HIT Board
Nebraska Health Information Technology (HIT) Board
Improving the quality and collection of Nebraska’s healthcare data.
About the HIT Board
In 2020, the Nebraska Legislature passed LB 1183, the Population Health Information Act. This included the creation of the Nebraska Health Information Technology (HIT) Board. The Board is composed of seventeen members who are appointed by the Governor and then confirmed by the Legislature. The majority of members on the Board are credentialed healthcare providers, enabling them to use their clinical experience and expertise to make the most informed decisions about the health data that they help govern.
As the statutorily designated statewide health information exchange, CyncHealth is tasked in statute to administer the HIT Board.
The purpose of the HIT Board is to:
- Establish criteria for data collection and disbursement by the statewide health information exchange and the prescription drug monitoring program to improve the quality of information provided to clinicians;
- Evaluate and ensure that the statewide health information exchange is meeting technological standards for reporting of data for the prescription drug monitoring program, including the data to be collected and reported and the frequency of data collection and disbursement;
- Provide the governance oversight necessary to ensure that any health information in the statewide health information exchange and the prescription drug monitoring program may be accessed, used, or disclosed only in accordance with the privacy and security protections set forth in HIPAA;
- Provide recommendations to the statewide health information exchange on any other matters referred to the board.
For more information, the Population Health Information Act & the enacting statutes can be found beginning here.
View the upcoming HIT board meeting agenda here
HIT Board Roster
Senator John Arch
Chair of HHS Committee
NE Legislature, ex-officio
Kevin Bagley
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Payor Representative
Manuela Banner
Memorial Community Hospital
Hospital CEO
Jessika Benes
Mid Plains Mobile Vet
Veterinarian
Aimee Black
Nebraska Total Care
PDMP Delegate
Dr. Jaime Bland
CyncHealth
HIE Representative
Dr. Anna Dalrymple
Gothenburg Clinic
Family Practice Physician
Lynn Edwards
Gothenburg Health
HIM Representative
Dr. Douglass Haas
UNMC College of Nursing – Kearney Division
Clinical Assistant Professor
Dr. Kimberley Haynes-Henson
UNMC
Pain Medicine Physician
Dr. Monalisa Mcgee-Baratta
Salvation Army
Substance Abuse Professional
Ashley Newmyer
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
DHHS Representative
Dr. Stephen Salzbrenner
UNMC College of Nursing
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Senator John Stinner
Chair of Appropriations Committee
NE Legislature, ex-officio
Dr. Phillip James Vuchetich
Arxsine
Pharmacy Consultant
Felicia Quintana-Zinn
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Individual with experience with the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
Current vacant positions:
- Dentist
If you are interested in serving on the HIT Board in one of the positions that is not yet filled, please fill out this form and follow the instructions for submission.