Lynn Dierker

Lynn Dierker, RN is director for the State-level Health Information Exchange Consensus Project. Begun in 2006, the Project is sponsored by the Office of the National Coordinator for HIT under contract to the research foundation of the American Health Information Management Association. In her role, Ms. Dierker focuses on the emerging roles and characteristics of state-level health information exchange (HIE) initiatives. She facilitates stakeholder engagement and coordinates field research, analysis, and dissemination activities to inform federal strategy with state-level input and perspectives and to support state-level HIE development. Ms. Dierker previously served as Director for Community Initiatives with the Colorado Health Institute (CHI), an independent non-profit health information and policy analysis organization, where she helped facilitate the launch of the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization (CORHIO). She currently serves as senior advisor and member of the CORHIO Board of Directors, and was appointed by Governor Ritter to represent CORHIO as a member of Colorado Health IT Advisory Committee. Ms. Dierker has a diverse background within public and private health care organizations, state government and philanthropy. She served Colorado Governor Owens as President of the Children’s Basic Health Plan Policy Board and as staff to Governor Romer’s Colorado Health Care Reform Initiative. Her clinical nursing practice was in the areas of oncology, intensive care and rehabilitation.