ONC testimony to HIT Policy Commitee delivered!

It was my pleasure to share my experiences with the ONC HIT Policy Committee again this morning.  They have a tough job trying to decide what changes to make to the program to encourage more participate to attest for stage 2.  As of today only 10 eligible Hospital's have attested for stage 2 out of 5300.  Not a very good start considering we have only one Federal quarter left for Hospitals to attest in the FFY of 2014.

Here is the agenda for the public session today.

AGENDA

HIT Policy Committee

Tuesday, July 8, 2014, 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET

Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, NW, Washington, DC 20005

9:00 a.m.              Call to order – Michelle Consolazio, ONC 
9:05 a.m.              Remarks – Karen DeSalvo, National Coordinator
9:15 a.m.              Remarks and Review of the Agenda – Paul Tang, vice chair of the committee
9:20 a.m.              Data Review

                                ONC Update

                             -          Jennifer King, ONC 

                             -          Elisabeth Meyers, CMS

 

                            Committee Discussion
9:40 a.m.              Meaningful Use Experience
                            -          Tom Johnson, DuBois Regional Medical Center
                            -          Paul Merrywell, Mountain States Health Alliance

10:00 a.m.           Listening session update

                                Meaningful Use Workgroup

                           –        Paul Tang, chair
                           –        George Hripcsak, co-chair

  Committee Discussion

10:50 a.m.           Quality Measure Update

                                Quality Measure Workgroup

–        Helen Burstin, chair

–        Terry Cullen, co-chair

Committee Discussion

11:50 a.m.           Accountable Care Update

                                Accountable Care Workgroup

–        Charles Kennedy, chair

–        Grace Terrell, co-chair

Committee Discussion

12:50 p.m.           Public Comment

1:00 p.m.             Lunch

1:45 p.m.             FDASIA report review

                                Safety Task Force

–        David Bates, chair

Committee Discussion

2:45 p.m.             Workforce Update

                                Certification/Adoption Workgroup

                         –        Larry Wolf, chair
                         –        Norma Morganti, co-chair

Committee Discussion

3:15 p.m.             Public Comment

3:30 p.m.             Adjourn

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Michelle Consolazio

Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

(202) 341-6144

(781) 710-0786

michelle.consolazio@hhs.gov