Staff
Patrick Miller, Research Associate Professor
Email: patrick.miller@unh.edu
Telephone: 603-536-4265
Patrick Miller, MPH serves as a Research Associate Professor at the New Hampshire Institute for Health Policy and Practice and as Senior Staff for the NH Citizens Health Initiative. He joined UNH in September 2006. He has worked on information technology projects for the NH Citizens Health Initiative, including the statewide NH ePrescribing project and the development of a statewide strategic plan for health information technology and exchange to support Governor Lynch’s Executive Order. He currently leads the Initiative's transparency reporting efforts focused on cost, quality, and patient safety. He founded the Regional All Payer Healthcare Information Council (RAPHIC) as well as the NH Purchasers Group on Health (NHPGH). Additionally he supports health policy initiatives for the NH Department of Health and Human Services, and teaches in the UNH Master of Public Health program. He served as member of the National Governor's Association's State Alliance for e-Health Privacy and Security Task Force in 2008, and served in 2008 and 2009 as New Hampshire’s Project Director for the Federally funded Healthcare Information Security and Privacy Collaborative (HISPC). He has delivered conference presentations on e-Health issues to the National Governors Association, Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services, National Association for Health Data Organizations, provider groups, and other organizations.
Patrick has spent the past twenty years working primarily in the fields of health care finance, operations, technology, public health, and policy. Prior to UNH, he was most recently the Executive Director of The Jordan Institute where he was responsible for program development and operational oversight. Patrick started his own healthcare consulting company in 1999, and previously held positions as Chief Information Officer and co-founder for the technology company Choicelinx Corporation, as well as senior management positions with Healthsource/CIGNA.
Patrick has a Master of Public Health with a focus on ecology and a B.S. in Health Management and Policy, both from the University of New Hampshire. He currently serves on the board of the NH Institute for Fiscal Policy and as a steering committee member of the NH Carbon Challenge program. He also volunteers as a speaker for The Climate Project and the Carbon Coalition. He is a past member of the NH Public Health Association, the United Way of Merrimack County, the Chocorua Lake Conservation Foundation, and the Chocorua Lake Association. He and his family live in an active and passive solar home in Campton, NH.