Webcast Archive
'Meaningful Use' of the Nationwide Health Information Network: Lessons Learned from SSA and the States
February 11, 2010
11:00 Eastern / 10:00 Central / 9:00 Mountain / 8:00 Pacific
The Social Security Administration (SSA) was the first federal agency to use the NHIN as a tool to gain rapid access to electronic health information. In its partnership with MedVirgina, the Richmond-based regional Health Information Exchange (HIE), the partners used NHIN technologies to speed the delivery of clinical health records of patients awaiting medical disability decisions. In accelerating the process from weeks to days, the project often dramatically improved the quality of life of individual patients as well as eliminated costs and overhead associated with manual record-keeping.
In this e-seminar hosted by Government Health IT magazine, James C. Borland, special advisor to the SSA for health IT, and Jean McGraw, chief operating officer of MedVirginia will assess their experience setting up this pioneering NHIN application as they look ahead to the era of rapid adoption and meaningful use of health IT among individual practices and hospitals.
Among the topics that will be addressed are: Key lessons from the SSA-MedVirginia partnership most relevant to agencies, other HIE’s and individual providers facing a new era of health IT; how federal agencies and state-based health organizations can best use NHIN-based tools and services to foster information exchange with satellite and partner organizations; what meaningful use requirements will be most significant to the expansion of a broader health information Internet.
ARRA and Beyond: Outcomes Driven Health Information Exchange
November 10, 2009
2:30 PM Eastern / 1:30 Central / 12:30 Mountain / 11:30 Pacific
Please join Mary Mosquera, Senior Editor of Government Health IT; Howard Croft, MD FACEP Emergency Physician, Medical Staff President at Columbia St Mary's Hospital, Milwaukee, WI; and Edward Barthell, MD MS, Director, Microsoft Health Solutions Group, for a discussion on the future of connected health and how effective health information exchange can lead to improved quality and cost-effectiveness in care delivery.
Dr. Barthell will review recent developments in ARRA guidance, the government's role in starting up and creating sustainable funding approaches for HIE, and business and technology strategies. Dr. Croft will highlight how Columbia St. Mary’s hospital, part of the Wisconsin Health Information Exchange, is using Amalga UIS to capture regional data and deliver it across corporate boundaries to help improve quality, cost efficiency and support public health initiatives.
Personal Health IT in Government: How DOD and VA Personal Health Record Pilots are Helping Pave the Way for Public Sector Health Care Interoperability
Wednesday
July 29, 2009
11:00 AM EST
Description:
Interoperability Update in Government and What it Means to the Public Sector
Join leaders from the DOD and the Department of Veteran Affairs as they present an update on new technology that links patients and beneficiaries to PHR databases managed by their respective organizations. Be a part of the emerging solutions for military and government-wide health information sharing…and beyond to the public sector.
Presenters
COL Keith Salzman, MD, Chief of Informatics, Western Regional Medical Command/Madigan Army Medical Center, DOD
Theresa Hancock, Director, Veterans and Consumers Health Informatics Office, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Office of Health
