Background
CRISP consults with its Consumer Advisory Council to get opinions and feedback of Maryland healthcare consumers on issues relevant to health information exchange in Maryland. These issues include patient opt-out, data privacy protections, consumer education, and new uses of patient data to improve the health and wellness of Marylanders. The Council meets at least quarterly to discuss these and other topics and provide feedback to leadership on current and future policies
Upcoming Agenda
Next Meeting: 4/8/25
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Meeting Notes
Current Council Members
Robyn Elliott - Partner Public Policy Partners
Robyn Elliott is a founding partner of Public Policy Partners (PPP), a public policy and lobbying firm based in Annapolis. Robyn has been consulting in the public policy sphere for twenty years on the local, state and national levels. Her policy areas of expertise includes reproductive health, telehealth, health systems reform, and health insurance and Medicaid coverage. On reproductive health, she collaborates with policy experts across the country to advance access to care, recently co-authoring a peer-reviewed journal article on emergency contraception access in Contraception. On consumer health privacy on the state level, she currently serves as a member if the Health Information Exchange Policy Board under the Maryland Health Care Commission. In May 2023, she was honored for her work on reproductive health privacy and access with the Dorothy Beatty Memorial Award by the Women’s Law Center of Maryland. Robyn has a Masters in Healthcare Administration with a concentration in Finance from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill.
Dan Martin - Senior Director of Public Policy for the Mental Health Association of Maryland
Dan Martin, JD is the Senior Director of Public Policy for the Mental Health Association of Maryland (MHAMD). He leads the MHAMD public policy team and coordinates with a variety of external stakeholders to further policies that expand access to quality mental health and substance use treatment for Marylanders of all ages. Dan organizes and directs a variety of advocacy campaigns and initiatives, chairs multiple coalitions, and publicly represents MHAMD before the Maryland General Assembly, the media, and on various task forces, workgroups, commissions and committees. He served for four years as co-chair of the Maryland Behavioral Health Advisory Council. Before joining MHAMD Dan spent four years as legislative liaison for the Maryland Office of the Public Defender and two years as legislative director for then Delegate Bobby Zirkin. He received his juris doctor from the University of Baltimore School of Law.
Sephora N Morrison MBBS, MSCI, MBA, CPE, CPXP - Associate Chief of EMTC Operations and Director of EMTC Human Experience & Clinical Integration for Children's National Hospital
Sephora Morrison, MD, is the Associate Chief of EMTC Operations, Director of EMTC Human Experience and Clinical Integration, and a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Children's National Hospital. Originally from Jamaica, Dr. Morrison joined the Children's team in 2008. In addition to her designated roles, Dr. Morrison’s clinical research interests include an evaluation of interventions to increase fruit and vegetable consumption and nutrition education.
