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Rachel Block
Rachel Block was appointed as executive director for the New York eHealth Collaborative, a statewide multi-stakeholder organization committed to advancing health information technology adoption and use in New York, in March 2008. Prior to this appointment, Rachel Block served as the project director for the United Hospital Fund's Quality Strategies Initiative where she has been developing and implementing coordinated efforts to measure, report on and improve health care delivery and outcomes across the health care system in New York.
Rachel has also worked in the public and private sectors leading strategic planning and policy development efforts to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of state health programs. She worked from 1994-2002 at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (previously Health Care Financing Administration), where she held several senior management positions directing policy development and operations of Medicaid, State Children's Health Insurance, and Federal Survey and Certification Programs, with particular emphasis on quality improvement, data and systems issues. From 1992-94, Rachel worked for then-Governor Howard Dean in the development of a comprehensive health reform plan for the state of Vermont. She also worked for the New York State Legislature from 1978-92 where she concentrated on Medicaid, coverage for the uninsured, public health and professional licensing issues.
Rachel is currently the president of the board for the eHealth Initiative Foundation. She is also a member of the Academy for Health Services Research and Policy.
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