American Health Information Community: Meetings

January 22, 2008 Meeting Details

The 19th meeting of the American Health Information Community (the Community) was held on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 8:30 a.m. [Eastern].

LOCATION:
The Hubert Humphrey Building
200 Independence Avenue, SW – Room 800
Washington, DC 20201

The meeting included presentations by the Population Health/Clinical Care Connections Workgroup and Electronic Health Records Workgroup on Recommendations to the Community; an update on the Health IT Physician Adoption Survey results; an update on the Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP) Interoperability Specifications; and an update on the findings from the Enhancing Data Quality in EHRs Report.

Meeting Materials:

• Agenda
• Draft Meeting Minutes (Nov. 13th, 2007 meeting)
• Draft Meeting Minutes (Nov. 28th, 2007 meeting/conference call)
• Physician Adoption Survey Update
   - David Blumenthal, Massachusetts General Hospital
   - Karen Bell, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
• Update: Revised 2006 and Recently Approved 2007 HITSP Interoperability
  - John Loonsk, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
  - John D. Halamka, Chair, HITSP
• Workgroup Presentations:
  • Population Health/Clinical Care Connections Workgroup Recommendations
    • Recommendations Letter
    • Presentation
      - Leslie Lenert, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Co-Chair
  • Population Health/Clinical Care Connections Workgroup Roadmap & Timeline
    - Leslie Lenert, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Co-Chair
  • Electronic Health Records Workgroup Recommendations
    • Recommendations Letter
    • Presentation
      - Jonathan Perlin, HCA, Inc., Co-Chair
      - Karen Bell, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
• Findings from the Enhancing Data Quality in EHRs Report: Recommendations Update
  • Recommendations Letter
  • Presentation
    - Jonathan Perlin, Co-Chair, EHR Workgroup
    - Deven McGraw, Co-Chair, CPS Workgroup
• Workgroup Recommendations Status Update:
  • Consumer Empowerment Workgroup – January 2007 Recommendations
    - Karen Bell, ONC
    
    
• Single, printer-friendly PDF file of all meeting materials (1,456 kb)

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