MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'ahic'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:51:10 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4445873&cid=t_156380_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FNeilVerselsHealthcareItBlog%2F%7E3%2FXmtNS4erWbI%2Fis-national-ehealth-collaborative-still.html I've been wondering the last few days if the National eHealth Collaborative still serves a useful purpose. This group, you may remember, is the private-sector outgrowth of the American Health Information Community, the public-private board set up by the Bush administration to advise the Department of Health and Human Services on various health IT issues. The plan all along was to spin AHIC off into the private sector, and that happened in 2008. With the advent of the Obama administration, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in 2009 set up the Health IT Policy Committee and the Health IT Standards Committee as official advisory panels, consisting of leaders from both government and the private sector. And in the private sector, numerous groups, notably the eHealth Initiative, had bee... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4445873 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:18:53 +0100 4445873 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2092473&cid=t_156380_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclinicalit.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F01%2Fahic-successor-now-national-ehealth.html The group once known informally as AHIC 2.0 and later AHIC Successor finally has a name of its own: the National eHealth Collaborative. This completes the privatization of the American Health Information Community (AHIC), a public-private advisory board to the secretary of Health & Human Services.Leadership positions for 2009 remain as announced a month ago:Chair: John Tooker, M.D., executive VP and CEO of the American College of PhysiciansVice chair: Kevin Hutchison, president and CEO of e-prescribing vendor Prematics, Vienna, Va.Treasurer: Thomas Fritz, CEO of Inland Northwest Health Services, Spokane, Wash.Secretary: Laura Miller, interim executive director of the National eHealth CollaborativeOther board members include:Laura Adams, president and CEO, Rhode Island Quality Institute... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2092473 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:02:00 +0100 2092473 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1648902&cid=t_156380_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclinicalit.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F07%2Fget-on-board.html Is it me, or is this the week for changing organizational boards?Actually, not all the board news was about new members, nor did some of the changes just happen, but I seem to be getting a bunch of announcements or application solicitations this week.Today, HIMSS announced that its new elected officers and board members took office July 1. Yes, the announcement was dated today:Advancing the Adoption of Health IT, New HIMSS Board Members Take OfficeChuck Christian and Liz Johnson assume top positions on Board of Directors for the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society CHICAGO (July 23, 2008) – Focused on improving the delivery of patient care through health IT and management systems, new officers and elected members of the HIMSS Board of Directors took office on July 1.Char... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1648902 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:34:00 +0100 1648902 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1645816&cid=t_156380_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclinicalit.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F07%2Fpodcast-dr-robert-kolodner-on-national.html I love the annual Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (AMDIS) Physician-Computer Connection. It's a chance to hear some of the smartest people and most accomplished people in healthcare, namely medical informaticists, in a small, informal setting. This year's event, held last week in beautiful, laid-back Ojai, Calif., featured an appearance by Robert Kolodner, M.D., the national coordinator for health information technology.After Dr. Kolodner's presentation—more of a Q&A with his peers in medical informatics—he graciously sat down for an audio interview with me. Here is the result.Podcast details: Robert Kolodner, M.D., on the national health IT strategy. Recorded July 16, 2008, in Ojai, Calif. MP3, stereo, 64 kbps, 14.3 MB, running time 31:24.0:40 Background on... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1645816 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:12:00 +0100 1645816 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1376869&cid=t_156380_147_f&fid=35750&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FHealthCareVox%2F%7E3%2F271492185%2Fmake_your_mark_your_thoughts_n.html In March 2008, I was invited by Janice Nall of the CDC’s National Center for Health Marketing to give a presentation to the American Health Information Community (AHIC) Consumer Empowerment Workgroup. (Disclosure: CDC is an Envision Solutions client.)  The Workgroup is charged with (among other things) helping to encourage the “widespread adoption of personal health records [PHRs] over time.”  The Workgroup has solicited commentary and advice from a range of players in the PHR arena, including Microsoft.  To learn more about the Workgroup’s efforts, please click here. During the March meeting, I gave a presentation focusing on how Americans have adopted social/interactive media technologies.  In my talk, I discussed how some misconceptions (e,g, ... HealthCareVox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1376869 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:47:48 +0100 1376869 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1253182&cid=t_156380_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclinicalit.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F02%2Fpre-himss-scuttlebutt.html ORLANDO, Fla.—Congress, are you listening? Steroids have hit health IT. National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Robert Kolodner, M.D., admitted to me this morning that he’s juicing. He even showed me the pills, surreptitiously hidden in the inside pocket of his suit jacket.Yeah, so what if he had a prescription, and he was using the ’roids to cure his laryngitis before he has to deliver a keynote address Wednesday morning to thousands of HIMSS conference attendees? If other media can hype steroid use in baseball, why can’t I do it in health IT?One person I mentioned this to today said he would support the use of performance-enhancing substances for anyone promoting greater adoption of health IT. So I guess the consensus is to take the Bud Selig approach and look the ... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1253182 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:16:00 +0100 1253182 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1119810&cid=t_156380_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclinicalit.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F12%2Fyear-end-thoughts.html Ah, another long delay between posts. Some people blog for fun. When you write for a living, you do other stuff when you need to take a break. Like sleep in or watch too much TV. I have just a couple of things to say before the end of the year. So here goes.Everyone's offering a personal health record. Few are using them. I've written about that plenty this year. I'm now declaring a personal moratorium on PHR stories until someone gives me evidence that patients and physicians are actually using PHRs. There, I said it. Hopefully I've just saved myself from a dozen more HIMSS meeting requests. But not likely.Secondly, I thought it was remarkable that HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt wrote to members of Congress, asking that any legislation to address the 10 percent Medicare fee cut for 2008 inclu... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1119810 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 05:23:00 +0100 1119810 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1024187&cid=t_156380_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclinicalit.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F11%2Fscoop-amias-10x10-going-global.html CHICAGO—This is just a quick post to draw your attention to a story posted on Digital Healthcare & Productivity this morning: The American Medical Informatics Association is expanding its 10x10 program internationally, with the goal of training 20,000 informatics professionals outside the U.S. by 2020. AMIA chief Dr. Don Detmer will make the announcement during his annual "state of the association" speech at 12:30 pm CST today. But you heard it here (or at DHCP) first.Also coming in today's DHCP newsletter is news from today's American Health Information Community here in Chicago that the Federal Communications Commission will award $400 million in grants over the next three years to connect small and rural healthcare facilities in 42 states and three territories. (Source: Neil Versel's ... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1024187 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:44:00 +0100 1024187 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=463428&cid=t_156380_113_f&fid=34624&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.bsti.com%2Fhealthcare%2F%3Fp%3D514 AHIC has set priorities of the ONC and its contractors for 2007. They include: Patient access to EHRs e-Prescribing and electronic medication management Improve EHR ability to capture and report quality measures Also occurring at the meeting: A discussion on business models for HIEs Reports from its workgroups on confidentiality, consumer empowerment, quality and biosurveillance Demonstrations of the NHIN prototypes HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt told the group it was achievable and desirable to implement a public-private successor to AHIC before the panel’s two-year charter expires in August A report is available outlining past accomplishments and future efforts. Why this matters: Checkpoint in Federal healthcare IT efforts. <read more> (Source: Healthcare IT) Healthcare IT blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=463428 Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:06:23 +0100 463428