The HIT Policy Committee’s Certification/Adoption Workgroup
is holding a public meeting July 14 and 15, 2009 to discuss 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.
Agenda (pdf)
Participants on Tuesday afternoon, July 14 include Mark Leavitt, chairman of CCHIT; C. Martin Harris, CIO, Cleveland Clinic Foundation; John Halamka, Chair, HITSP, and Steven Waldren of American Academy of Family Physicians. A EHR Purchaser Panel includes Stephanie Reel, CIO, Johns Hopkins Health System; Paula Anthony, CIO, East Texas Regional Medical Center; and Keith Michl, solo practitioner, Manchester Center, Vermont.
Tuesday morning, July 14, vendor panel includes CEO Sheldon Razin of Quality Systems/NextGen; VP, Medical Informatics, Cerner, David McCallie; and representatives from two niche vendors–Donald Deieso, of Perigen, and Dow Wilson of Varian.
Wednesday morning, July 15 non-vendor products panel includes Edmund Billings, Chief Medical Officer, Medsphere Systems Corp (an implementer of a version of VA’s VistA open source program; David Kates, SVP of Prematics, Inc., (a modular EHR solution); and a still to be determinded representative for home-grown systems.
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.
