Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN): Public Forums and Other Products

8:00am - 9:00am

Registration

Regency Foyer

9:00am - 10:00am

Opening Plenary

Regency Ballroom

Welcome
John W. Loonsk, Director, Office of Interoperability and Standards, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

Laura Landry, Long Beach Network for Health

Robert M. Kolodner, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

Trial Implementations

John W. Loonsk, Director, Office of Interoperability and Standards, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

10:00am - 10:15am

Break

Regency Foyer

10:15am - 11:00am

Plenary Presentations for engaging other types of NHIEs

Regency Ballroom

Moderator: John W. Loonsk, Director, Office of Interoperability and Standards, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

The NHIN is envisioned to incorporate a number of different types of health information exchanges such as integrated delivery networks, health plans, and health data banks. This plenary will feature perspectives from those types of HIEs that may participate in the NHIN.

11:00am - 12:00pm

Plenary Presentations from CA activities

Regency Ballroom

Moderator: Lori L. Hack, Object Health

Camino de Salud & Long Beach Network for Health
Allen Miller & Laura Landry
Camino de Salud has developed an integrated operations network to better coordinate care and establish ongoing communication links amongst providers. Long Beach Network for Health is merging the operations from the Camino de Salud model with web-based cross-organizational health information exchange to provide both sustainability and improved quality of patient care for Safety Net consumers.

MiVIA
Kathy Ficco
MiVIA, an electronic personal health record, is in the fourth year of implementation. MiVIA is a secure web-based health record that is for single individuals and up to 8 family members. Providers can access and upload diagnostics, medical charts, and other health documents. The site links to community resources and clinics in geographic areas so that patients can find health services in most communities. In addition, there is a link to MedLine, providing consumer information on medication. Originally offered to agricultural workers, St. Joseph's is now expanding MiVIA to the homeless population, another mobile population

Northern Sierra Rural Health Network
Ezequiel Sandoval
The Promoting Rural Health Care Quality through the Effective Use of Information Technology project aims to ensure that rural and safety net health care providers can participate in the development of regional, state, and national health information exchange (HIE) initiatives that will benefit underserved communities. NSRHN conducted a comprehensive assessment to identify how the use of health information technology could improve the health care delivery systems of community clinics, rural hospitals, public health and private health care providers across a nine-county, sparsely populated region of Northeaster California. The results of the survey identified three priority areas: Electronic Prescribing, Regional Disease Management, and Remote Access to Health Information.

12:00pm - 1:30pm

Lunch

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Concurrent Sessions

3:00pm - 3:30pm

Break

Regency Foyer

3:30pm - 5:00pm

Concurrent Sessions

5:00pm

Adjourn

8:00am - 9:30am

Registration

Regency Foyer

8:30am - 10:45am

General Session

Regency Ballroom

Moderator: Kelly Cronin, Director, Office of Programs and Coordination, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

Using the NHIN Infrastructure for needs of Federal providers of care

Speakers: Craig Miller, Federal Health Architecture
Terry Cullen, Indian Health Service
Celia Quivers, Department of Defense
Linda Fischetti, Veteran's Health Administration

Sustainability Strategies

Speakers: Gina Perez, Delaware Health Information Network
Marc Overhage, Indiana University
Additional speakers TBA

10:45am - 11:00am

Break

Regency Foyer

11:00am - 12:00pm

Closing Plenary

Regency Ballroom

NHIN Cooperative Working Group Reactor Panel

The trial implementations activities are being carried out thru Workgroups of the NHIN Cooperative. Co-chairs of those Workgroups will provide a brief description of their activities and discuss the relevant input they have heard from this Forum.