“The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC), a non-profit standards development organization and accrediting body for organizations that electronically exchange healthcare data, today announced that Capt. Alicia A. Morton, DNP, RN-BC has been appointed an EHNAC commissioner ex officio through 2020.”
“… an inspiring background of public service from her roles in both the U.S. Navy and USPHS, as well as at the ONC, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)… invaluable to EHNAC’s mission of ensuring the highest standards of patient data privacy, security and integrity.”
“Capt. Morton joined the ONC in 2005 to lead the contract for the first voluntary EHR certification program…prior… stationed at CMS where she managed the systems development component of the Doctor’s Office Quality-Information Technology (DOQ-IT) project. She was the lead technical project manager for the Consolidated Health Informatics (CHI) initiative and integral to the Vista Office EHR project…”
Source: ONC Health IT Certification Program Director Joins EHNAC as Ex Officio Commissioner – By EHNAC, November 29, 2017, Global News Wire. Read the full press release here.
