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Wednesday, June 29^th

Transcript

 9:00 a.m.

Call to Order

Welcome and Introductions,  Review of agenda

General Issues from June 9^th Executive Subcommittee Meeting

Simon Cohn, M.D., M.P.H.

9:20 a.m.

Update from the Department 

• Data Council
  Responses to NCVHS reports and recommendations
• HHS Implementation of PL 104-191
  Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
  • Data Standards, Including Clinical Data Standards  Adoption
  • CHI Update
  • Privacy Rule Compliance Update

James Scanlon, ASPE

Karen Trudel, CMS

Susan McAndrew,  OCR

10:15 a.m.

Update:  NCHS Board of Scientific Counselors

Dr. June O’Neil and

Dr. Ed Sondik

10:40 a.m.

Break

10:55 a.m.

Populations Report—Eliminating Health Disparities,  Action June 30

Dr. Steinwachs

11:40 a.m.

NCVHS 2003-2004 Report,  Action June 30

Dr. Cohn

12:15 p.m.

Lunch

  1:00 p.m.

Update on Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, and  RFI

Dr. David Brailer, ONCHIT

  1:45 p.m.

  1:50 p.m.

Briefing on Federal Health Architecture (FHA)

LeRoy Jones, ONCHIT

  2:44 p.m.   

Commission on Systemic Interoperability (CSI)

Scott Wallace

  3:15 p.m.

Adjourn Plenary

Subcommittee and Workgroup Working Sessions

3:30 – 5:30

Subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality/Workgroup on NHII (Room 705A)

Mr. Rothstein, Dr. Cohn

3:30—5:30

Subcommittee on Populations  (Room 305A)

Dr. Steinwachs

6:30 p.m.

NCVHS Dinner Social

Thursday June 30^th

Transcript

Subcommittee Working Session

8:00 a.m.- 8:50 a.m.

Subcommittee on Standards and Security  (Room 325A)

Mr. Blair and Mr. Reynolds 

8:00 a.m. – 8:50 a.m.

Workgroup on Quality (Room 305A)

Mr. Hungate

9:00 a.m.

Call to Order

Dr. Cohn

9:10 a.m.

CCHIT Update

Dr. Mark Leavitt

10:00 a.m.

10:10 a.m.

ANSI-HISB Panel

Robert Owens

Gary Dickinson

Audrey Dickerson

11:15 a.m.

Health statistics and national health information infrastructures

Dr. Dan Friedman

12:10 p.m.

Lunch

 12:30 p.m.

Reports from Subcommittees and Workgroups

1. Executive Subcommittee, Action Item, NCVHS 2003-2004 Report
2. NHII Workgroup
3. Subcommittee on Standards and Security
4. Subcommittee on Privacy & Confidentiality
5. Subcommittee on Populations, Action Item
6. Workgroup on Quality

Dr. Cohn

Dr. Cohn
Mr. Blair and Mr. Reynolds
Mr. Rothstein
Dr. Steinwachs
Mr. Hungate

 2:30 p.m.

Future agendas for NCVHS Meetings

• September 8-9, 2005
• November 16-17, 2005
• February 22-23, 2006
• June 21-22, 2006
• September 13-14, 2006
• November 28-29, 2006

Subcommittee and Workgroup Meetings:

Executive Subcommittee Retreat:   August 15-16 (San Francisco)

NHII Workgroup:   July 28-29

Standards & Security: July 26-27; Sept 21-22; Dec 7-8

Subcommittee on Privacy & Confidentiality: August 16-17 (San Francisco)

Dr. Cohn

3:00 p.m.

Adjourn