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Northern Illinois Physicians For Connectivity

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About NIPFC

Northern Illinois Physicians For Connectivity’s (NIPFC) mission is to improve patient safety through the use of healthcare information technology and the vision is to motivate physician practices to adopt electronic health records to improve the quality of patient care, encourage more efficient sharing of healthcare information and encourage patient ownership of medical information. NIPFC also serves a key role in bridging Illinois providers, consumers, and technology to achieve these goals.

NIPFC held the first Illinois Healthcare Information Technology Summit on February 25, 2006. Promoting all that the new Information Technology can do for the patients of Illinois, the Summit:

• Introduced the latest Information Technology advances in healthcare
• Promoted collaboration in regional and statewide Health Information Exchange
• Initiatives Exposed civic leaders across the state to these efforts

NIPFC is an Illinois corporation comprised of several provider groups located in the western suburbs of Chicago. These provider groups are:

DuPage Valley Physicians
DuPage Medical Group
Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield Illinois
Edward Hospital in Naperville Illinois
Delnor Community Hospital in Geneva Illinois
Northern Illinois University located in DeKalb Illinois

Each of the provider groups is represented on NIPFC’s Board of Directors.

NIPFC Officers:
Dr. John Clancy, President
Dr. Stasia Kahn, Vice President
David Dopp, Secretary/Treasurer

NIPFC was incorporated in the state of Illinois in December, 2005 and is proceeding in filing for tax exempt status as a 501©3 entity.

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NIPFC
Dr. John Clancy President
Dr. Stasia Kahn Vice President
Mr. David Dopp Secretary/Treasurer

Founding Partners & Board Members

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Dr. John Clancy Vice President, co-founder
Mr. David Dopp Executive Director
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Mr. James Kearns CIO
Mr. Michael Kittoe CFO
Ms.Hasi Smith Director IS
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Mr. Todd LaVigne Senior Director of IT
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Ms. Laura Bagus Director, CTO
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Mr. Dave Printz Vice President, CIO
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Mr. Alan Kraus Executive Director
NIU Regional Development Institute

Dr. John Lewis Associate Vice President,
Administration and University Outreach








































Dr. John H. Clancy, President

Dr. John H. Clancy is a Board Certified General Internist. Dr. Clancy has been in private practice for 9 years. He is a full partner and current Physician Administrator of his Medical Group Practice, DuPage Internal Medicine, LTD., in Carol Stream, Illinois.

Dr. Clancy is the current Vice President and co-founder of DuPage Valley Physicians, an Independent Physician Organization (IPO) with over 225 physician members. He is also a member of the American College Physician Executives.

Dr. Clancy enjoys running, coaching, and many other activities with his family. He lives in Darien, Illinois with his wife, Tara, and his three children.

Dr. Stasia Kahn, Vice President

Dr. Stasia Kahn has been practicing internal medicine since 1988. She did her residency at the University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago after attending the University of Illinois College of Medicine. During her time in medical school, Dr. Kahn was awarded the Richardson Scholarship for Foreign Study and was named a James Scholar. She currently practices at and is a co-founder of Fox Prairie Medical Group P.C. in St. Charles, Illinois, and is an Attending Staff Member at the Central DuPage Hospital and Delnor Community Hospital. Dr. Kahn is a lecturer in the Masters Degree program in Medical Informatics at the School of Continuing Studies Northwestern University.

 Dr. Kahn is also a volunteer Faculty for Rush-Copley Family Medicine Residency program teaching 3rd year residents how physicians interact with an EHR in the ambulatory setting. Dr. Kahn is a member of the American College of Physicians and is a fellow in the Chicago Institute of Medicine. In 2004, Dr. Kahn published a guide on How to Select and Implement The Right Electronic Medical Records and Practice Management Solution For Your Practice. It was after attending the American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) Continuity of Care meeting in Washington, D.C. in April of 2005 that she dedicated herself to using the Continuity of Care Record in the care of her own patients and to forming the RHIO that would become Northern Illinois Physicians For Connectivity. 

Dr. Kahn and her husband, Dr. Michael Kahn, have three children. She enjoys cooking healthy gourmet meals and playing the cello.

David Dopp, Secretary/Treasurer

Mr. Dopp is the Executive Director of Managed Care for Edward Hospital & Health Services where he is responsible for the Naperville health system’s managed care contracting and strategy. He has been the Executive Director of DuPage Valley Physicians since its inception in 2002. Mr. Dopp possesses 23 years experience in managed care on behalf of both the payers and providers.

Mr. Dopp currently serves on the Board of Directors for both the Managed Healthcare Providers Association and the Tri-City Health Partnership. He is an emeritus Board of Director and current Chairperson of the Finance Committee for the Brother Louie & Fannie Roncoli Foundation located in the northwest suburbs.




















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