Writing for The Lund Report, Christen McCurdy interviews our Interim Director
Bringing a background in health IT, Cooper hopes to increase public engagement in healthcare reform
Amy Cooper stepped into her role as interim director of We Can Do Better in September – but started working with the organization as a contractor in May.
Cooper, who holds a master of public health degree from Portland State and a bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration, has spent most of her career working in health information technology. She worked for OCHIN for 10 years, and more recently has contracted with Kaiser Permanente, the Coalition of Community Clinics and Project Access NOW to help implement electronic health records projects.
But even working in health IT, Cooper said, she was more interested in policy than in technology itself. “I’ve always had a passion for health policy, and my interest in tech was not technology for technology’s sake, but in its uses as a tool that can impact policy,” Cooper said, adding that she’s excited about her new role, which she sees as an opportunity to continue engaging the public on health policy issues.
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