[IEEE-bhpjobs] [Fwd: [September 18, 2006] American Health Information Community / Consumer Empowerment Workgroup "Hearing"]

[esther L]

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Subject: 	[September 18, 2006] American Health Information Community /
Consumer Empowerment Workgroup "Hearing"
Date: 	Fri, 8 Sep 2006 13:30:15 -0400
From: 	Roberts, Vernette (DHHS/OS/ONC) <vroberts at HHS.GOV>
Reply-To: 	Roberts, Vernette (DHHS/OS/ONC) <vroberts at HHS.GOV>
To: 	HEALTH-IT at LIST.NIH.GOV



*To:  Health-It ListServ Subscribers:*

The next full-day meeting “hearing” of the AHIC/*Consumer Empowerment
Workgroup* will be held on:

*Monday, September 18, 2006** ***

*10:30 am to 5:30 pm [Eastern]*



At this meeting, the Consumer Empowerment Workgroup will receive
information from invited panelists and the public on personal health
records (PHRs) functions, features, current usage, interoperability
capabilities, and importance to health care.

Part of the meeting will be conducted in hearing format, in which the
Workgroup will gather information about how to engage consumer interest
in PHRs, health literacy, clinician and consumer incentives for using
PHRs, and government policies related to PHRs.  The Workgroup will
invite representatives who can provide information about these matters.
The format for the meeting will include two invited panels and time for
questions and discussion.  The meeting will include a time period during
which members of the public may deliver brief (3 minutes or less) oral
public comment.  To be included on the public comment portion of the
agenda, please contact Vernette Roberts via e-mail at
vernette.roberts at hhs.gov <mailto:vernette.roberts at hhs.gov>.

Public input, in the form of written testimony, is sought on the
following issues:

1.    Are there social marketing techniques or methodologies that can be
applied to encourage the widespread use of personal health records?

2.    Should a consumer outreach and education program be a coordinated
public-private initiative and, if so, what are the logical steps to
consider in the planning and implementation? Should there be an
incremental approach to consumer education and outreach given the state
of the marketplace and the current level of public awareness? What would
be an appropriate role for the public sector?

3.    Are there lessons learned from nationwide efforts (e.g.
anti-smoking) or statewide efforts (e.g. car seat belt usage) to
influence consumer behavior that are applicable to consumer education of
PHRs?

4.    How can health literacy be advanced through adoption and use of PHRs?

5.    What incentives have been used successfully to influence consumer
adoption of PHRs? Are these one-time rewards, or is there a need to
repeat these rewards or to offer different incentives to encourage
consumers to actively use their PHRs over time?

6.    What incentives have been used successfully to influence clinician
adoption of PHRs?

7.    What consumer needs are not likely to be filled by market-driven
solutions alone and should be addressed by public policy and
public-private collaborations?

8.    What public policy options for encouraging adoption of personal
health records by consumers and for enabling interoperable data exchange
are available and feasible to implement in the short-term and over the
long-term?

*Persons wishing to submit written testimony only (which should not
exceed five double-spaced typewritten pages) should endeavor to submit
it by September 18, 2006.*  Also, members of the public who are present
at the meeting will have the opportunity to provide oral comment.  To be
included on the public comment portion of the agenda, please contact Ms.
Roberts.

*Below are the instructions to attend the meeting in person or “listen
in” via Web cast: *

*_Attending in-person_** – *To gain access to the meeting, you will be
required to show photo identification and sign in at the security desk
by the public entrance prior to being escorted to the meeting room.
Please note that funds are not available to support travel to these
meetings.

*_MEETING LOCATION_*

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Hubert H. Humphrey Building

200 Independence Avenue, SW, Room 800

Washington, DC  20201

*_ “Listening in” via Web cast_** **– *To listen in on the Consumer
Empowerment Workgroup Meeting:

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

2.   Enter your *first name*,* **last name*, and* **email address* as
requested.

3.   Enter Room Number *8285133*

Further information about the Community’s Consumer Empowerment Workgroup
may be found at: http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic/ce_main.html.  If you
have any questions regarding the meeting logistics, please reply to this
e-mail.

Thank you.


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