Damon Davis
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Our Aging Population and Health Care: Perspectives on Health IT
ONC recently had the opportunity to take part in one of the largest conferences for consumer organizations—AARP’s annual “Life @ 50+,” which hosted more than 20,000 twenty-thousand AARP members in New Orleans, LA. As you may know, AARP represents one of the fastest growing demographics in America— our 50+ population. AARP helps people 50+ have independence, choice, and control of their lives in ways that are beneficial to themselves and society as a whole.
The convention center was packed with older adults from every corner of the country who traversed the halls to learn about myriad topics: travel and leisure; retirement finances; fraud protection; and health care, including joint replacement, insurance, and yes, health information technology (health IT). Meeting participants approached the ONC booth with curiosity about our mission and brought a varied level of familiarity with health IT. We learned from those whose doctors and clinicians are already using electronic health records and were challenged by those members who knew nothing about using technology to better manage their health care.
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ONC at OSCON 2012: What Could the Future Bring?
The open source software (OSS) community is full of creative software coders developing amazing computer applications collaboratively. Recently I witnessed the power of their collaborative innovation first hand at the Open Source Convention (OSCON) in Portland, OR. This was the conference’s 12th year…but my first experience.
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Blue Button Mashup Challenge
Just by using Blue Button, more than 1 million individuals, including seniors, veterans and other service members and their families, and Medicare recipients can download their health and medical records and actively take part in their health care.