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Department of Health and Human Services

NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON VITAL AND HEALTH STATISTICS

Subcommittee on Standards and Security

September 21 - 22, 2005

National Center for Health Statistics, Auditorium A & B
Hyattsville, MD

Meeting Synopsis

The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics Subcommittee on Standards and Security was convened on September 21-22, 2005 at the National Center for Health Statistics in Hyattsville, MD.  The meeting was open to the public and was broadcast live on the Internet.

Present: 

Committee Members

• Jeffrey S. Blair, M.B.A., Co-Chairman
• Harry Reynolds, Co-Chairman
• Simon P. Cohn, M.D.
• Stan M. Huff, M.D.
• Judith Warren, Ph.D., R.N.

Absent 

(none)

Staff and Liaisons

• Maria Friedman, D.B.A., CMS, Lead Staff
• Vivian Auld, NLM
• Jorge Ferrer, MD, VA
• J. Michael Fitzmaurice, Ph.D., AHRQ
• Wanda Govan-Jenkins, NCHS/CDC
• Donna Pickett, NCHS/CDC
• Steven J. Steindel, Ph.D., CDC

Others

• Roger Blauwet, RxBC Coalition
• Lynn Boyd, College of American Pathologists
• Mark N. Brueckl, AMCP
• Teri Byrne, RxHUB
• Tanisha Carino, Avalere Health LLC
• James Cimino, Columbia University
• Michael J. DeCarlo, BlueCross BlueShield
• Lorraine Fernandes, Initiate Systems, Inc.
• John Halamka, CareGroup Health Systems
• Beth Halley, Mitre Corporation
• Erika Heaton, Avalere Health LLC
• Jill G. Helm, Allscripts
• Frank A. Kyle, Jr., ADA
• Marilyn Zigmund Luke, AHIP
• Andrew Magan, CMS
• Drew Morgan, CMS
• Anthony J. Schueth, Point-of-Care Partners 
• Scott Schumacher, Initiate Systems, Inc.
• Kent A. Spackman, Oregon Health and Science University
• Robin Thomashauer, CAQH
• Woodrow Wilson, III, Lockheed Martin Information Technology
• Rochelle E. Woolley, RxHUB
• Helen Yang, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals

ACTIONS

• Ms. Friedman will organize a Subcommittee teleconference if the claims attachment comes out. 
• Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Blair, and Ms. Friedman will explore the timing of writing a letter during the break-out session of the November Committee meeting after a claims attachment teleconference. 
• Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Blair, and Ms. Friedman will also seek a written overview from the Office of the National Coordinator about their activities, their RFPs, and their staffing. 

The next Subcommittee hearing will be held on December 7-8, 2005.  Topics will include the ROI of HIPAA, the e-prescribing regulation, the e-prescribing pilot awards, and further discussion with CHI about their allergy recommendation. 

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Topics and Presenters

Wednesday, September 21, 2005

• Matching Patients to their Records
  • John Halamka, MD
  • Lorraine Fernandes, RHIA
  • Teri Byme, RxHUB
• Update on Key Issues:  CORE Project - Robin Thomashauer, CAQH
• Update on Key Issues:  CHI - Beth Halley, R.N., M.B.A.
• Update on Key Issues:  E-Prescribing Pilot - Maria Friedman, D.B.A., CMS
• Katrina Update - Steve Steindel, Ph.D., CDC

Thursday, September 22, 2005

• Secondary Uses of Clinical Data
  • Kent A. Spackman, M.D., Ph.D.
  • James Cimino, Ph.D.

See official transcript for full subcommittee discussion.