HIT Policy Cmte Hear Specialists, Small Providers, Underserved, and Medicaid Providers on Meaningful Use:
Oct 27-28, 2009 
The Health Information Technology Policy Committee hears from specialists, small providers (hospitals and physician practices), underserved and medicaid providers in addition to a panel about registries and quality measures on October 27-28, 2009. This post contains most of the materials being presented. See e-Healthcare Marketing post on summary of June notes from specialists and non-physician providers. 

HIT Policy Committee Meetings Page
October 27, 2009:  9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. [Eastern]
           Note: NEW START TIME
October 28, 2009:  8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. [Eastern]
Excerpted from ONC site:

• Agenda [Revised]
  
• Presenter Biographical Sketches
  Opening Remarks – David Blumenthal, MD, MMPP (ppt-revised) 
  
• Update from the Information Exchange Workgroup [10/20 hearing update]
• Update on September Privacy Hearing
• Review of Meaningful Use Core Objectives and Existing Measures – Relevance to Specialty and Small Practices and Small Hospitals
  • George Hripcsak, Co-Chair, Meaningful Use Workgroup
    
  • Hripcsak-Meaningful Use Mapping
    
• Introduction to Hearing
• Registries and Quality Measures Panel – Moderator, David Lansky
  • CMS and NQF to describe current state— Michael Rapp and Daniel Green , Office of Clinical Standards & Quality, CMS, and Helen Burstin, National Quality Forum
  • Society of Thoracic Surgeons – Fred Edwards, University of Florida 
  • Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement— Karen Kmetik, Performance Improvement, American Medical Association
  • Health System Repositories – Jon Einbinder, Partners Healthcare
• Specialists Panel – Moderator, Neil Calman
  • Medical Specialty – Michael O’Toole, Midwest Heart Specialists (Illinois)
  • Surgeon – Frank Opelka, Louisiana State University 
  • OB/GYN – Albert Strunk, American College of Obstetricians & Gynecology
  • Clinical Oncology – Peter Paul Yu, Palo Alto Medical Foundation
  • Psychiatry— Harold Pincus, Columbia University
    
• Smaller Providers (Physician Practices and Hospitals) Panel – Moderator, Art Davidson
  • Community Health Centers – Michael Lardiere, National Association of Community Health Centers
  • Rural Health – Bonnie Britton, CNO of Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center, North Carolina
  • Small Providers – Marty Fattig, CEO of Nemaha County Hospital, Nebraska
  • Minority Providers – Willarda Edwards, National Medical Association
• Underserved and Medicaid Providers Panel – Moderator, George Hripcsak
  • Clinical Research – Greg Downing, Office of the Secretary, HHS
  • Pediatrician – Alan Zuckerman, Georgetown University
    Dentists – Thankam Thyvalikakath, University of Pittsburgh
  • Nurse Practitioner – Melinda Jenkins, New York
  • Safety Net Providers  – Andrew Steele, Denver Health
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