Patricia MacTaggart
Patricia MacTaggart
Teaching Instructor and Program Director of HealthInformatics@GW
Full-time Faculty
School: Milken Institute School of Public Health
Department: Health Policy and Management
Contact:
Milken Institute School of Public Health
950 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
Washington DC 20052
Ms. MacTaggart, Teacher Instructor and Program Director for the MHIA@GWU and the MPH@GWU Health Informatics Concentration, has completed a four year appointment at the VA following an appointment at HHS/Office of the National Coordinator. An adjunct at The GWU for many years before joining full-time, she was a Principal at Health Management Associates (HMA), an executive at EDS for State and Local Government Health Care, and a public servant for almost 30 years, including six years at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS), more than 10 years at Minnesota Medicaid, including the role of Minnesota's Medicaid Director, and various county-level eligibility positions in the Medicaid arena over an additional 10 plus years.
Federal and State Legislation, Laws and Policies
Health Information Technology
Health Quality
Medicaid and SCHIP
State Health Issues
6703 HC Delivery and Health IT
6704 Health IT, Informatics and Decision Making
6207 Health Services Information Systems & Applications
6208 Health Informatics
6565 Medical Informatics and Decision-Making
CBO (2021-2023): Healthcare Advisors ·
Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA) (2022-23 and 2020-21): Annual Meeting Planning Committee (2022-2023) Leadership Training Institute Strategic Planning Committee (2020-21). (non-paid)
· GWU (2022-2023): HPM Student and Alumni Affairs Committee
· HIMSS (2022-2023): Faculty for CPDHTS review course
· HIMSS (2022-2023): Co-chair of HIMSS Value Based Care Task Force (non-paid)
· HIMSS (2022-2023): Global TIGER Network (GTN)
· HIMSS (2020-2023): TIGER International Task Force (non-paid)
· HIMSS (2022-2024): HIMSS Public Policy Committee (PPC)
· Academy Health (2020-2023): Academy Health Education Council (non-paid)
· eHealth Initiative Leadership Council/ Executives of Health Innovation (2020-2022): (non-paid)
· NASI (2007-22): non-paid
· HIMMS (2019-2020): TIGER (Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform) Scholars Workgroup (Former National Policy Committee and National Conference Planning Committee and HIMSS-NCA Secretary and President) (non-paid)
- Innovative Comprehensive Care Model: Pittsburgh VA Oncology. MGMA Connection – the Leadership Issue Article (July 2022)
· VHA’ Scheduling System- The Pathway to Access High Reliability Realization. Journal of HealthCare Management (September 2021) Article
· Key Health Data and IT Considerations in Response to COVID-19 Blog. Academy Health (May 2020) BLOG · Various VA/VHA PE Reports on Scheduling and Access to Services for internal and external distribution. (2019-2021)
· Book Chapter Prior to 2016 - Adolescents and Health Information Technology, Int J Child Adoelsc Health Special Issue: Adolescence and health,