New FORE director named.

Mary Madison was recently named executive director of the American Health Information Management Association's (AHIMA) Foundation of Research and Education (FORE). Madison comes to the position after serving both as executive director of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation on Health Care and managing director of health services for Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. Last year, FORE generated more than $2.4 million in scholarship support for health information management (HIM) students. The organization also directs research and policy projects for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, the National Library of Medicine and other organizations. "The enormous potential for growth is evident in FORE's track record as it has become the single most influential supporter of HIM research and education," said Madison. FORE was created in 1962 as a separately incorporated affiliate organization founded and managed by AHIMA to provide infrastructure of knowledge, research and education in the field of HIM.