We had a great trip to Oregon this week to meet with the PHQIX User Group and Expert Panel. With an eye for individual and public health, we supplemented healthy meals with Portland’s infamous Voodoo Doughnuts.
Arguably, we magnified the negative effects of the doughnuts by spending a few hours sitting down with each group talking about PHQIX, but we’re pretty sure the sugar contributed to the interesting conversations and great feedback we received on how to build the exchange.
The following day, at the NNPHI Open Forum Meeting, Pam Russo from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (doughnut PHQIX funder) talked about the history leading up to what we now know as PHQIX. Even though the doughnuts were long gone, Pam was able to inspire the meeting participants to chant PHQIX (pronounced “P” “H” “kicks”) a few times. Jamie Pina, the PHQIX Project Director, followed with an overview of what the project aims to accomplish.
We’ll follow up with a more serious post next week, but meanwhile, feel free to check out our photo album. You’ll find our meeting participants in action, both at the meetings and out and about in Portland!
