The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange elected Jay Eisenstock to serve as chair and Nancy Spector as chair-elect of its board of directors.
Mr. Eisenstock is currently principal of JEConsulting, a healthcare consulting firm. He is also a commissioner for the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission and serves on several committees with the Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare. In 2018, he received WEDI Chair's Award and in 2017, WEDI's Andrew J. Melczer Leadership award. He holds an MBA from Amherst-based University of Massachusetts.
Ms. Spector is the coding and HIT advocacy director at the American Medical Association. She is also chair of the National Uniform Claim Committee, which is a HIPAA-named advisor to HHS. She has also held operational and clinical roles at academic medical centers. Ms. Spector holds a master of science in communications degree from Evanston, Ill.-based Northwestern University.
WEDI promotes health IT to improve healthcare information exchange.