Tuesday, Sept 17th
This week is the 8th Annual National Health IT Week. The week raises awareness of Health Information Technology’s power to improve the health and health care of patients all across the nation, and at lower cost. National Health IT Week celebrates the efforts that have been made—and are being made—in the transformation of how care is delivered and paid for and how patients engage in their own health and health care. Here are some highlights of day 2.
- Brian Ahier is hosting the National Health IT Week Blog Carnival this year on his Advanced Health Information Exchange Resources site. It will run all week and he will be updating daily. This year’s theme is “The Value of Health IT.” Day 2 starts with with Jane Sarasohn-Kahn a health economist and management consultant and her very popular HEALTHPopuli blog post on consumer adoption and involvement in personal health IT. Also find President and CEO of CHIME, Russell P. Branzell piece “HIT Capabilities – They Are Personally Important to Me.”
- Twitter hashtags to follow: #NHITWeek, #Ask4YourRecord, and #HealthIT4U.
- Coalition Hosts Briefing and Reception in Honor of National Health IT Week – The Health IT Now Coalition held a briefing with the Food and Drug Administration titled, “Innovations in Health Technology: Developing a New Regulatory Framework to Foster Innovation and Promote Patient Safety.” The briefing featured Joel White, executive director of the Health IT Now Coalition; Bakul Patel, senior policy advisor for the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health; Jim Bialick, executive director of the Newborn Coalition; and Dr. Martin S. Kohn, chief medical scientist for Care Delivery Systems at IBM.
- Round-up of thoughts and accounts of Day 1 – my picks on good reads.
- Health IT Buzz – Health IT Week Interoperability Showcase Highlights Progress in Electronic Health by Dr. Doug Fridsma (my pick for next ONC).
- Healthcare IT News, Diana Manos, Senior Editor – Mostashari launches National Health IT Week with a question: Is the time now?
- ModernHealthcare.com – Power to the patient: Why National Health IT Week matters. By Dr. Geeta Nayyar, CMIO of PatientPoint, Chicago.
- Deloitte Center for Health Solutions – A View from the Center. Leveraging “real world evidence” to answer the hard questions in health care by Brett Davis, Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP.
Tweets of the Day
hard time keeping up with #HealthITWeek.. I’m too busy changing it 🙂 #bluebutton #healthitgeek @Lygeia @MandiBPro @RebeccaCoelius
— Greg Meyer (@Greg_Meyer93) September 17, 2013
Calling all #nurses! Participated in the #Ask4YourRecord campaign!? Share your stories with us! http://t.co/edZb6aqa #NHITWeek
— HIMSS (@HIMSS) September 19, 2012
“There’s never been a better time to be an innovator in #healthdata. Your work will save lives.” @Todd_Park #NHITweek pic.twitter.com/56dfj1NXDC
— NY eHealth (@NYeHealth) September 17, 2013