HIT Policy Committee’s Certification/Adoption Workgroup
Annotated Agenda for July 14 and 15, 2009 Public Meeting
(Links to Bios, Companies, and Related Documents)
HITS Staff Writer Joseph Conn wrote up story covering Day One.
Discussion of EHR certification, what it is now and how it might look in the future. Presentations will be heard from vendors, purchasers, non-vendor product users, the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The public will be invited to make comments at the close of the meeting.
Official Agenda Updated (pdf)
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Text of presentations (pdf) Slide sets (zip file) If files appear unavailable due to high demand on ONC servers, please drop a note in comments below or email me at msquires@e-healthcaremarketing.com
TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2009
9:00am Welcome & Opening Remarks
– John Glaser, Office of the National Coordinator (Glaser–Advisory Role)
9:10am Meeting Objectives and Outcomes
– Paul Egerman and Marc Probst, Co-chairs
9:20am National Research Council Study on Computational Technology for Effective Health Care
–Study Summary (pdf) –Full Study: Free Online
– William Stead, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Central study conclusion: Greater focus needed on cognitive support, “computer-based tools and systems that offer clinicians and patients assistance for thinking about and solving problems related to specific instances of health care.”
10:00am National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Information Technology Laboratory – Standards and Certification Programs & Processes
– Cita Furlani, Director, NIST Information Technology Laboratory & Gordon Gillerman, NIST; (June presentation: Overview of NIST Role in Healthcare IT (pdf))
11:00am Break
11:15am Vendor Panel
– Ambulatory EHR – Sheldon Razin: Founder and Chairman Quality Systems Inc, parent company of NextGen Healthcare Information Systems Division
– In-patient EHR – David McCallie, VP, Medical Informatics; John Travis, Sr. Director, Regulatory & Compliance Strategy, Cerner Group
– Niche Vendors – Donald A. Deiseo, Chairman &CEO, Perigen; Dow R. Wilson, EVP; Pres, Oncology: Varian Medical Systems
12:45pm Lunch
1:15pm EHR Purchaser Panel
– Keith Michl, solo practitioner, Manchester Center, Vermont
– Paula Anthony, CIO, East Texas Regional Medical Center
– Stephanie Reel, Johns Hopkins University and John Hopkins Medicine
2:30pm CCHIT — Certification and Standards
– CCHIT Overview and Plans — Mark Leavitt, MD PhD, Chairman, Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology, CCHIT (More accessible Certification Paths; CCHIT Answers Questions; Town Call Meetings)
– CCHIT Strengths & Weaknesses – Brian Klepper, health care analyst (slides shown; slides and text not available)
– Aligning HITSP and CCHIT — John Halamka, Chair, HITSP (Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel) (John Halamka Blog: Life as a Healthcare CIO)
View point on Current Program — Steven Waldren, Center for Health IT, American Academy of Family Physicians
(No slides used; text not available)
10:15am PUBLIC COMMENT
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2009
9:00am Welcome– John Glaser, Office of the National Coordinator
9:05am Non-Vendor Products Panel
– Open Source – Edmund Billings, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Medsphere Systems Corp.
– Modular EHR – David Kates, SVP, Business & Product Strategy, Prematics, Inc
– Home-grown system — Carl A. Christensen, Chief Technology Officer, Marshfield Clinic
10:15am PUBLIC COMMENT
Park Hyatt Hotel
24th and M Streets, NW
Washington, DC
Hotel phone: 202.789.1234
Tuesday, July 14: 9am to 4:15pm EST
Wednesday, July 15: 9am to 10:45am EST
Seating is limited.
Visit healthit.hhs.gov (“CLICK” on HIT Policy Committee) for the Agenda and How to Participate (or use this link). You may listen in via computer or telephone. There will also be a webcast of the meeting.
