Ginny Puddefoot

Children's Advocates Roundtable

2-3pm

Secretary of State's Office in the Multipurpose Room

1500 11th Street Sacramento, CA

Call in number: (866) 422-9305
Participant Code #: 1972357656

Ginny Puddefoot Participates in this discussion on how Internet-based information systems can provide transition-aged youth with access and control over their own health, education and other essential records.

HealthShack is a Personal Health Record (PHR) system developed and implemented for homeless youth served by Wind Youth Services in Sacramento. 

Children's Advocates Roundtable

12-1pm

Secretary of State's Office in the Multipurpose Room

1500 11th Street Sacramento, CA

Call in number: (866) 422-9305
Participant Code #: 1972357656

Ginny Puddefoot, Director , HIT Initiatives for Vulnerable Youth participates in a discussion that will focus on what the draft report includes to improve care and outcomes for California’s kids and youth, & will provide participants an opportunity to provide feedback to the Task Force. 

The Task Force has been meeting since June 2012 to develop a 10-year plan to “improve quality, control costs, promote personal responsibility for individual health, and advance health equity.”

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. 

Ginny Puddefoot presented at the 2012 The California Wellness Foundation Conference on the Health and Well-being of Transition-Aged Youth; featuring a live demonstration of HealthShack, a Personal Health Record (PHR) system developed and implemented for homeless youth in Sacramento, followed by presentation of how Internet-based information systems can provide transition-aged youth with access and control over their own health, education and other essential records.