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MA-HISPC Overview
Phase 1 MA-HISPC Project Background
Phase 2 MA-HISPC Consent Management Project
What's Happening in Massachusetts
Coming Soon - Roundtable Discussion
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MA-HISPC - Patient Privacy Roundtable Discussion
Panel Biographies
Nancy Achin Audesse
MA Board of Registration in Medicine
Executive Director
Nancy Achin Audesse, Executive Director of the Board of Registration in Medicine, has been a tireless advocate for patients' rights in Massachusetts and throughout the country. As a teenager, she overcame a battle with Hodgkin's Disease, a lymphatic cancer, to graduate from Harvard University. After a successful business career, Nancy Achin Audesse turned to public service. She worked to meet the needs of inner-city children as the Executive Director of the Lowell Girls Club and was active in numerous civic and cultural activities in her hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts.
This sense of public service led her to run, successfully, for the Massachusetts State Senate in 1990. As a Senator, she responded to many health care issues affecting the people of Massachusetts. She sponsored or co-sponsored legislation to improve the quality of mammography services in Massachusetts, to fund the state Breast Cancer Initiative, and to require insurance coverage for certain categories of cancer treatments. She has also been active in citizen lobbying efforts to improve health care on the federal level. Senator Audesse's legislative career was cut short when she was diagnosed with breast cancer and was too ill to seek re-election.
As a private citizen, Nancy Achin Audesse used her knowledge of the legislative initiatives and passion for public service to mobilize community groups and individuals to become involved in changes in health care policy and funding. Despite a recurrence of her breast cancer, Nancy Achin Audesse accepted the challenge of developing breast cancer Education & Outreach programs for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health while undergoing rigorous cancer treatment. At the same time, she was the statewide Crusade Chair for the American Cancer Society and chaired its "Making Strides Against Breast Cancer" walk to awareness and funds for breast cancer research.
She has spoken to hundreds of community groups throughout the country on the importance of patient empowerment and has contributed to many publications on health care issues. In 1994, she was honored by Turner Broadcasting Systems as one of five outstanding women in America for her contributions to women's health. She was also the first recipient of the Audesse Award, named in her honor by the Massachusetts Society of Clinical Oncologists, which recognizes the contributions of non-physicians in the fight against cancer. In 1996, she led the successful effort to implement the Board of Registration in Medicine's Physicians Profiles program, a first-in-the-nation effort to give patients more information about their health care providers.
Nancy Achin Audesse dedicates her work on behalf of patients to two courageous women; her beloved aunt, Elaine Pyne, and Nancy's younger sister, Elizabeth Achin. They died within three days of each other in 1996 after long battles with cancer.
Marylou Buyse, MD
MA Association of Health Plans
President
Marylou Buyse, MD is President and Chief Executive Officer at the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans. Dr. Buyse also maintains a primary care practice at New England Baptist Medical Associates in West Roxbury. Prior to joining the Association, Dr. Buyse was Vice President, Health Affairs at United Healthcare of New England, and also served as a Medical Director at United Healthcare. She was the second woman to serve as President of the Massachusetts Medical Society (1998-1999). Dr. Buyse was appointed as a member of the Board of Registration in Medicine from 1994 through 1995 and chaired its Licensing Committee. She is a Trustee of the Boston Medical Library.
Dr. Buyse served as Director and President of the Center for Birth Defects Information Services, Inc., a non-profit international scientific organization that pioneered the development of the on-line databases, computer-based diagnostic support systems, and scientific information systems in the fields of genetics and birth defects. She has published extensively in the scientific literature, and is the Editor-in-Chief of the multi-volume Birth Defects Encyclopedia (Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1990).
Dr. Buyse received her Bachelor of Science degree from Hunter College, and her medical degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania. She received a Masters of Science degree in Preventive Health and Medical Administration at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She is board-certified in several medical specialties including medical genetics, pediatrics, and medical management. She has served on the faculties of several distinguished medical schools.
David S. Szabo, JD
Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP
Partner
David S. Szabo, JD is Co-Chair of the Health Care Practice at the law firm of Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP in Boston, Massachusetts. Mr Szabo is an expert in healthcare information privacy law, information security law and government regulation of healthcare providers and health plans. His practice includes the representation of hospitals, integrated delivery systems, managed care plans, medical practice management companies, community mental health centers, home care companies, and biotechnology companies.
Mr. Szabo is a member of the Steering Committee of the Health Law Section of the Boston Bar Association. Mr. Szabo received his JD from Boston University School of Law, and graduated, cum laude, from the University of Rochester.
Mark Hauser, MD
Psychiatrist
For additional MA-HISPC Project information, please contact Diane Stone,
Project Manager, MA-HISPC Project via
e-mail. We welcome your further questions & look forward
to your participation in our work and our events!
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