Innovations in Health Reform Updates - The Children's Partnership

Comments on RFI on Accelerating Interoperability and Information Exchange Across the Care Continuum

The Children's Partnership joins a list of twenty-one organizations on this sign-on letter from the Consumer Partnership for eHealth and the Campaign from Better Care, responding to the HHS Request for Information (RFI) on advancing interoperability and health information exchange.

Terms:Health IT, Submitted Comments

Beth Morrow Joins Consumer Empowerment Workgroup

The Children's Partnership is pleased to announe that Beth Morrow, Director of Health IT Initiatives, is joining the Consumer Empowerment Workgroup (CEWG) of the Health IT Policy Committee (HITPC). The newly formed Consumer Empowerment Workgroup’s charge is to provide recommendations on policy issues and opportunities for strengthening the ability of consumers, patients, and lay caregivers to manage health and health care for themselves or others. Download the full statement here.

Terms:Beth Morrow, Health IT, Press Release

Expanding the Use of a Personal Health Record (PHR) System to California’s Foster Care Population

Ginny Puddefoot, , Director of HIT Initiatives for Vulnerable Youth

California Child Welfare Council
Data Linkage and Information Sharing Committee
San Francisco, CA

Download the presentation here. (pdf)

Terms:Electronic Information Exchange, Foster Care, Ginny Puddefoot, Health IT, HIT, Presentations

Comments on Stage 3 Meaningful Use

Download TCP's submitted comments to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, HIT Policy Committee, regarding Stage 3 Meaningful Use criteria.

Terms:Beth Morrow, Health Care/Reform, Health IT, HIT, Submitted Comments

Expanding the Use of a Personal Health Record (PHR) System to California’s Foster Care Population

Ginny Puddefoot presented at the state Health Information Exchange (HIE) Summit; highlighting the public/private collaborative effort led by TCP to develop a Strategic Plan to implement the state’s “Audacious Goal” to provide every child in foster care with a PHR within five years.

Downoad the Power Point presentation here.

Terms:California, Electronic Information Exchange, Foster Care, Ginny Puddefoot, Health IT, Presentations

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Comments on RFI on Accelerating Interoperability and Information Exchange Across the Care Continuum

Beth Morrow Joins Consumer Empowerment Workgroup

Expanding the Use of a Personal Health Record (PHR) System to California’s Foster Care Population

Comments on Stage 3 Meaningful Use

Expanding the Use of a Personal Health Record (PHR) System to California’s Foster Care Population

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