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Electronic Health Records Workgroup - Archives

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As each workgroup meeting is completed, all of the relevant materials will be archived here, including agendas, any presentation materials, the program archive, the transcript, etc.

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2008 Meetings:  09/10/08 | 05/21/08 | 04/29/0802/12/08

2007 Meetings:  12/04/07 | 10/23/07 | 09/25/07 | 07/20/07 | 05/22/07 | 04/18/07 | 03/20/07 | 02/22/07 | 01/11/07

2006 Meetings:  11/07/06 | 10/13/06 | 09/19/06 | 08/15/06 | 07/25/06 | 06/27/06 | 05/02/06 | 04/26/06 | 03/21/06 | 02/22/06 | 01/31/06

Wednesday, September 10, 2008, 1:00 p.m., E.T.

Agenda & Other Presentation Materials

Transcript & Summary

Streaming Archive

General Materials:
Agenda
Workgroup Summary
AHIC Transition Update

Presentations - Acute Care Documentation in Hospital EHR Systems:
Bonnie Anton, RN
Dr. Daphne Bascom
Dr. Craig Joseph
Dr. Christoph Lehmann
Deb Rislow, CIO
Dr. James Walker
David Whiles & Margaret Robinson

• Meeting summary and transcript coming soon.

• Streaming Archive coming soon.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008, 1:00 p.m., E.T.

Agenda & Other Presentation Materials

Transcript & Summary

Streaming Archive

General Materials:
Agenda
EHR Consolidated Meeting Summary
ALL EHR WG Recommendations

Meeting Transcript

• Summary coming soon.

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Tuesday, April 29, 2008, 1:00 p.m., E.T.

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General Materials:
Agenda
Middleton - CDS Update Presentation
CDS Recommendation Letter
Bell - AHIC 2.0 Transition Planning
Leavitt - CCHIT Update Presentation
AHIC 2.0 Transition: EHR Workgroup Summary
AHIC 2.0 Transition: EHR Workgroup Presentation
EHR Consolidated Testimony Summary
EHR Workgroup Recommendations

• Meeting Transcript

Meeting Summary

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Tuesday, February 12, 2008, 1:00 p.m., E.T.

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Agenda
DesRoches - HIT Adoption Survey
Middleton - CDS-Proto Recommendation
CDS-Proto Recommendation Background Letter
CTC IRM Draft Detailed Use Case Overview for AHIC EHR
• Adobe PDF Consultations and Transfers of Care Draft Detailed (PDF only, 889KB)
• Adobe PDF Immunizations and Response Management IRM Draft Detailed (PDF only, 465KB)

• Meeting Transcript

Meeting Summary

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Tuesday, December 4, 2007, 1:00 p.m. ET

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Agenda
• Recommendation Concepts for WG Discussion
• Use Case Discussion
• Enhancing Data Quality in EHR (RTI Report)
Gelzer - Data Quality EHR Report
Excerpt from Fraud 2 Law Enforcement Priorities
The New Electronic Discovery Civil Rule Practice Brief
• eDiscovery Article May 2007
• PDF EHR Exam - Journal of AHIMA (PDF only, 461KB)
• *REVISED* Electronic Health Records (EHR) Workgroup Recommendation Letter to the AHIC on E-Prescribing

• Meeting Transcript

Meeting Summary

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Tuesday, October 23, 2007, 1:00 p.m. ET

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Agenda
•  Recommendation Planning Discussion: “Workforce”
•  Use Case Discussion
•  Follow Up EHR Workforce
•  PHCCC September 18 recommendation letter

• Meeting Transcript

• Meeting Summary

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Wednesday, September 25, 2007, 1:00 p.m. ET

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General Materials:
• Agenda
• Kloss - Building the Workforce for Health Information Transformation
• Detmer - Building the Workforce for Health System Transformation
• Yasnoff - Estimating the Workforce Needs for Building the NHIN
• Schoen - Presentation to AHIC EHR Workgroup Workforce Panel Meeting
• Gassert - TIGER Initiative and the Alliance for Nursing Informatics
• PDF AHIMA/AMIA – Building the Work Force for Health Information Transformation (PDF only, 1.5 mb)

• Meeting Transcript

• Meeting Summary

 

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Friday, July 20, 2007, 1:00 p.m. ET

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General Materials:
• Agenda
• Vanderbilt – Dr. William Stead
• Geisinger Health System – Dr. Jim Walker
• Midland Memorial Hospital – Ms. Margaret Robinson
• Ken Gebhart, BearingPoint - American Health Information Community Priorities Process and 2008 Use Cases
• April 24, 2007 AHIC meeting transcript: excerpt regarding EHR Workgroup recommendations
• May 22, 2007 EHR Workgroup meeting transcript: excerpt regarding Recommendation 4

• Meeting Transcript

• Meeting Summary

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Tuesday, May 22, 2007, 1:00 p.m. ET

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• Agenda
• Welsh - Continued Progress: Hospital Use of Information Technology 2007
• Raube and Damberg - Incentives for ICT Adoption: An Example from California
• Final Recommendation Letter, 4/24/07
• IRS Memorandum - Hospitals Providing Financial Assistance to Staff Physicians Involving Electronic Health Records

• Meeting Transcript

• Meeting Summary

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Wednesday, April 18, 2007, 9:30 a.m. ET

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• Agenda
• Hughes - Health IT Arrangements with Physicians: Implementation Concerns
• Micklos - How to Improve the EHR Fraud Exceptions
• Draft Recommendations Letter

• Meeting Transcript

• Meeting Summary

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Tuesday, March 20, 2007, 1:00 p.m. ET

Agenda & Other Presentation Materials

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General Materials:
Agenda
Medpac Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy, March 2005, Chapter 4: "Strategies to improve care: Pay for performance and information technology" (Look at structural measures pgs 191, 196-199)
Executive Order: Promoting Quality and Efficient Health Care in Federal Government Administered or Sponsored Health Care Programs
Executive Order: Four Cornerstones of Health Care Transparency
EHRs: The Feds Get Something Right (article on external Web site)

Presentations:
Sorace and Fleck - DOQ-IT Presentation
Sorace and Fleck - Office Systems Survey
Stricker - VistA Office EHR Update
Ranslow Presentation

Ranslow - Background Materials for Reference Only:
Materials from 1/26 State Alliance meeting:
Agenda
Biographies
Burde - Legal Issues for Health Information Exchange: Legal Standards and Liability
Robins - Regulatory Issues in E-Health: A State Medical Board Perspective
Materials from 2/21-22 Health Care Practice Task Force:
Agenda
Biographies
Bartholomew - Malpractice Insurance and Telehealth
Hellquist
Kelly - Licensing Issues and our Consortium’s Approach to a NHIN Architecture
LaMarche - Linking Utah’s Healthcare Community
McIntyre - Medical Licensure: The State of the States
Szabo - Liability Issues in Health Information Exchange

• Meeting Transcript

• Meeting Summary

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Thursday, February 22, 2007, 1:00 p.m. EDT

Agenda & Other Presentation Materials

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General Materials:
• Agenda
• Recommendation Planning Cover Letter
• May 2006 Recommendation Letter
• Pre-recommendation Planning Document
• Testimony Summary Spreadsheet
• EHR Response Legal Panel Letter
• EHR Response Legal Panel Letter

Presentations:
• Masspro -  How Do I Pay for an EHR?
• Masspro - ASP EHR Discussion
Connecticut Medical Insurance Company
Physicians Insurance Agency of Massachusetts

Meeting Transcript

Meeting Summary

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Thursday, January 11th, 2007, 1:00 p.m. ET

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General Materials:
Agenda
Lab Breakthrough Pilot Planning Metrics

Presentations:
E-Prescribing Notes from the Field - Parker
Electronic Health Records Within the VA - Dr. Robert Smith & Dr. Ross Fletcher
Windows Media Video Description of the VA's "VistA" E.H.R. System (this video clip is in .WMV format)
RPMS EHR - Dr. Howard Hays
AHLTA - DoD’s Electronic Health Record - COL Bart Harmon
The Ecology of Health IT - Dr. David C. Kibbe

Meeting Transcript

Meeting Summary

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Tuesday, November 7, 2006, 1:00 p.m. EST

Agenda & Other Presentation Materials

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Meeting Agenda:
MS Word Word format only

Testimony Summary/Gap Analysis:
MS Excel Excel format only

Meeting Transcript
MS Word Word format

Meeting Summary
MS Word Word format

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Friday, October 13th, 2006, 1:00 p.m. EDT

Agenda & Other Presentation Materials

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General Materials:
MS Word Agenda (Word only)
MS Word Sept. 19th Meeting Summary (Word only)
PDF Draft ASPE Ambulatory Report (Exec.Summary) (.PDF only)
MS Word “State of the Technology” Critical Component Prioritization Worksheet (Word only)
MS Word Visioning Document (Word only)
PDF EHR Adoption Study - Dr. Blumenthal (.PDF only)

Testimony:
MS PowerPoint Dr. Richard Baron (.PPT only)
MS PowerPoint Dr. Mark Jacobs (.PPT only)
MS PowerPoint Dr. Ronald Bangasser (.PPT only)
MS PowerPoint Dr. Blackford Middleton (.PPT only)
MS PowerPoint Dr. Helga Rippen (.PPT only)

Articles:
PDF Accelerating US EHR Adoption (.PDF only)
PDF Achieving US HIT Adoption (.PDF only)
PDF Overcoming Barriers (.PDF only)
PDF Patient Safety In Physicians Office (.PDF only)
PDF Physicians' Use of Medical Records (.PDF only)
PDF Electronic Health Records (.PDF only)

Meeting Transcript
MS Word Word format

Meeting Summary
MS Word Word format

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Tuesday, September 19, 2006, 1:00 p.m. EDT

Agenda & Other Presentation Materials

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Meeting Agenda:
MS Word Word format only

Fact Sheet - Health Care Transparency:
MS Word Word format only

Executive Order- Promoting Quality and Efficient Health Care:
MS Word Word format only

Executive Summary - Thought Leadership:
PDF .PDF format only

IOM Key Capabilities:
PDF .PDF format only

Harris Survey Review:
PPT .PPT format only

Meeting Transcript
MS Word Word format

Meeting Summary
MS Word Word format

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Tuesday, August 15, 2006, 1:00 p.m. EDT

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Meeting Agenda:
PDF .PDF format
MS Word Word format

FACA Discussion:
PDF .PDF format
MS Word Word format

Ralston Background:
PDF .PDF format
MS Word Word format

Massachusetts DOQ-IT, Where are we today:
PPT .PPT format only

Reducing Structural/Cultural/Legal Barriers to Adoption and Optimal Use of Certified EHRs:
PPT .PPT format only

Meeting Transcript
MS Word Word format

Meeting Summary
MS Word Word format

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Tuesday, July 25, 2006, 1:00 p.m. EDT

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Meeting Agenda:
PDF .PDF format
MS Word Word format

HIT Deployment:
PPT .PPT format only

ONC Goals:
PDF .PDF format
MS Word Word format

HIT Adoption:
PPT .PPT format only

Meeting Transcript
MS Word Word format

Meeting Summary
MS Word Word format

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Tuesday, June 27, 2006, 1:00 p.m. EDT

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Meeting Agenda:
PDF .PDF format
MS Word Word format

Workgroup Roadmap:
PPT .PPT format only

ONC Goals, Objectives, and Strategies:
PPT .PPT format
MS Word Word format

Federal Register, Request for Information #1:
PDF .PDF format only

Federa l Register, Request for Information #2:
PDF .PDF format only

Meeting Transcript
MS Word Word format

Meeting Summary
MS Word Word format

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Tuesday, May 02, 2006, 1:00 p.m. EST

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Draft Recommendation Letter, 05-02-06:
PDF .PDF formats
MS Word Word format

First Responder Presentation:
MS PowerPoint PowerPoint format
MS Word Text descriptions

Meeting Transcript
MS Word Word format

Meeting Summary
MS WordWord format

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Wednesday, April 26, 2006, 10:00 a.m. EST

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Meeting Agenda:
PDF .PDF format
MS Word Word format

Draft Recommendation Letter to Secretary Leavitt:
PDF .PDF format
MS Word Word format

PHS Katrina Response:
MS PowerPoint PowerPoint format
MS Word Text descriptions

Meeting Transcript
MS Word Word format

Meeting Summary
MS WordWord format

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Tuesday, March 21, 2006, 1:00 p.m. EST

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Meeting Agenda:
PDF .PDF format
MS Word Word format

AHRQ State and Regional Demonstration Projects:
MS PowerPoint PowerPoint format
MS Word Text descriptions

AHIC Privacy Response:
PDF .PDF format
MS Word Word format

Use of Computerized Clinical Support Systems in Medical Settings:
PDF .PDF format

PITAC Report:
PDF .PDF format


HFMA Overcoming Barriers:
PDF .PDF format


Commonwealth Fund summary blackbags:
PDF PowerPoint format

Meeting Transcript
MS Word Word format

Meeting Summary
MS WordWord format

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Wednesday, February 22, 2006, 1:00 p.m. EST

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Meeting Agenda:
PDF .PDF format
MS Word Word format

EHR Options Paper:
PDF .PDF format
MS Word Word format

ACP List of Products:
PDF .PDF format
MS Word Word format

AAFP EHR Adoption Tools:
PDF .PDF format
MS Word Word format

eHI Toolkit:
PDF .PDF format
MS Word Word format

eHI Memorandum:
PDF .PDF format
MS Word Word format

ELINCS Overview:
MS PowerPoint PowerPoint format
MS Word Text descriptions

Lab Results Receipt:
MS PowerPoint PowerPoint format
MS Word Text descriptions

Laboratory Data Information Exchange:
MS PowerPoint PowerPoint format

Meeting Transcript
MS Word Word format

Meeting Summary
MS WordWord format

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Tuesday, January 31, 2006, 1:00 p.m. EST

Agenda

Additional Materials

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PDF .PDF format
MS Word Word format

Briefing Document:
PDF.PDF format
MS WordWord format

Breakthrough Workgroup Activities & Community Milestones:
PDF.PDF format
MS WordWord format

Meeting Transcript
MS Word Word format

Meeting Summary
MS Word Word format

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