Population Health and Clinical Care Connections Workgroup
At its November 29, 2005, meeting, the American Health Information Community (the Community) recommended the formation of a workgroup on biosurveillance. The meetings of this Workgroup will be public and all documents discussed will be made available to the public.
At the January 23, 2007, Community meeting, the name of the Biosurveillance Workgroup was changed to Population Health and Clinical Care Connections Workgroup. At the same time, the broad charge was expanded to meet the goals of the restructured workgroup.
The revised Broad Charge for the Workgroup:
Make recommendations to the Community to facilitate the flow of reliable health information among population health and clinical care systems necessary to protect and improve the public’s health.
The Community further recommended that this workgroup develop a plan to realize a specific charge (transmitting certain data from health care providers to public health systems) within one year, which is visible to the American public and works towards a broader charge (facilitating the flow of reliable health information among population health and clinical care systems to protect and improve the public’s health) over time.
Specific Charge for the Workgroup:
Make recommendations to the Community so that within one year, essential ambulatory care and emergency department visit, utilization, and lab result data from electronically enabled health care delivery and public health systems can be transmitted in standardized and anonymized format to authorized public health agencies within 24 hours.
Workgroup Member List:
Member |
Organization |
Co-Chairs |
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John Lumpkin |
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |
Julie Gerberding |
HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) |
ONC Director |
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Kelly Cronin |
HHS/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology |
Members |
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Cheryl Austein-Casnoff |
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) |
Michael Barr |
American College of Physicians |
Scott Becker |
Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) |
Larry Biggio |
State of Wyoming |
Theresa Cullen |
HHS/Indian Health Service |
Art Davidson |
Denver Public Health Department (representing NACCHO) |
Jon Einbinder |
Partners HealthCare |
Vincent Fonseca |
Texas Department of State Health Services (representing CSTE) |
Thomas Frieden |
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (representing NACCHO) |
Shawn Fultz |
Department of Veterans Affairs |
Shaun Grannis |
Regenstrief Institute, Inc. |
Capt Richard Haberberger |
Department of Defense |
Amy Helwig |
HHS/Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
Charles Kahn |
Federation of American Hospitals |
Brian Keaton |
American College of Emergency Physicians |
Martin LaVenture |
Minnesota Department of Health (representing ASTHO) |
John Loonsk |
HHS/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology |
Bob Martin |
HHS/CDC/National Center for Public Health Informatics |
Dave Ross |
Public Health Informatics Institute |
Lisa Rovin |
HHS/Food and Drug Administration |
Edward Sondik |
HHS/CDC/National Center for Health Statistics |
Ex-Officio Members |
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Lisa Dwyer |
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) |
Angela Fix |
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) |
Michelle Meigs |
Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) |
Paula Soper |
National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO) |
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last updated on
6/20/08
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Upcoming Meeting of the Population Health and Clinical Care Connections Workgroup:
- Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 3:30 p.m., E.T.
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