Webinars
The Nationwide Health Information Network
July 20, 2010 | 02:00 PM EDT / 11:00 AM PDT
View Archive
Questions? Contact us
Anthony Yanez
Registration Coordinator
916-932-1300 ext. 1348
ayanez@governing.com
Sponsorship Opportunities
Contact:
Fred Kuhn, Publisher
Phone: (202) 862-1455
Fax: (202) 955-8328
Email: fkuhn@governing.com
Event Description
State governments are playing a key role in the development of a nationwide health information network. With the goal of improving the quality of care and increasing efficiency, states are teaming up with federal agencies to engage physicians, hospitals and consumers to increase the use of electronic health records (EHRs) and to create health information exchanges (HIEs) to share data. But before they can achieve the potential benefits, states must overcome hurdles involving financial sustainability, governance, and the privacy and security of patient data.
Suddenly responsible for administering millions of dollars in grants, state health IT officials are now gearing up to oversee HIE funding and governance, Medicaid incentive programs, health IT training initiatives, portals that make information about health insurance exchanges accessible, and regional extension centers (RECs) responsible for helping physicians adopt EHRs. State health IT leaders are energized by the huge increase in federal funding, but they also are challenged to establish a wide array of new government programs in a very short time frame.
Join GOVERNING on Tuesday, July 20 to discuss the challenges facing state governments, and hear from state health officials who have been working to overcome them.
This forum will:
- Discuss the problem states face in procuring matching funds to bolster statewide HIE programs
- Examine the importance of EHR and HIE will be to state health agencies
- Consider the privacy and consent regulations that must be in place to win consumer confidence in sharing health data
Speakers
David Raths
Contributor
GOVERNING
Lynn Dierker
Project Director
State-Level HIE Consensus Project
AHIMA Foundation
Patricia Hale
Deputy Director
New York State Department of Health
Office of Health Information Technology Transformation
Tim Study
Healthcare Executive
Hewlett-Packard
Tod Newcombe (moderator)
Editor
GOVERNING
Sponsors
Upcoming Webinars
- High-Performance Government - Building "Better, Faster, Cheaper"
- June 20, 2013
- Nationally, six straight years of revenue declines have put enormous pressure on state and local governments, nevertheless, some are thriving. Standard & Poor's, the credit-rating agency, reports that it issued more bond upgrades than downgrades in 2012.
- Health Care Reform is Here: Are You Ready for the Rush?
- June 27, 2013
- The Medicaid expansion and the Affordable Care Act are in full swing. With the influx of people who will be applying for benefits and the ACA requirement for online enrollment, it is more important than ever to verify the identities of those accessing benefits up front.
Twitter
Facebook
LinkedIn
YouTube
Flickr
RSS
© 2011 e.Republic, Inc. All Rights reserved. |