What's Happening in Health IT

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Heads up! If you haven't already, please comment on the draft Nationwide Interoperability Roadmap and 2015 Interoperability Standards Advisory before time runs out! Comments for the Interoperability Roadmap will be accepted until April 3 and for the Standards Advisory until May 1.

THREE WEEKS LEFT to Apply for Grants to Help Advance Interoperability

Submissions for our three grant funding opportunities (FOA) applications – which will help expand interoperability & workforce training – are due in a little over three weeks, Monday, April 6th at 11:59pm EDT. You can get more information at HealthIt.gov. Check out the new FAQs that were posted this week:

Don't miss the April 6th deadline—apply TODAY!

Health IT Fellows

Bios for the incoming Health IT Fellows class are now available on healthit.gov! The Health IT Fellows are a vital component to connect like-minded practices, share lessons learned from the practice field to further enhance Health IT adoption, and act as champions and advocates. They serve as Subject Matter Experts by lending their voices and experiences to ways providers can leverage Health IT to improve consumer engagement and experience in the delivery of patient care; making Meaningful Use meaningful.

HITECH Implementation Summary

We posted a summary that synthesizes in one place selected statistics and activity reports relating to the implementation of the HITECH Act earlier this week. The summary reflects information on Meaningful Use Stage 1 and Meaningful Use Stage 2 incentive payments, development of Meaningful Use Stage 3 requirements and the availability of certified products in the vendor market, HIE, workforce programs, patient engagement, health IT and delivery system reform, the effectiveness of health IT, and other topics. This summary is from October to December 2014.

Federal Advisory Committee Schedule Week of March 16 (all times EDT)

MondayStarting at 10:00am, the Health IT Standards Committee's (#HITSC) Semantics Standards Workgroup meets. Check back for the full agenda and meeting materials, which should be posted prior to the meeting.

Then, at 2pm, the Health IT Policy Committee's (#HITPC) Privacy & Security Workgroupconvenes a virtual meeting. The workgroup will post its agenda closer to the meeting time.

Wednesday At 9:30am, the #HITSC meets in Washington, DC. The committee will post its agenda prior to the meeting, so check back.
Thursday The #HITPC HIT Implementation, Usability & Safety Workgroup meets at 9am and intends to post the agenda and meeting materials prior to the meeting.

The #HITPC Interoperability and HIE Workgroup meets at 3:30pm. Watch for the agenda and meeting materials to be posted on the webpage, where you can also find the dial-in information.
FridayTune in at 2pm on Friday for the #HITPC Advanced Health Models and Meaningful Use Workgroup. The details of the meeting, including the agenda, will be posted closer to the start time.

Health IT Safety Webinar

On Thursday, March 19 at 1pm, please join us for the fourth in a series of webinars on health information technology and patient safety, Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs) and Health IT Safety. This webinar presents perspectives on PSOs that work to convene stakeholders and promote activities in support of health IT safety and quality. Presenters are Peggy Binzer J.D., executive director, Alliance for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Ronni Solomon, J.D., executive vice president and general counsel at ECRI Institute, and Drew Ladner M.A. M.B.A., president & CEO of PSO Pascal Metrics. Register now!

#InteropRoadmap & #2015StandardsAdvisory Webinar 3/24

Join ONC's own Erica Galvez, the Interoperability portfolio manager, and Steve Posnack (@HealthIT_Policy), who directs the ONC Office of Standards and Technology, on Tuesday, March 24 to discuss the draft Nationwide Interoperability Roadmap and 2015 Standards Advisory. We are co-sponsoring the webinar with the eHealth Initiative, so sign up now!

2015 State Health IT Connect Summit Video-cast

ONC's Jon White & Hunt Blair present – Register for the complimentary Live Video-cast – 2015 State Health IT Connect Summit, March 23-24!

If you can't be there in person (tickets still available) – Register to access the Live Video-castof the 2015 State Healthcare IT Connect Summit – March 23-24, view full agenda, speaker roster and add sessions to your calendar. To View on your iPhone/iPad download the FREE Puffin Browser.

ONC Presentation Times:

March 23rd, 9:40–10:20 EDT – Jon White, Acting Deputy Director, Chief Medical Officer, ONC/HHS: 'Creating an Interoperable Learning Health System for a Healthy Nation.'
March 24th, 9:00–10:00 EDT – Hunt Blair, Health IT Enabled Care Transformation SME, ONC/HHS: 'SIM (State Innovation Model) Strategies, Analytics and Population Health Management'