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Terry Rogers joins CBN! Board of Directors

Addition of CEO of Foundation for Health Care Quality Furthers Nonprofit's Momentum

CodeBlueNow! announced today that Terry Rogers, MD,
FACP, CEO of the Seattle‐based Foundation for Health Care Quality, has been named to their Board of Directors.

“Dr. Rogers’ addition to our current Board leadership fosters a stronger connection to our mutual missions of changing health care for the better,” Kathleen O’Connor, Founder and CEO of CodeBlueNow!, said of the Foundation for Health Care Quality’s CEO. “What the Foundation is doing in terms of quantitative research on improving procedures has indeed changed the way hospitals are improving patient care. Dr. Rogers has a breadth of experience from being a practicing physician to an insurance executive and medical director of several health programs.  This experience will help CodeBlueNow! reach the next level of its mission‐driven initiatives.”

Dr. Rogers has held numerous leadership positions. He had a private practice of medicine for 15 years, during which time he was the Director of Respiratory and Critical Care at the Swedish Hospital Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. He joined the King County Medical Blue Shield (now Regence Blue Shield) first as Senior Medical Officer, then as Chief Operating Officer. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases, and Critical Care Medicine, and holds a Certificate in Biomedical Ethics. He currently serves as Medical Director, Lakeside‐Milam Recovery Center and Providence ElderPlace in addition to his role as CEO of the Foundation. He is a Member of the American Thoracic Society and the American Lung Association of the Northwest.  Dr. Rogers graduated from Cornell Medical School and completed his residency in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease at the University of Washington where he now also serves as a Clinical Professor of Medicine. “Dr. Rogers’ vast experience means he knows the internal ticking of health care as a rare few do,” observed O’Connor. “He definitely will be a strong advocate for reform given all he has seen from his years of service. He knows how to speak truth to power.  We’re delighted he’s on our team.”

“I am truly excited about the opportunity to work with CodeBlueNow!’s Board. I have worked professionally with a few of their members in the past, and I believe the synergy abounds for creative teamwork and involvement in advancing people‐centered health care reform,” Rogers
commented. “CodeBlueNow! has a sweeping vision, but it has also laid out a strategy to reach those initiatives and are well on their way to achieve their goals. It’s an honor and a pleasure to be joining the Board at this moment in their growth.”

CodeBlueNow! is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, citizen‐formed organization that offers a place for the American public to find common ground and build consensus on health care reform. Its mission is to fix the health care system so it works for the American public and will do that by “creating strong public will for health system change by engaging the public in designing, shaping, and promoting a template for a new health care system.”

One of the ways CodeBlueNow! is building consensus is through a statistically‐tested tool called the Pulse®. The survey tool takes account of the current health care landscape, delivery systems, management and financing, and asks respondents to note their opinions. The Pulse® has been administered by the Gilmore Research firm to 601 Iowan respondents, so there is statistically valid data from Iowa on key principles and core elements they value. It is also available online at www.codebluenow.org.  Citizens nationwide are also encouraged to add their voice by visiting the website and taking the CodeBlueNow! Pulse® online.  The data gathered will be used to shape the design and function of a new health care system and to create a template for reform.

For detailed survey results, including direct comments from survey respondents, visit www.codebluenow.org.

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