memorial Hospital and Clinic
Deputy Commissioner and Chief Medical Officer
Food and Drug Administration
Deputy Chief Medical Officer
American Cancer Society.
Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer
Texas Medical Association
Former Chair, Board of Trustees
President and Chief Executive Officer
National Alliance for Health Information
Attorney
Brown McCarroll, L.L.P.
National Alliance for Health Information Technology
Scott Wallace was appointed as the first president and CEO of The National Alliance for Health Information Technology (Alliance) in 2003. During his time at the Alliance, the organization has made great strides in ensuring, on behalf of its members, that healthcare IT issues are addressed thoughtfully and fairly, with solutions built around the consensus positions that the Alliance has helped the field to reach.
Scott previously was the principal owner of Great Lakes Capital, a financial, commercial, and business development consulting firm with a major focus in technology. Prior to starting Great Lakes Capital, Scott led several technology-based companies. He served as president and CEO of PowerClip Co, a wireless products company; president and CEO of Eichrom Industries, an advanced materials and specialty chemical company that earned a spot on Inc. magazine’s 1996 list of the 500 fastest growing companies in America, and vice president and general counsel for GCI, a venture capital fund.
Scott earned a jurist doctorate from the University of Chicago Law School, a master’s degree with honors in business administration from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and has a bachelor’s degree in economics from Duke University. He started his career practicing corporate and transactional law at Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago.
He was recently named to Modern Healthcare’s 100 Most Powerful.