Governance Overview

The Collaborative Body consists of primary and alternate representatives from healthcare, public health, and industry partner organizations. Dr. John Lumpkin, MD, MPH (Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina) serves as the Chair and Vivian Singletary, JM, MBA (Task Force for Global Health – Public Health Informatics Institute) serves as the Vice-Chair. The Executive Committee is comprised of seven officers, including a public health officer, healthcare officer, industry partner officer, at-large officer, and the Chair and Vice-Chair. The Executive Committee exercises the authority of the Collaborative Body and meets monthly. View the Digital Bridge Charter and Bylaws for details on member roles and responsibilities.

Charter and Bylaws

Principles

The group abides by governance principles:


  • Transparency

    Stakeholders will have visibility into the collaborative body’s work and opportunities to provide input.

  • Respect for Process
    Respect for Process

    Collaborative body members will adhere to an agreed upon decision-making process. Members will observe delineated and agreed upon roles and responsibilities.

  • Outreach
    Outreach

    The collaborative body can solicit opinions and presentations from stakeholders to inform its decision-making.


  • Utility

    The collaborative body will prioritize use of existing information technology standards and infrastructure as it pursues shared and realistic goals that benefit all parties.


  • Representativeness

    Collaborative body members will represent their broader field and be responsive to the goals of the Digital Bridge partnership.

  • Trust
    Trust

    Collaborative body members will honor commitments made to the Digital Bridge effort.

Organization Chart

The organizational chart below outlines the governance structure and representatives from each organization.

 

Meeting Notes & Presentations

  • February 22, 2023

    The Collaborative Body held it’s annual meeting on February 22, 2023. The purpose of this meeting was to review and discuss sustainability and re-envisioning recommendations and explore new funding structures and update the Digital Bridge mission and vision to reflect the future of Digital Bridge.

    Meeting Minutes | Meeting Materials

     

  • October 6, 2022

    The Collaborative Body held it’s quarterly meeting on October 6, 2022. The purpose of this meeting was to review updates on the status of the Collaborative Body workgroups, review data from the Re-envisioning external survey and provide feedback, discuss and provide feedback on the SWOT analysis.

    Meeting Minutes | Meeting Materials

     

  • July 15, 2022

    The Collaborative Body held it’s quarterly meeting on July 15, 2022. The purpose of this meeting was to welcome new Executive Committee members, review updates on the status of the Collaborative Body funder transition and current workgroups, and provide input through SWOT analysis questions for Digital Bridge re-envisioning.

    Meeting Minutes | Meeting Materials

     

See all meeting notes & presentations

Latest Collaborative Body Decisions:

  • February 22, 2023

    1. Secretariat is sending out an internal survey to vote on membership expansion, membership dues, and meeting cadence. Due to the fact we did not reach a quorum.
    2. Working to revise the mission and vision from input received from the Collaborative Body.
  • October 6, 2022

    1. Secretariat and Executive Committee will share summary paper from February annual meeting regarding data modernization perspectives from the Collaborative Body for Collaborative Body review.
    2. ExeCC Concept Paper Workgroup will share the Concept Paper summary for Collaborative Body review.
  • July 15, 2022

    1. Secretariat and Executive Committee will share summary paper from February annual meeting regarding data modernization perspectives from the Collaborative Body for Collaborative Body review.
    2. ExeCC Concept Paper Workgroup will share the Concept Paper summary for Collaborative Body review.
  • February 25, 2022

    1. Build off of the discussion from the Collaborative Body in the world café breakout groups to inform a report on the recommendations for data modernization.
    2. Convene a re-envisioning and sustainability workgroup, led by Walter Suarez (Kaiser Permanente) and Bob Harmon (Cerner).
    3. Hold nominations and election process for Chair position, At-Large and Public Health on Executive Committee in May/June.
See all governance body decisions