State Office of Rural Health (SORH)

State HIT Workgroups: Communication & Education

Upcoming Meetings
Meeting Minutes
Member List
Work Plan (pdf)

Upcoming Meetings:
All meeting times are 2:00 - 3:00 pm CST and are held the 1st Monday of the month unless otherwise notated.

Call Information:
Conference Dial-in Number:(712) 432-1100
Participant Access Code:311088#

August 4, 2008
September 8, 2008 — *this date is the second Monday of the month – the first Monday is Labor Day
October 6, 2008
November 3, 2008
December 1, 2008

Meeting Minutes

January 7, 2008
Documents: Marketing Plan
February 4, 2008
March 3, 2008 - No minutes taken
April 7, 2008
May 5, 2008
July 7, 2008

Member List: (printable version)

Laurie Peters, President (Co-Chair)
North Dakota Health Information Management Association
Phone: 701-748-3485
Email: lpeters@westriv.com
Carolyn Gaarder, HIT Program Director (Co-Chair)
Minnesota State Community and Technical College - Moorhead
1900 28th Ave S
Moorhead, ND 56560
Phone: 218-299-6558
Email: carolyn.gaarder@minnesota.edu
Rob Beattie, MD, Chair Family & Community Medicine
UND School of Medicine
School of Medicine, 501 N Columbia Rd. Stop 9037
Grand Forks, ND 58202-9037
Phone: 701-777-6351
Email: beattie@medicine.nodak.edu
Janis Cheney, Director
North Dakota AARP
107 W. Main Suite 125
Bismarck, ND 58501
Phone: 701-355-3641
Email: jscheney@aarp.org
Lynette Dickson, SORH Program Director
UND Center for Rural Health
School of Medicine
501 N Columbia Rd. Stop 9037
Grand Forks, ND 58202-9037
Phone: 701-777-6049
Email: ldickson@medicine.nodak.edu
Paula Flanders, Public Health Director
Bismarck Public Health
500 E. Front Ave
Bismarck, ND 58504
Phone: 701-222-6528
Email: pflander@nd.gov
Lisa Vetter
Telemedicine Specialist
St. Alexius Medical Center
900 E. Broadway Ave., PO Box 5510
Bismarck, ND 58506
Phone: 701-530-7057
Email: lvetter@primecare.org
June Herman, Director Public Advocacy
North Dakota American Heart Association
1005 12 Ave SE
Jamestown, ND 58401
Phone: 701-252-5122
Email: june.herman@heart.org
Janet Holmes, Performance Improvement Manager
Veterans Administration
2101 Elm Street
Fargo, ND 58102
Phone: 701-239-3700
Email: Janet.Holmes@va.gov
Karen Robinson, Associate Director Clinical Operations
Fargo VA Medical Center
2101 Elm Street
Fargo, ND 58102
Phone: 701-239-3700 3661
Email: Karen.R.Robinson@va.gov
Geneal Roth, Communications Specialist
North Dakota Healthcare Review
800 31st Ave SW
Minot, ND 58701
Phone: 701-852-4231
Email: groth@ndqio.sdsp.org
Karen Larson, Deputy Director
Community HealthCare Association of the Dakotas (CHAD)
1003 E. Interstate #6
Bismarck, ND 58503
Phone: 701-221-9824
Email: karen@communityhealthcare.net
Vonnie Ereth
Bismarck Burleigh Public Health
500 E. Front Ave
Bismarck, ND 58504
Phone: 701-355-1545
Email: vereth@nd.gov
Marlowe Kro, Associate State Director
AARP North Dakota
107 W. Main Suite 125
Bismarck, ND 58501
Phone: 701-355-3643
Email: mkro@aarp.org