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Ginny Puddefoot

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

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Live Demonstration of Health Shack: Empowering Youth Through Technology

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. 


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"Let's Get Healthy California" Task Force Draft Report

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.”


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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. 

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Empowering Transition-Aged Youth Through Technology

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. 

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Improving Outcomes for Children in Foster Care: The Role of Electronic Information Exchange

Ginny Puddefoot presented with Barry Zimmerman, Director of Ventura County Human Services Agency, to the California Child Welfare Council’s Information Sharing and Data Exchange Committee; highlighting TCP’s work on HIT and Care Coordination and the proposed Ventura County Foster Health Link Project.

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Youth in Foster Care Can Benefit Greatly from ACA, but Need Advocates to Act Now to Make Sure They Do

Say Ahhh! A Children's Health Policy Blog

Ginny Puddefoot, Director of Health IT Initiatives for Vulnerable Youth, blogs on ensuring that foster kids benefit from the ACA. 

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Work by Beth Morrow

  • Beth Morrow Joins Consumer Empowerment Workgroup
    on April 05, 2013

    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 ...

  • Group Comments on Proposed Regulations Governing Eligibility and Enrollment for the Individual Exchange
    on April 03, 2013
    Download submitted comments from The Children's Partnership and our consumer advocate partners regarding the Exchange's March 21, 2013 proposed eligibility and enrollment regulations for ...
  • Comments on Proposed Online and Paper Model Applications
    on February 28, 2013

    Download TCP's submitted comments to CMS on the proposed Online and Paper Model Applications, CMS-10440.

  • Webinar - Electronic Information Exchange: Elements that Matter for Children
    on January 31, 2013

    The Children’s Partnership and SPARC will be co-hosting a webinar, "Electronic Information Exchange: Elements that Matter for Children in Foster Care," on Thursday, January 31st at ...

  • The Children's Partnership Releases New Issue Brief on Electronic Information Exchange for Children in Foster Care
    on January 24, 2013

    The Children's Partnership and SPARC co-released Electronic Information Exchange: Elements that Matter for Children in Foster Care, an issue brief that lays out the case ...

  • Electronic Information Exchange: Elements that Matter for Children in Foster Care
    on January 17, 2013

    Beth Morrow | January 2013

    This brief lays out the case for investing in systems that enable electronic information exchange for children and youth in foster ...

  • Comments on Stage 3 Meaningful Use
    on January 14, 2013
    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.
  • The Children's Partnership Applauds Congress for Passing the Uninterrupted Scholars Act
    on January 10, 2013

    On January 1, 2013, federal lawmakers passed a bill that will improve social workers’ access to school records of the children and youth in foster ...

  • Comments, California Health Information Exchange “Strategic and Operational Plan, June 2012”
    on August 09, 2012

    Download TCP's comments  on California's HIE Strategic and Operational Plan, submitted August 9, 2012

  • Comments, Improving Outcomes for Disconnected Youth RFI
    on July 05, 2012
    Read the official comments to the U.S. Department of Education on improving outcomes for disconnected youth.
  • Electronic Information Exchange for Children in Foster Care.
    on May 17, 2012

    Washington, DC, May 17, 2012 -- Ms. Morrow, Director, Health IT Initiatives, spoke before the Children's Health Care Caucus on uses of Electronic Information Exchange for Children ...

  • Congressional Briefing: Electronic Information Exchange for Children in Foster Care
    on May 17, 2012

    Beth Morrow, Director, Health IT Initiatives
    Children's Health Care Caucus, Washington, DC
    May 17, 2012

    Download the Power Point Presentation

  • Comments on Stage 2 Proposed Rules
    on May 07, 2012
    Download submitted comments  to CMS regarding CMS-0044-P, Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rules.
    May 7, 2012
  • Getting Health Reform Right, Right from the Start: A Guide to How California (or Any State) Can Build an Effective Enrollment System
    on January 17, 2012

    Say Ahhh! A Children's Health Policy Blog

    Beth Morrow guest blogs  on essential design features for enrollment under the ACA.

  • Building A Consumer-Driven Eligibility, Enrollment, and Renewal System: Essential Design Features for Effective Health Reform in California
    on January 01, 2012

     By Dawn Horner and Beth Morrow | January 2012

    This roadmap lays out the four design features (and practical recommendations for action within each) necessary to ...

  • Beth Morrow on Need for Medicaid Enrollment in ERs
    on October 31, 2011

    State Health Watch

    Download article here.

  • Maximizing the Value of HIT to Improve the Health of Children: A Guide for Consumer Engagement
    on September 01, 2011

    By Beth Morrow | September 2011

    The Children's Partnership has developed a guide to maximize HIT's ability to engage child and parent consumers in their own ...

  • A Step-by-Step Guide to Health Insurance Enrollment in California
    on July 04, 2011

    By Beth Morrow, Kristen Golden Testa, Terri Shaw, and Lisa Han | July 2011

    This visual companion piece to Easy, Efficient, Real-Time (EER): A Framework for a ...

  • Explaining Health Reform: Uses of Express Lane Strategies to Promote Participation in Coverage
    on July 01, 2011

    By Beth Morrow | July 2011

    Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), millions of uninsured adults and children will gain eligibility for Medicaid or ...

  • Easy, Efficient, and Real-Time (EER): A Framework for a First-Class Health Insurance Enrollment Experience in California
    on July 01, 2011

    By Beth Morrow, Kristen Golden Testa, Terri Shaw, and Lisa Han | July 2011

    This Framework lays out, step by step, how eligibility, enrollment, and retention should ...

  • Testimony, Consumer Perspective on EHR Usability
    on April 21, 2011

    Download testimony to the Certifcation/Adoption Workgroup on the impact of EHR Usability on the Consumer.
    April 21, 2011

  • New Tools for New Times: Using Cell Phones to Help Families Enroll and Stay Enrolled in Health Insurance
    on March 09, 2011

    Say Ahhh! A Children's Health Policy Blog

    Beth Morrow guest blogs on using mobile technology to increase participation in health coverage.

     

  • Mobile Technology: Smart Tools to Increase Participation in Health Coverage
    on March 01, 2011

    By Lisa Han and Beth Morrow | March 2011

  • Explaining Health Reform: Building Enrollment Systems That Meet The Expectations of the Affordable Care Act
    on October 01, 2010

    By Beth Morrow | October 2010


    The success of the Affordable Care Act in achieving near-universal health coverage will depend on the ...

  • Beth Morrow on CHIPRA as a Platform for Health Reform Change
    on August 15, 2010

    State Health Watch 

    Download the article here. (See page 9).

 

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