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Health Information Technology 101: An Update and Overview of the Policy Issues Regarding PHRs, EMRs, eRX, HIEs, Home Monitoring; Telemedicine and More

Event Details
Type: 
Open Source Event
Date: 
March 9, 2011 - 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Link: 
http://lyris.himss.org/t/12368/386605/6855/0/
Location: 
Room 2456
Rayburn House Office Building 45 Independence Avenue SW
Washington, D. C.
United States
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Join us for the next Capitol Hill HIT lunch briefing program Wednesday, March 9th, in Room 2456 Rayburn, 12:30 – 2:00 pm focused on: “Health Information Technology 101: An Update and Overview of the Policy Issues Regarding PHRs, EMRs, eRX, HIEs, Home Monitoring; Telemedicine and More”.  

The program is publically available and widely attended – a box lunch will be served – and especially geared toward new and returning Congressional health and technology staffers to help bring them up to speed on fast evolving policy issues. We urge you to send appropriate staff who may be dealing with these issues.

To register please email: [email protected] or [email protected]

Some of the nation’s leading policy experts regarding the status of HIT issues will help answer your questions. 

Draft Program:

  • Neal Neuberger, CISSP, Executive Director, Institute for e-Health Policy (Moderator)
  • Gary Capistrant, Senior Director, Public Policy, American Telemedicine Association
  • Nandan Kenkeremath, J.D., Principal, Leading Edge Policy & Strategy, LLC
  • Joel White, Executive Director, HIT Now Coalition
  • Diane Jones, VP of Policy and Government Affairs, eHealth Initiative
  • Additional Congressional Staff Experts as Resources

The sessions are part of a 2011 series of educational programs on behalf of the Capitol Hill “Steering Committee on Telehealth and Healthcare Informatics.”  Ongoing Steering Committee Honorary Co-Chairs include: Senators Kent Conrad (D-N.D.); Mike Crapo (R-ID); John Thune (R- S.D.); Tom Udall (D-N.M); Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.); and, Representatives Tim Murphy (R- PA); Rep. David Wu (D-OR); Rep. Tom Price (R-GA); Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA); and, Rep. Allyson Y. Schwartz (D-PA)

The program is being convened collaboratively by the 19 year-long Capitol Hill “Steering
Committee on Telehealth and Healthcare Informatics”, which has convened more than 150 widely attended educational sessions and healthcare technology demonstrations since 1993 for Members of Congress, congressional staff, key federal agency officials, industry professionals and the general public. Visit www.e-healthpolicy.org for more program information.

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