phConnect

All Announcements (30)

Nancy L. Barrett CoP Council comments on Meaningful Use posted

The Community of Practice Council wishes to announce the posting of a letter of recommendations regarding the HITECH Meaningful Use criteria. The letter is copied below and is also posted in the CoPC community discussion. The letter was accompanied by the following: "This comment is submitted by the Public Health Community of Practice Council on behalf of non-federal council members and the Communities of Practices the council r

Continue

Added by Nancy L. Barrett on March 15, 2010 at 8:37am — 1 Comment

Susan Rudd Introducing New Director for CDC's Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support (OSTLTS)

Judith A. Monroe, MD, FAAFP, will be director of the Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support (OSTLTS); the organization to which our Communities of Practice (CoP) Program has been re-aligned. Most recently, Dr. Monroe served as the Indiana State Health Commissioner sin

Continue

Added by Susan Rudd on March 11, 2010 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Jane Whipple EHR Vendor Specifications for HRSA - Opportunity for Input

HHS’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has formulated vendor selection guidelines for use of Electronic Health Records (EHR). These specifications will impact HRSA grantees (i.e. health centers) when selecting an EHR vendor. Information about the EHR selection guidelines can be found here:

Continue

Added by Jane Whipple on March 10, 2010 at 11:44am — No Comments

Susan Rudd CoP Members Enjoy Dinner Get-Together at No Mas Cantina during HIMSS Conference

During the HIMSS Conference on Monday, March 1, sixteen members representing the various Communities took advantage of the opportunity to meet and dine with other Community members, Community of Practice (CoP) Leaders and CDC CoP Program Leads at the No Mas Cantina in Atlanta, Ga. The casual get-together was hosted by CDC CoP Program staff, Mamie Jennings-Mabery and Susan Rudd. Logistics for the event were arranged by CDC Program staff member, John Maynard.

The attendee

Continue

Added by Susan Rudd on March 4, 2010 at 11:00am — 1 Comment

Rachel Ann-Akinyi Johnson Update about Proposed Rule for Establishing Certification programs for HIT

Proposed Rule for the Establishment of Certification Programs for Health Information Technology

A Message from Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology


Continue

Added by Rachel Ann-Akinyi Johnson on March 3, 2010 at 11:05am — No Comments

Debby Robic InfoLinks Knowledge Products now available for download!

The Public Health Informatics Institute is proud to announce the availability of the following timely knowledge products from theContinue

Added by Debby Robic on February 26, 2010 at 3:01pm — 1 Comment

M. Leigh Bennett-Conner Late-breaking Meeting - NAPHIT-PHDSC Leadership Forum Call

Apologies for last-minute information but just received this this morning:

Continue

Added by M. Leigh Bennett-Conner on February 25, 2010 at 11:45am — No Comments

M. Leigh Bennett-Conner Meaningful Use documents from February 23, 2010 Meeting

Thanks to everyone who could attend the meeting today. Below in the first comment are the powerpoint slides from PHII and CDC.

We encourage everyone to become involved in any remaining Meaningful Use discussions and opportunities to provide comments on the draft documents.

Continue

Added by M. Leigh Bennett-Conner on February 23, 2010 at 4:00pm — 2 Comments

John McLamb State Alliance for e-Health Meeting

STATE ALLIANCE MTG Agenda 021910.doc

State Alliance for e-Health Meeting

Location: The Phoenix Park Hotel

Continue

Added by John McLamb on February 17, 2010 at 10:57am — No Comments

M. Leigh Bennett-Conner Upcoming ONC meetings and blogs

Upcoming ONC Public Meetings & Blogs


February 17, 2010: HIT Policy Committee at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, 10 am/ET


February 23, 2010: HIT Standards Committee’s Vocabulary Task Force hearing at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, 9 am/ET


February 24, 2010:Continue

Added by M. Leigh Bennett-Conner on February 16, 2010 at 5:23pm — No Comments

Bill Brand Slides from second webinar on Meaningful Use

Here are slides from the second webinar on proposed rules from CMS on meaningful use, as well as the Interim Final Rule from the OFfice of the National Coordinator on standards and certification criteria for EHR systems. This second webinar focused on beginning to collect issues and possible recommendations from public health practitioners that could be part of the public health community's response to teh proposed rules.

Continue

Added by Bill Brand on February 11, 2010 at 6:11pm — 1 Comment

Susan Rudd Dr. Anna Orlova, Executive Director of PHDSC, presented at Infolinks February Webinar: "The Role of Public Health in National Health Information Technology Standardization"

Dr. Anna Orlova, Executive Director of the Public Health Data Standards Consortium (PHDSC) shared in-depth, detailed and comprehensive strategies to address the challenges surrounding public health’s involvement in national health information technology standardization and ONC’s Proposed Meaningful Use Regulations. Additionally, her extensive lis

Continue

Added by Susan Rudd on February 11, 2010 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Lynn Gibbs Scharf Get Involved in Meaningful Use Discussions

Recently two documents of great importance to public health were published: Interim Final Rule Initial Set of Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology (ONC) and notice of proposed rulemaking Electronic Medical Record Incentive Program (CMS). Both documents are open for public comment until March 15. CDC staff in the Office

Continue

Added by Lynn Gibbs Scharf on February 8, 2010 at 2:33pm — 1 Comment

Harold "Hal" Collins More Epi Info Training in May

Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health and CDC’s National Center of Public Health Informatics will co-sponsor Epi Info training in May 2010. Basic level, May 17-19, 2010; Intermediate to Advanced level, May 20-22, 2010 at Emory University. There is a tuition charge. These courses are designed for practitioners of epidemiology and computing who wish to devel

Continue

Added by Harold "Hal" Collins on February 8, 2010 at 10:25am — No Comments

John McLamb "priority is certain” for an attempted terrorist attack in US over the next 3-6 monts

In response to requests from state, local and tribal partners, DHS and FBI issued a Joint Homeland Security Note on Feb. 3 regarding the undiminished intent of terrorists to attack the United States at home. The note followed the Feb. 2 testimony by U.S. intelligence leaders to the Senate Select Intelligence Committee, in which Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair indicated the “… Continue

Added by John McLamb on February 4, 2010 at 10:56am — 1 Comment

Harold "Hal" Collins Intro to Epi Info 3.5.1 Class

An Intro to Epi Info 3.5.1 Class is scheduled for 24th and 25th February in Room 131 Bldg. 19 (CDCLibrary) Roybal Campus (CDC Atlanta GA). There is no cost for the class and it is open to anyone (CDC FTE, Contractors, Interns, Partners, etc.). The class will run from 0800-1700 each day. We have about 10 of the 15 seats available, so priority will be give to the first people to sign up. If we run out of seats, people will be placed on a waiting list for the next class. Send your request to Harold… Continue

Added by Harold "Hal" Collins on January 28, 2010 at 10:14am — No Comments

Kimberly J. Wilson VM CoP and CRSWg Joint Meeting January 27

The next meeting of the Vocabulary and Messaging Community of Practice will be held on Wednesday, January 27 at 1pm Eastern time. This is a joint meeting with the Case Report Standardization Workgroup. Please see http://www.phconnect.org/events/case-report-standardization-1 for full announcement details and webinar information! Continue

Added by Kimberly J. Wilson on January 21, 2010 at 11:55am — No Comments

John Fitzpatrick CDC EA Community of Practice: Information Sharing Environments (ISEs) and the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM)

The National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) is an XML-based information exchange framework. NIEM represents a collaborative partnership of agencies and organizations across all levels of government (federal, state, tribal, and local) and with private industry. Its purpose is to develop, disseminate, and support enterprise-wide information exchange standards and processes that will enable automated information sharing. (characterization paraphrased from Wikipedia) Time: January 15, 2010 from… Continue

Added by John Fitzpatrick on January 13, 2010 at 4:07pm — No Comments

Susan Rudd InfoLinks Webinar 14 January - Proposed Rules for Meaningful Use, Standards and Certification—Implications for Public Health.

Please join us as we promote/support the use of Health Information Exchanges and generate innovative solutions to today's barriers by sharing knowledge and openly discussing the real challenges faced by those on the frontlines of implementing HIEs in the Nation. Our topic and presentation for Thursday, 14 January: Proposed Rules for Meaningful Use, Standards and Certification—Implications for Public Health. We look forward to your engagement, questions and input on this important issue!… Continue

Added by Susan Rudd on January 11, 2010 at 4:30pm — 2 Comments

Monthly Archives

2010

2009

© 2010   Created by phConnect Admin

 |  Report an Issue  |  Privacy  |  Terms of Service