Health IT Journey - Stories from the Road


Enrollment Workgroup solicits your help with information on moving government into the 21st century
Monday, June 21st, 2010 | Posted by: Judy Sparrow | Category: HIT Policy Committee, HIT Standards Committee

In January 2010, at the White House Forum on Modernizing Government, President Obama noted that, “Improving the technology our government uses isn’t about having the fanciest bells and whistles on our websites – it’s about how we use the American people’s hard-earned tax dollars to make government work better for them.” Now, six months later, the newly formed Enrollment Workgroup of the Health IT Policy and Standards Committees has begun the discussion of how to bring eligibility determination and enrollment in health and human services programs into the 21st century. (more…)

Privacy and Security “Tiger Team” Announces Consumer Choice Technology Hearing
Friday, June 18th, 2010 | Posted by: Deven McGraw | Category: FACA, HIT Policy Committee

The HIT Policy Committee (HITPC) invites you to attend the Privacy and Security Tiger Team’s upcoming hearing on consumer choice technology.  The Tiger Team is a workgroup which has been assigned the task of analyzing and providing recommendations on privacy and security issues on an expedited basis to the HITPC, and ultimately to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. (more…)

HIT Standards Committee 5/26: Meeting Summary
Friday, June 4th, 2010 | Posted by: Judy Sparrow | Category: HIT Standards Committee

On May 26th, the Health IT Standards Committee held a virtual meeting to discuss ongoing communications, alignment of the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) and current privacy and security standards activities. Chair, Jonathan Perlin opened the meeting. (more…)

Using Health IT to Eliminate Disparities: A Focus on Solutions
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010 | Posted by: Joshua Seidman, PhD, Director, Meaningful Use, ONC | Category: HIT Policy Committee

The meaningful use (MU) of electronic health records (EHRs) has great potential to improve the quality, efficiency and safety of health care. If we are not careful, however, benefits may disproportionately accrue to those best positioned to implement and use new technologies. That could have the unintended consequence of growing health, health care and health information disparities. (more…)