A. JOHN BLAIR III, MD

Blair is president of Taconic IPA (TIPA), a nearly 4000-member physician group at the forefront of transforming health care delivery in the Hudson Valley through meaningful use of health IT and  pay-for-performance incentives.  TIPA’s mission is to optimize the value of medical services through patient-centered care while maximizing physician satisfaction. Blair also serves as CEO of MedAllies, which facilitates physician adoption of health IT for care coordination, patient-provider communication, public health and quality reporting.  MedAllies built and operates the Hudson Valley Community Health Integration Platform (CHIP), which operates under the direction of Taconic Health Information Network and Community (THINC). On the national scene, Blair is a key thought leader for health IT and care transformation. He serves on the Privacy and Security Workgroup and the NHIN Workgroup of the Policy Committee of the Office of the National Coordinator.  He is a member of the National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA) Committee on Performance Measurement, and serves on the Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC) for the National Quality Forum.