[IEEE-bhpjobs] [Fwd: American Health Information Community Workgroup Information] free teleconfs Jan 30 - Feb 2

[esther L]

The most interesting topic in the Community Workgroups is Electronic 
Health Records, 1pm Jan 31.
I left on the workgroup calendar, and deleted the other attachments. 
Information is available at http://www.hsrnet.net/ONC/workgroups/

Esther Lumsdon, RAC, CQA


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Subject: 	American Health Information Community Workgroup Information
Date: 	Mon, 30 Jan 2006 10:58:51 -0500
From: 	Smith, Amanda (HHS/OS) <Amanda.Smith at HHS.GOV>
Reply-To: 	Smith, Amanda (HHS/OS) <Amanda.Smith at HHS.GOV>
To: 	HEALTH-IT at LIST.NIH.GOV



*American Health Information Community (the Community) Workgroups *

On September 13, 2005, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Mike
Leavitt announced the membership for the American Health Information
Community (the Community). The Community was formed to help advance
efforts to reach President Bush’s call for most Americans to have
electronic health records within ten years. The Community is a
federally-chartered commission and provides input and recommendations to
HHS on how to make health records digital and interoperable, and assure
that the privacy and security of those records are protected, in a
smooth, market-led way.

To access the web page for the Community please go to:
www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic.html <http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic.html>

The Community decided at its November 29, 2005 meeting to form
workgroups in the following areas: biosurveillance
<http://www.hsrnet.net/ONC/workgroups/bio_main.htm>, consumer
empowerment <http://www.hsrnet.net/ONC/workgroups/ce_main.htm>, chronic
care <http://www.hsrnet.net/ONC/workgroups/cc_main.htm>, and electronic
health records <http://www.hsrnet.net/ONC/workgroups/ehr_main.htm>.
These workgroups will make recommendations to the Community that will
produce tangible and specific value to the health care consumer that can
be realized within a one-year period.

These workgroups are scheduled to meet approximately 10 times per year,
each. Members of the public will have the ability to listen in on the
meetings via the Web. Details on how to access each work group meeting
are available under that work group’s page of this Web site. The public
will have the opportunity to submit public comment at the end of each
meeting. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT will
provide a conference room in Washington, D.C. at the Department of
Health and Human Services where the public can attend to listen to the
conference calls. Advance registration is not required for these meetings.

The first workgroup meetings will be held from *1 to 5 p.m. on January
30, January 31, February 1, and February 2 of 2006*.  The agendas for
these meetings are listed below.  These meetings are open to the public
via conference call.

     * *Consumer Empowerment** (please see attached for an agenda) –
       January 30, 2006***
           o The general public is invited to "listen in" on these
             Consumer Empowerment Workgroup discussions, and also to ask
             questions and provide comments at the end of the meeting.

To listen in on the Consumer Empowerment Workgroup meetings:

                 + Go to:
                   www.eventcenterlive.com/cfmx/ec/login/login1.cfm?BID=67
 
<http://www.eventcenterlive.com/cfmx/ec/login/login1.cfm?BID=67>
                 + Enter your first name, last name, and email address as
                   requested
                 + Enter room number *8285133*

     * *Electronic Health Records **(please see attached for an agenda) –
       January 31, 2006***
           o The general public is invited to "listen in" on these
             Electronic Health Records Workgroup discussions, and also to
             ask questions and provide comments at the end of the meeting.

To listen in on the Electronic Health Records Workgroup meetings:

§         Go to: www.eventcenterlive.com/cfmx/ec/login/login1.cfm?BID=67
<http://www.eventcenterlive.com/cfmx/ec/login/login1.cfm?BID=67>

§         Enter your first name, last name, and email address as requested

§         Enter room number *8285144*

     * *Chronic Care **(please see attached for an agenda) – February 1,
       2006***
           o The general public is invited to "listen in" on these
             Chronic Care Workgroup discussions, and also to ask
             questions and provide comments at the end of the meeting.

To listen in on the Chronic Care Workgroup meetings:

§   Go to: www.eventcenterlive.com/cfmx/ec/login/login1.cfm?BID=67
<http://www.eventcenterlive.com/cfmx/ec/login/login1.cfm?BID=67>

§   Enter your first name, last name, and email address as requested

§   Enter room number *8285122*

     * *Biosurveillance** **(please see attached for an agenda) –
       February 2, 2006***
           o The general public is invited to "listen in" on these
             Biosurveillance Workgroup discussions, and also to ask
             questions and provide comments at the end of the meeting.

To listen in on the Biosurveillance Workgroup meetings:

§         Go to: www.eventcenterlive.com/cfmx/ec/login/login1.cfm?BID=67
<http://www.eventcenterlive.com/cfmx/ec/login/login1.cfm?BID=67>

§         Enter your first name, last name, and email address as requested

§         Enter room number *8285111*

A draft calendar of the workgroup meetings for 2006 is attached.

Questions and comments about the Community workgroups should be directed to:
E-MAIL: onchit.request at hhs.gov <mailto:onchit.request at hhs.gov>
PHONE: 1-866-505-3500




-- 
-- Esther L.,  esther-L at mailsnare.net or esther-L at alumni.virginia.edu
Speaking only for myself.
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