Tom Fritz is chief executive officer of Inland Northwest Health Services (INHS). INHS is a unique company that administers a 102 bed, freestanding physical rehabilitation and medicine hospital; a multi-state critical care air ambulance service; a wide-spread telemedicine hospital; a multi-state critical care air ambulance service; a wide spread telemedicine network throughout the Inland Northwest; and a nationally recognized model of integrated health information technology. Twenty-one of the hospitals on the INHS health information exchange network habe been recognized in 2009 as teh "100 Most Wired" in teh nation by Hospitals and Health Networks magazine.
Nationally, Tom is appointed to serve on the board of directors for the National eHealth Collaborative. He is also a member of the eHealth Initiative's Leadership Council and the Policy Steering Committee. Tom previously served on the board of trustees for the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) and as a chairperson of the American Hospital Association Governing Council Section for Rehabilitation, Long-Term Care & Long-Term Acute Hospitals.
On a regional level, Tom is a member of the board of directors of the Washington State health Care Forum; co-chair of the Washington Life Sciences Discovery Fund Coalition; a member of the board of directors for the Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association; and a past member of the WA State Health Information Infrastructure Advisory Board. Tom is involved locally and has served on a number of community Boards including chairperson of the Spokane Workforce Development Council; chairperson of the Economic Development Council and vice-chair/board member of the Greater Spokane Incorporated. He serves in advisory capacities to Washington State University and Whitworth University and is on the board of trustees for the Spokane Society of Young Professionals and the Institute for Systems Medicine.