Category: Federal Advisory Committee Blog

Evan Falchuk
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT) has launched a new blog called the Federal Advisory Committee Blog (FACA Blog).
The initial post by Judy Sparrow discusses that the FACA Blog will be uses in a spirit of transparency and collaboration to help open a broader dialogue on the […]

John Goodman
Over the past several months I have been involved with a group in developing West Virginia’s statewide strategic plan for health information technology.
The final draft of the West Virginia Health Information Technology Statewide Strategic Plan, September 2009 is now available for review and comment. Additional comments and feedback on the strategic plan […]

jingemi
The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) has issued its initial Report of Hearing on “Meaningful Use” of Health Information Technology.
The May 18,2009 report is directed to David Blumenthal, MD, National Coordinator of Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. The cover letter indicates that NCVHS will be sending […]

jingemi
The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) has issued its initial Report of Hearing on “Meaningful Use” for Health Information Technology.
The May 18,2009 report is directed to David Blumenthal, MD, National Coordinator of Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. The cover letter indicates that NCVHS will be sending […]

jingemi
Government Health IT reports that the the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) is developing an online model containing information for consumers about personal health records (PHRs) and the privacy policies related to their use. ONC’s effort appears targeted at engaging consumer to make more informed decisions about the use of PHRs.
The Office […]

jingemi
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has released an operating plan titled the Health Information Technology American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Implementation Plan.
The operating plan is included on the DHHS Agency Wide Plan page under the “List of Recovery Programs within HHS.”
The operating plan outlines immediate actions […]

jingemi
Yesterday West Virginia Senator Jay Rockefeller introduced “The Health Information Technology Public Utility Act of 2009″(Senate Bill 890) to facilitate the nationwide adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) though an “open source” public utility model.
A copy of Senate Bill 890 is not yet available on Thomas. I will check back later and update […]

jingemi
On April 17, 2009, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) issued guidance on the technology requirements to render protected health information (PHI) “unusable, unreadable or indecipherable to unauthorized individuals, as required by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) which is a part of the American […]

jingemi
a href=”http://news.google.com/news?hl=enamp;client=newsamp;q=David%20Blumenthalamp;um=1amp;ie=UTF-8amp;sa=Namp;tab=wn”Various news sources/a report today that David Blumenthal, MD, former Harvard Medical School professor, has been selected by the Obama administration to lead the a href=”http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/onc/organization/”Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)/a.br /br /Thanks to John Halamka for the tip who writes about Dr. Blumenthal in his post, a […]

John Goodman
Today the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT) issued a href=”http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/documents/NationwidePS_Framework.pdf”The Nationwide Privacy and Security Framework for Electronic Exchange of Individually Identifiable Health Information/a. The summary states that the framework creates a set of principles and consistent approach to:br /blockquote”. . .address the privacy and security challenges […]