Redwood Health Information Collaborative

January 25, 2006
LOCATION -- Mendocino County Department of Public Health, Ukiah, 9:00 AM (Pacific)
AGENDA

INTRODUCTION
Will Ross -- Project Manager, Redwood MedNet. "Executive Summary for the Redwood Health Information Collaborative"

PRESENTATION 1
Will Ross -- Project Manager, Redwood MedNet. "Mendocino HRE"

PRESENTATION 2
Karen Hunt -- Director of Communications, CalRHIO. "Connecting California"

PRESENTATION 3
Jeff Rose -- President, HealthAlliant. "Economics of Information Sharing"

HANDOUTS
[1] Map to Mendocino County Department of Public Health
[2] RWJF Press Release, December 14, 2005
[3] InformationLinks Grantee Summaries
[4] Topics in Public Health Informatics, PHII, June 2005
[5] The NLM-RWJF Partnership, PHII, October 2005
[6] Attitudes of Americans, Connecting for Health, October 2005
[7] Model SNO Terms and Conditions, Connecting for Health, December 2005
[8] Interoperability, by David Brailer, January 2005
[9] AHIC Technology Deployment Diagram, January 2006
[10] Role of CCHIT, January 2006
[11] Mendocino-Lake 2006 Physician Technology Survey
[12] Mendocino Health Market Baseline Data, by HealthAlliant

February 22, 2006
LOCATION -- Mendocino County Department of Public Health, Ukiah, 9:00 AM (Pacific)
AGENDA

PRESENTATION 1
Will Ross -- Project Manager, Redwood MedNet. "Steering Committee Project Plan"

PRESENTATION 2
Greg Wenneson, MBA -- Project Manager, Alliance for Rural Community Health. "Lessons Learned from Mendocino SHARE"

DISCUSSION
Gail Picirilli -- Senior Analyst, HealthAlliant. "An Opportunity Model for Mendocino and Lake Counties"

March 22, 2006
LOCATION -- Mendocino County Department of Public Health, Ukiah, 9:00 AM (Pacific)
AGENDA

DISCUSSION
Gail Picirilli -- Senior Analyst, HealthAlliant. "HIE Business Case Cost Model"

DISCUSSION
Will Ross -- Project Manager, Redwood MedNet. "Simple Overview of the HIE Network"

April 21, 2006
SYNDROMIC SURVEILLANCE SEMINAR
LOCATION -- Mendocino County Department of Public Health, Ukiah, 11:00 AM (Pacific)

DISCUSSION
Bill Lober, MD, MS and Janet Baseman, MPH, PhD, University of Washington

HANDOUT
[1] Syndromic Surveillance in a Health Information Exchange

May 3, 2006
RESCHEDULED from April 26th
LOCATION -- Mendocino County Department of Public Health, Ukiah, 9:00 AM (Pacific)
AGENDA

DISCUSSION 1
Allen Briskin, JD -- Davis Wright Tremaine. "HIE Governance"

DISCUSSION 2
Gail Picirilli -- Senior Analyst, HealthAlliant. "Cost Model Work Group"

HANDOUTS
[1] Overview of the Connecting for Health Common Framework
[2] Mendocino Assumptions for a Cost Model
[3] Markle Connecting for Health Common Framework Press Conference

May 30, 2006
RESCHEDULED from May 24th
LOCATION -- Mendocino County Department of Public Health, Ukiah, 9:00 AM (Pacific)
AGENDA

PRESENTATION
Jeff Rose -- President, HealthAlliant. "Mendocino & Lake Counties Health Information Exchange"

DISCUSSION
Allen Briskin, JD -- Davis Wright Tremaine. "HIE Governance"

June 21, 2006
RESCHEDULED from June 28th
LOCATION -- Mendocino County Department of Public Health, Ukiah, 10:00 AM (Pacific)
AGENDA

DISCUSSION
Susan Baird Kanaan, MSW. "Outline for a developing a Strategic Plan"

DISCUSSION
Marcy Wilder, JD -- Hogan & Hartson. "Privacy Policies based on the Connecting for Health Common Framework"

HANDOUTS
[1] [P2] - Model Privacy Policies for Health Information Exchange
[2] [P3] - Notification and Consent with a Record Locator Service

July 19, 2006
RESCHEDULED from July 26th
LOCATION -- Mendocino County Department of Public Health, Ukiah, 10:00 AM (Pacific)
AGENDA

DISCUSSION
Allen Briskin, JD -- Davis Wright Tremaine. "Data Use Agreement for Redwood MedNet"

HANDOUTS
[1] HealthBridge Profile
[2] Clinical Messaging Lab Traffic Forecast
[3] [M1] - Key Topics in a Model Contract for Health Information Exchange, Connecting For Health Common Framework
[4] [M2] - A Model Contract for Health Information Exchange, Connecting For Health Common Framework

August 23, 2006
LOCATION -- Mendocino County Department of Public Health, Ukiah, 9:00 AM (Pacific)
AGENDA

DISCUSSION
Susan Baird Kanaan, MSW. "(Draft) Planning Framework for HIE in Lake and Mendocino Counties"

September 20, 2006
RESCHEDULED from September 27th
LOCATION -- Sutter Lakeside Hospital, Lakeport, 9:00 AM (Pacific)
AGENDA

DISCUSSION 1
Susan Baird Kanaan, MSW. "(Draft) Planning Framework for HIE in Lake and Mendocino Counties"

DISCUSSION 2
Allen Briskin, JD -- Davis Wright Tremaine. "Organization and Governance Structure" (PDF or DOC)

HANDOUTS
[1] Partnership Healthplan of California Information Sharing Agreement
[2] Draft User Agreement, by Allen Briskin, Davis Wright Tremaine

October 25, 2006
LOCATION -- Mendocino County Department of Public Health, Ukiah, 9:00 AM (Pacific)
AGENDA

DISCUSSION 1
Susan Baird Kanaan, MSW. "(Draft) Planning Framework for HIE in Lake and Mendocino Counties"

DISCUSSION 2
Carol Mordhorst -- Director (Retired), Mendocino County Department of Public Health. "(Draft) Health Information Exchange Governance Options"

December 7, 2006
RESCHEDULED from November 22nd
LOCATION -- Mendocino County Department of Public Health, Ukiah, 9:00 AM (Pacific)
AGENDA

DISCUSSION 1
Susan Baird Kanaan, MSW. "Planning Framework for HIE in Lake and Mendocino Counties"

DISCUSSION 2
Allen Briskin, JD -- Davis Wright Tremaine. "Participation Agreement for HIE"

DISCUSSION 3
Carol Mordhorst -- Director (Retired), Mendocino County Department of Public Health. "(Draft) Health Information Exchange Governance Options"

January 23, 2007
LOCATION -- Mendocino Coast District Hospital, Fort Bragg, 11:00 AM (Pacific)
AGENDA

DISCUSSION 1 -- 9:15 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Carol Mordhorst -- Director (Retired), Mendocino County Department of Public Health. "(Draft) Governance Options for Health Information Exchange in Lake and Mendocino Counties"

DISCUSSION 2 -- 10:00 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Allen Briskin, JD -- Davis Wright Tremaine. "Redwood MedNet User Agreement for Clinical Results Delivery"

HANDOUTS
[1] Redwood MedNet Interrelated Tasks
[2] Participants in the NHIN Stakeholder Forum

February 21, 2007
LOCATION -- Mendocino County Department of Public Health, Ukiah, 9:00 AM (Pacific)
AGENDA

PRESENTATION 1 -- 9:15 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Will Ross -- Project Manager, Redwood MedNet. "OpenEMPI"

PRESENTATION 2 -- 10:00 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Greg Wenneson -- Project Manager, Alliance for Rural Community Health. "NHIN OpenHRE Architecture Prototype Demonstration" (presented at the Third NHIN Stakeholder Forum, January 26, 2007, Washington, DC)

HANDOUT
[1] RHIC Meeting Schedule

March 21, 2007
LOCATION -- Mendocino County Department of Public Health, Ukiah, 9:00 AM (Pacific)
AGENDA

PRESENTATION -- 9:15 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Mike Skinner -- Project Manager, Outlook Associates. "Santa Babara County Care Data Exchange: RHIO Lessons Learned"

DISCUSSION 1 -- 10:00 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Will Ross -- Project Manager, Redwood MedNet. "Governance Options for Health Information Exchange in Lake and Mendocino Counties"

DISCUSSION 2
Will Ross -- Project Manager, Redwood MedNet. "NHIN Cost Model for the CSC / Connecting for Health NHIN Prototype Architectures" (presented at the Third NHIN Stakeholder Forum, January 26, 2007, Washington, DC)

DISCUSSION 3
Jennifer Clarke -- Healthcare IT Consultant, Lumetra. "DOC-IT Quality Crosswalk"

HANDOUTS
[1] Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
[2] AHIC Dissenting Opinion on PHR certification, by Downs, Lansky, et al.
[3] California Executive Order S-06-07 on Health Information Technology
[4] CalRHIO Utility Service Press Release
[5] "Free" EHR Supported by Google Adsense, i-Health Beat
[6] What Killed the SBCCDE?, by Bruce Merlin Fried, i-Health Beat

April 18, 2007
LOCATION -- Mendocino County Department of Public Health, Ukiah, 9:00 AM (Pacific)
AGENDA

PRESENTATION 1 -- 9:15 A.M. (PACIFIC)
David Lansky, PhD -- Senior Director, Connecting for Health. "Connecting Consumers to a Health Information Exchange"

PRESENTATION 2 -- 10:00 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Lori Hack, MBA -- CEO, ObjectHealth. "Health Information Security and Privacy Issues for California"

HANDOUTS
[1] [P9] - A Common Framework for Networked Personal Health Information, Connecting For Health Common Framework

May 16, 2007
LOCATION -- Mendocino County Department of Public Health, Ukiah, 9:00 AM (Pacific)
AGENDA

PRESENTATION 1 -- 9:15 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Glenna Gobar, DVM -- Bioinformatics Research and Consulting Service, UC Davis. "California Electronic Death Registration"

PRESENTATION 2 -- 10:00 A.M. (PACIFIC)
John Mellin, MBA -- e-Health Initiative. "e-Health Initiative Pro Forma Business Planning Tool"

June 20, 2007
LOCATION -- Mendocino County Department of Public Health, Ukiah, 9:00 AM (Pacific)
AGENDA

PRESENTATION 1 -- 9:15 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Francois de Brantes, MBA -- Executive Director, Bridges to Excellence. "Transforming Health Care Delivery in Mendocino County"

PRESENTATION 2 -- 10:00 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Linda Ackerman, JD -- Staff Counsel, PrivacyActivism. "Privacy and Health Information Exchange"

HANDOUTS
[1] Redwood MedNet HIE Conference: Connecting California to Improve Patient Care, July 20, 2007, Hampton Inn, Ukiah
[2] Summary Report on the NHIN Prototype Architectures, by Gartner for the Office of the National Coordinator
[3] HL7's Legal EHR Functional Profile open for public comment

July 20, 2007
NO JULY MEETING due to the full day Redwood MedNet Health Information Technology Conference
Connecting California to Improve Patient Care [ CONFERENCE WEBSITE ]
July 20, 2007, Hampton Inn, Ukiah, California
Featuring presentations from:
Bill Beighe -- CIO, Santa Cruz Health Information Exchange
Peter Cho, MD -- Family Practice Physician, Mendocino Family Care
Jamie Ferguson -- Executive Director, Health Policy, Kaiser Permanente
Alan Glaseroff, MD -- Executive Director, Humboldt Del Norte IPA
Lori Hack, MBA -- CEO, Object Health
Carl Henning, MD -- President, Redwood MedNet
Laura Landry -- Project Director, Long Beach Network for Health
David Lansky, PhD -- Senior Director, Health Program, Markle Foundation
Wes Rishel -- Research VP, Gartner, Inc.
Michael Stearns, MD -- Chief Medical Officer, e-MD's, Inc.

August 15, 2007
LOCATION -- Wellness Center, Sutter Lakeside Hospital, Lakeport, 9:00 AM (Pacific)
AGENDA

PRESENTATION 1 -- 9:15 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Larry Ozeran, MD -- Chair, Yuba-Sutter Healthcare Council. "Health Care Reform: From Problem to Crisis to Solution"

PRESENTATION 2 -- 10:00 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Herb K. Schultz -- Senior Health Policy Advisor, Office of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. "Update on Health Care Reform"

HANDOUTS
[1] World's Best Medical Care?, Editorial by The New York Times, August 12, 2007
[2] Lessons from the Santa Barbara Project, by Frohlich, Karp, Smith & Sujansky, Health Affairs, August 2007
[3] From Santa Barbara to Washington, by David Brailer, Health Affairs, August 2007
[4] The Santa Barbara County Care Data Exchange: What Happened?, by Robert H. Miller & Bradley S. Miller, Health Affairs, August 2007

September 19, 2007
LOCATION -- Mendocino County Department of Public Health, Ukiah, 9:00 AM (Pacific)
AGENDA

PRESENTATION 1 -- 9:15 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Robert H. Miller, PhD -- Professor of Health Economics, UC San Francisco, The Santa Barbara County Care Data Exchange: What Happened?

PRESENTATION 2 -- 10:00 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Gwendolyn Lohse -- Project Director, CORE. Overview of the Committee on Operating Rules for Health Information Exchange

HANDOUTS
[1] Oregon RHIO planning efforts come to a halt, by Joseph Conn, Modern Healthcare, August 29, 2007
[2] False promises of state-sponsored health care, by Spyros Andreopolous, San Francisco Chronicle, August 30, 2007
[3] ONC releases six use cases for comment, i-Health Beat, September 7, 2007

October 17, 2007
LOCATION -- Mendocino County Human Resources, Ukiah, 9:00 AM (Pacific)
AGENDA

PRESENTATION 1 -- 9:15 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Will Ross -- Project Manager, Redwood MedNet. "Introduction to E-health Intiative Blueprint" (published by e-Health Initiative)

PRESENTATION 2 -- 10:00 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Bill Brand, MPH -- Deputy Director, Center for Health Informatics, Minnesota Department of Health. "The Minnesota e-Health Initiative"

UPDATE -- 10:45 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Herb K. Schultz, Senior Health Policy Advisor, Office of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger -- "Current Status of Health Care Reform in California"

HANDOUTS
[1] Building Consensus for Common Action, published by e-Health Initiative
[2] HHS Awards Contracts for NHIN Trial Implementations
[3] HHS Schedules Fourth NHIN Forum in Long Beach, December 2007
[4] Hospital Workers Punished for Viewing Celebrity Health Record, NY Times, October 10, 2007
[5] Comparison of California Health Coverage Expansion Proposals, from CalHealthReform.org

November 21, 2007
NO NOVEMBER MEETING, because Thursday the 22nd is Thanksgiving Day

December 19, 2007
LOCATION -- Mendocino County Department of Public Health, Ukiah, 9:00 AM (Pacific)
AGENDA

PRESENTATION 1 -- 9:15 A.M. (PACIFIC)
John Blair III, MD -- CEO of MedAllies and Taconic IPA. "Taconic IPA and MedAllies" (PPT or PDF)

PRESENTATION 2 -- 10:00 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Ezequiel Sandoval -- CIO, Northern Sierra Rural Health Network. "Promoting Health Care Quality through the Effective Use of Information Technology"

HANDOUTS
[1] The High Cost of Health Care, New York Times, November 25, 2007
[2] The State of Regional Health Information Organizations, Health Affairs, December 11, 2007
[3] 4th Stakeholder Forum for the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN), Long Beach, California, December 11-12, 2007
[4] California Moves Toward Universal Health Care, New York Times, December 18, 2007

January 16, 2008
LOCATION -- Mendocino County Department of Public Health, Ukiah, 9:00 AM (Pacific)
AGENDA

PRESENTATION 1 -- 9:15 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Lyman Dennis, PhD -- CIO, Partnership HealthPlan of California. "Health Information Technology Solutions" (PPT or PDF)

PRESENTATION 2 -- 10:00 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Scott Shreve, M.D. -- Crossover Health. "Health 2.0" (See also YouTube videos Web 2.0 and Health 2.0)

ANNOUNCEMENT -- 10:45 A.M. (PACIFIC)
PHR Pilot Project in Mendocino County, by Matt D'Ambrosia, CEO of Vital Data Technology

HANDOUTS
[1] Enhanced Protections for Uses of Health Data, a report by NCVHS, December 21, 2007
[2] Alameda County shines in study on contagious disease response, San Francisco Chronicle, January 3, 2008
[3] California data-breach law now covers medical information, San Francisco Chronicle, January 4, 2008
[4] United States Lags Behind Other Nations In Avoiding Preventable Deaths, Health Affairs, January 13, 2008
[5] Most in U.S. Back Mandatory Health Care Coverage, Commonwealth Fund, January 15, 2008
[6] 2008 Presidential Candidate Side-by-Side Summary of Health Care Proposals, by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

February 20, 2008
LOCATION -- Mendocino County Department of Public Health, Ukiah, 9:00 AM (Pacific)
AGENDA

PRESENTATION 1 -- 9:15 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Megan Van Sant, MPH -- Program Director, Healthy Kids Mendocino. "About Healthy Kids Mendocino"

PRESENTATION 2 -- 10:00 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Neil Cowles -- CEO, Tolven Healthcare Innovations. "Enabling Meaningful Collaboration Throughout the Healthcare Continuum"

UPDATE -- 10:45 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Herb K. Schultz, Senior Health Policy Advisor, Office of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger -- "Current Status of Health Care Reform in California"

HANDOUTS
[1] Draft Network Criteria, by the Certification Commission on Health Information Technology, January 14, 2008
[2] Late-Stage Diagnosis More Likely Among Uninsured, study to be released by the American Cancer Society, February 18, 2008
[3] A Rip-Off by Health Insurers?, editorial by the New York Times, February 18, 2008

March 19, 2008
LOCATION -- Mendocino County Department of Public Health, Ukiah, 9:00 AM (Pacific)
AGENDA

PRESENTATION 1 -- 9:15 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Josh Lemieux -- Program Director, Markle Foundation, and Dan Combs -- Director, National Emergency Preparedness Coordinating Council. "Consumer Authentication for Networked Personal Health Information" (See "T7" report from Connecting For Health noted below)

PRESENTATION 2 -- 10:00 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Kathy Ficco, RN -- Executive Director, St. Joseph Community Health Clinics, co-sponsor of the MiVia PHR for migrant farmworkers. "Using Technology to Improve Healthcare for Vulnerable Populations"

HANDOUTS
[1] Functional Requirements for PHRs, draft for comment by Project HealthDesign, February 25, 2008
[2] [T7] Consumer Authentication, part of the Connecting for Health Common Framework
[3] Oregon Health Insurance Lottery, Editorial from The Oregonian, March 4, 2008

April 16, 2008
LOCATION -- Mendocino County Department of Public Health, Ukiah, 9:00 AM (Pacific)
AGENDA

PRESENTATION 1 -- 9:15 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Sandra Dunn, MSc -- Program Manager, Access El Dorado (ACCEL), and Greg Bergner, MD -- ACCEL Physician Champion. "El Dorado County Health Initiative"

PRESENTATION 2 -- 10:00 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Dean Sittig, PhD -- Northwest Permanente and Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU). "Unintended Consequences of CPOE"

HANDOUTS
[1] Emotional Aspects of CPOE: A Qualitative Study, Sittig, et al., JAMIA, Sep / Oct 2005
[2] Types of Unintended Consequences Related to CPOE, Campbell, et al., JAMIA, Sep / Oct 2006
[3] Extent and Importance of Unintended Consequences Related to CPOE, Ash, et al., JAMIA, Jul / Aug 2007
[4] Voodoo Health Economics, Krugman, New York Times, April 4, 2008
[5] Who Pays For Medical Errors?, Mello, et al., Commonwealth Fund, April 7, 2008
[6] Building the Health Care Workforce, Report Brief by the Institute of Medicine, April 14, 2008

May 21, 2008
LOCATION -- Webinar only this month
ONLINE WEBINAR -- http://www.readytalk.com, Access Code 462 6369
AGENDA

PRESENTATION 1 -- 9:15 A.M. (PACIFIC)
David Lansky, PhD -- CEO, Pacific Business Group on Health. "Introduction to Pacific Business Group on Health"

PRESENTATION 2 -- 10:00 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Kelly Cronin -- Director, Programs and Coordination, Office of the National Coordinator, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. "Health Information Exchange and the National Agenda"

HANDOUTS
[1] Do Primary Care Physicians Treating Minority Patients Report Problems Delivering High-Quality Care?, Reschovsky, O'Malley, HealthAffairs, 22 April 2008

June 18, 2008
LOCATION -- Mendocino County Department of Public Health, Ukiah, 9:00 AM (Pacific)
ONLINE WEBINAR -- http://www.readytalk.com, Access Code 462 6369
AGENDA

PRESENTATION 1 -- 9:15 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Lee Jones -- Program Manager, Health Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP). "HITSP Overview and Accomplishments"

PRESENTATION 2 -- 10:00 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Dolores Yanagihara, MPH -- Director, Pay for Performance, Integrated Healthcare Association. "California Pay for Performance"

HANDOUTS
[1] Connecting California to Improve Patient Care, Agenda for Redwood MedNet Conference in July
[2] Efficiency Measurement in P4P, Williams, HealthAffairs, 29 May 2008
[3] Interoperability and Privacy: Are They Mutually Exclusive?, Lee, iHealthBeat, 4 June 2008
[4] Tight Rein on Blood Sugar Has No Heart Benefits, NY Times, 7 June 2008

July 18, 2008
NO JULY MEETING due to the full day Redwood MedNet Health Information Technology Conference
Connecting California to Improve Patient Care in 2008 [ CONFERENCE WEBSITE ]
Friday, July 18, Ukiah Valley Conference Center, Ukiah, California
Featuring presentations from:
Allen Briskin, JD -- At Counsel, Davis Wright Tremaine
Andy Coren, MD -- Family Practice Physician, Ukiah
Jamie Ferguson -- Executive Director, Health Policy, Kaiser Permanente
Shaun Grannis, MD, MSc -- Research Scientist, Regenstrief Institute
Lori Hack, MBA -- CEO, Object Health
Carl Henning, MD -- President, Redwood MedNet
Brian Herrick, MD -- Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF
Michael Hogarth, MD -- Associate Professor, UC Davis School of Medicine
Janet King -- Project Manager, Mid-South e-Health Alliance
Charles Parisot -- Manager, Technology & Standards, GE Healthcare
Daniel Rosenthal, MD, MSc, MPH -- Program Director, Health Information Technology, National Quality Forum
Michael Stearns, MD -- Chief Medical Officer, e-MD's, Inc.
Paul Tang, MD -- VP and Chief Medical Information Officer, Palo Alto Medical Foundation

August 20, 2008
LOCATION -- Webinar only this month
ONLINE WEBINAR -- http://www.readytalk.com, Access Code 462 6369
AGENDA

PRESENTATION 1 -- 9:15 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Paul Biondich, MD, MS -- Research Scientist, Regenstrief Institute. "OpenMRS: Using Information Technology to Unleash the Transformational Power of Communities"

PRESENTATION 2 -- 10:00 A.M. (PACIFIC)
David Williams, MBA -- Co-Founding Executive, PatientsLikeMe. "Patients Like Me"

September 17, 2008
LOCATION -- Mendocino County Department of Public Health, Ukiah, 9:00 AM (Pacific)
ONLINE WEBINAR -- http://www.readytalk.com, Access Code 462 6369
AGENDA

PRESENTATION 1 -- 9:15 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Thomas Horan, PhD -- Director, Kay Center for e-Health Research, Claremont Graduate University. "E-Health Research and Policy Analysis for Disabilities and Vulnerable Populations"

PRESENTATION 2 -- 10:00 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Claudia Williams, MS -- Director of Health Policy, Markle Foundation. "Networked Personal Health Information: What Does the Future Hold?"

HANDOUTS
[1] Health Information Technology: A Few Years of Magical Thinking?, Diamond & Shirky, Health Affairs, 19 August 2008
[2] Overview and Principles, Common Framework for Networked Personal Health Information, Connecting for Health, June 2008
[3] Consumer Policy Briefs, Connecting for Health, June 2008
[4] Consumer Technology Briefs, Connecting for Health, June 2008

October 15, 2008
LOCATION -- Mendocino County Community Health Services (Public Health), Ukiah, 9:00 A.M. PACIFIC
ONLINE WEBINAR -- http://www.readytalk.com, Access Code 462 6369
AGENDA

PRESENTATION 1 -- 9:15 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Jacob Hacker, PhD -- Professor, Department of Political Science, UC Berkeley. "Comparing the Obama and McCain Health Plans"

PRESENTATION 2 -- 10:00 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Kathy Hajopoulos, MPH -- Director of Program Development & Operations, Center of Excellence for Breast Cancer Care, UCSF. "Communication & Care Plan for Breast Cancer Treatment - Creating a Tool for Patient-Centered Care" [ PPT ] [ PPT ]

HANDOUTS
[1] The Obama Plan: More Regulation, Unsustainable Spending, Antos, Wilensky & Kuttner, Health Affairs, 16 September 2008
[2] Cost and Implications of the McCain Plan to Restructure Health Insurance, Buchmueller, Glied, Royalty & Swartz, Health Affairs, 16 September 2008
[3] The 2008 Presidential Candidates' Health Reform Proposals: Choices for America, Collins, Nicholson, Rustgi & Davis, The Commonwealth Fund, October 2008
[4] Health Care For America, Hacker, Economic Policy Institute, January 11, 2007

November 19, 2008
LOCATION -- Mendocino County Community Health Services (Public Health), Ukiah, 9:00 A.M. PACIFIC
ONLINE WEBINAR -- http://www.readytalk.com, Access Code 462 6369
AGENDA

PRESENTATION 1 -- 9:15 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Will Ross -- Project Manager, Redwood MedNet. "Clinical Data Delivery Service Demonstration"

PRESENTATION 2 -- 10:00 A.M. (PACIFIC)
William Crawford, MBA -- Director, Informatics Solutions Group, Children's Hospital Boston. "The Indivo Personally Controlled Health Record Platform"

HANDOUTS
[1] The Physicians' Perspective: Medical Practice in 2008, The Physicians' Foundation, October 2008

December 17, 2008
LOCATION -- Mendocino County Community Health Services (Public Health), Ukiah, 9:00 A.M. PACIFIC
ONLINE WEBINAR -- http://www.readytalk.com, Access Code 462 6369
AGENDA

PRESENTATION 1 -- 9:15 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Micky Tripathi, PhD -- CEO, Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative [ website ] [ presentation ]

PRESENTATION 2 -- 10:00 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Christy Quinlan, Chief Deputy Director -- Office of the CIO, State of California. "The Role of the State in HIT"

EXTENDED SESSION
HEALTHCARE COMMUNITY DISCUSSION -- 10:45 A.M. - 12:00 NOON (PACIFIC)
Health Care Agenda, by the Obama-Biden Transition Project [ www.change.gov ]
Redwood Health Information Collaborative Response [ submitted to www.change.gov on 12/30/08 ]

HANDOUTS
[1] Electronic Laboratory Results Delivery, a public demonstration by Redwood MedNet
[2] Community-wide Implementation of Health Information Technology Goroll, et al., JAMIA, Jan/Feb 2009
[3] Obama-Biden Health Care Plan [candidate platform published during campaign], www.barackobama.com
[4] Health Care Community Discussion Participant Guide, Obama-Biden Transition Project
[5] Redwood MedNet Health Information Asymmetries

January 21, 2009
LOCATION -- Mendocino County Community Health Services (Public Health), Ukiah, 9:00 A.M. PACIFIC
ONLINE WEBINAR -- http://www.readytalk.com, Access Code 462 6369
AGENDA

PRESENTATION 1 -- 9:15 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Jason Mitchell, MD -- Assistant Director, Center for Health Information Technology, American Academy of Family Physicians. "EHR Functionality and the Patient Centered Medical Home: Charting a Course When Charting Isn't Enough"

PRESENTATION 2 -- 10:00 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Eva Powell, MSW -- Director, Health Information Technology Project, National Partnership for Women and Families. "Redefining Quality: How HIE Can Radically Change Consumer Interaction with the Healthcare System"

HANDOUTS
[1] Joint Principles of the Patient-Centered Medical Home, March 2007
[2] A House Is Not A Home: Keeping Patients At The Center Of Practice Redesign, Berenson, Hammons, Gans, et al., Health Affairs, September-October 2008
[3] Making Medical Homes Work: Moving from Concept to Practice, Center for Studying Health System Change, December 2008

February 18, 2009
LOCATION -- Mendocino County Community Health Services (Public Health), Ukiah, 9:00 A.M. PACIFIC
ONLINE WEBINAR -- http://www.readytalk.com, Access Code 462 6369
AGENDA

PRESENTATION 1 -- 9:15 A.M. (PACIFIC)
John Weir -- President, Illumisys. "EHR Adoption Barriers and Successes"

PRESENTATION 2 -- 10:00 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Liesa Jenkins -- Executive Director, CareSpark. "CareSpark"

HANDOUTS
[1] Toward Health Information Liquidity, Penfield, Anderson, et al., Booz Allen Hamilton, January 2009

March 18, 2009
LOCATION -- Mendocino County Community Health Services (Public Health), Ukiah, 9:00 A.M. PACIFIC
ONLINE WEBINAR -- http://www.readytalk.com, Access Code 462 6369
AGENDA -- AGENDA

PRESENTATION 1 -- 9:15 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Megan Van Sant, MPH -- Program Director, Healthy Kids Mendocino. "Working Toward Universal Health Insurance Coverage for All Children in Mendocino County"

PRESENTATION 2 -- 10:00 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Joseph Dal Molin -- Vice President, WorldVistA. "Bringing Evidence-Based Medicine to Software Innovation and Dissemination in Healthcare"

HANDOUTS
[1] The Federal Role in Promoting Health Information Technology, Blumenthal, The Commonwealth Fund, January 2009
[2] An Unprecedented Opportunity, California HealthCare Foundation, February 2009
[3] California eHealth Collaborative Webinar Series, offered by the California eHealth Collaborative
[4] Health Information Technology: One Step At A Time, Frisse, Health Affairs, March-April 2009
[5] Mendocino Data From CHIS (California Health Interview Survey) -- CHIS Website

April 15, 2009
LOCATION -- Mendocino County Community Health Services (Public Health), Ukiah, 9:00 A.M. PACIFIC
ONLINE WEBINAR -- http://www.readytalk.com, Access Code 462 6369
AGENDA

PRESENTATION 1 -- 9:15 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Donald W. Simborg, MD -- "The Stimulus Package and Healthcare IT"

PRESENTATION 2 -- 10:00 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Cynthia Solomon -- Co-Founder of MiVia. "MiVia: Connecting Patients and Clinicians".

HANDOUTS
[1] Health Informaion Exchange Projects in California, April 14, 2009, California eHealth Collaborative
[2] What California Stands to Gain: The Impact of the Stimulus Package on Health Care, Issue Brief, California HealthCare Foundation, March 2009

May 20, 2009
LOCATION -- Mendocino County Community Health Services (Public Health), Ukiah, 9:00 A.M. PACIFIC
ONLINE WEBINAR -- http://www.readytalk.com, Access Code 462 6369
AGENDA

PRESENTATION 1 -- 9:15 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Tim Elwell -- Vice President, Misys Open Source Solutions - Healthcare, Misys. "A Practical Application of Open Source Strategies in a Not-So-Conventional Health Care Company"

PRESENTATION 2 -- 10:00 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Jessica VanArsdale, MD, MPH -- Director of Health Research, California Center for Rural Policy, Humboldt State University. "Rural Health Information Survey: Selected Findings From Mendocino County"

June 17, 2009
LOCATION -- Mendocino County Community Health Services (Public Health), Ukiah, 9:00 A.M. PACIFIC
ONLINE WEBINAR -- http://www.readytalk.com, Access Code 462 6369
AGENDA

PRESENTATION 1 -- 9:15 A.M. (PACIFIC)
David W. Sayen, MBA -- Region IX Administration, Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS). "Medicare PHR Choice Pilot"

PRESENTATION 2 -- 10:00 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Stuart Turner, DVM, MS -- Senior Health Informaticist, University of California, Davis. "Grid Computing in Healthcare"

HANDOUTS
[1] Meaningful Use Matrix, Health IT Policy Committee, Office of the National Coordinator, June 16, 2009

July 10, 2009
NO JULY MEETING due to the full day Redwood MedNet Health Information Technology Conference
Connecting California to Improve Patient Care in 2009 [ CONFERENCE WEBSITE ]
Friday, July 10, Krug Event Center, Healdsburg, California
Featuring presentations from:
Bill Beighe -- CIO, Physicians Medical Group of Santa Cruz
Allen Briskin -- Attorney, Davis Wright Tremaine
Jamie Ferguson -- Executive Director, Health Policy, Kaiser Permanente
Todd Ferris, MD -- Associate CIO, School of Medicine, Stanford University
Jonah Frohlich, MPH -- Deputy Secretary for Health Information Technology, State of California
CDR Emory Fry, MD -- Naval Health Research Center, San Diego
Lori Hack, MBA -- CEO, Object Health
Carl Henning, MD -- President, Redwood MedNet
Michael Hogarth, MD -- Associate Professor, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis
Laura Landry -- Executive Director, Long Beach Network for Health
John E. Mattison, MD -- CMIO, Southern California Division, Kaiser Permanente
Kiki Nocella, PhD -- CEO, Believe Health LLC
Wes Rishel -- VP, Gartner
Sandra Shewry, MPH -- CEO, California Center for Connected Health
Dean Sittig, PHD -- Associate Professor of Health Information Science, University of Texas
Michael Stearns, MD -- Chief Medical Officer, e-MD's, Inc.

August 19, 2009
LOCATION -- Mendocino County Community Health Services (Public Health), Ukiah, 9:00 A.M. PACIFIC
AUDIO DIAL IN -- 605.475.4850, Access Code 884 320
ONLINE WEBINAR -- http://www.readytalk.com, Access Code 462 6369
AGENDA

PRESENTATION 1 -- 9:15 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Robert M. Cothren, PhD -- Executive Vice President, Cognosante. "Beyond Continuity of Care: Meaningful Secondary Use of Health Information Exchange"

PRESENTATION 2 -- 10:00 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Paul Gundy, MD, MPH -- Director of Healthcare Transformation, IBM, and
Adrienne White, MBA -- Managing Consultant, IBM Healthcare & Life Science.
"The Patient Centered Medical Home: What, Why and How"

HANDOUTS
[1] Patient-centered Medical Home, IBM White Paper, June 2009
[2] Health Information Exchange Scope, Federal Health IT Policy Committee, August 14, 2009
[3] Proposed Revisions to Meaningful Use, Federal Health IT Policy Committee, August 14, 2009
[4] Privacy and Security Standards for ARRA, Federal Health IT Standards Committee, August 20, 2009
[5] 2011 Quality Measure Recommendations, Federal Health IT Standards Committee, August 20, 2009
[6] Meaningful Use Data Element Standards, Health IT Standards Committee, August 20, 2009

September 30, 2009
LOCATION -- a virtual online meeting, starting at 9:00 A.M. PACIFIC
AUDIO DIAL IN -- 773.945.1010, Access Code 550 931 303
ONLINE WEBINAR -- http://www.gotomeeting.com, Select "Join a Meeting", then enter Meeting ID 533 777 681
AGENDA

PRESENTATION 1 -- 9:15 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Ignacio Valdes, MD -- Editor, Linux Medical News. "Astronaut Build of VistA".

PRESENTATION 2 -- 10:00 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Margo Edmunds, PhD -- Booz Allen Hamilton. "Toward Health Data Liquidity".

HANDOUTS
[1] Toward Health Information Liquidity, Penfield, Anderson, et al., Booz Allen Hamilton, January 2009
[2] EHRs Not Sufficient For Health Data Liquidity, Anderson, Edmunds, et al., Managed Healthcare Executive, September 1, 2009

October 21, 2009
LOCATION -- Mendocino County Community Health Services (Public Health), Ukiah, 9:00 A.M. PACIFIC
AUDIO DIAL IN -- 218.339.3600, Access Code 266 287
ONLINE WEBINAR -- http://www.readytalk.com, Web Access Code 462 6369
AGENDA

PRESENTATION 1 -- 9:15 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Roberta Lewis, RN, MS -- Program Manager, California Immunization Registry, (CAIR). "California Immunization Registry Update"

PRESENTATION 2 -- 10:00 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Gail Nickerson -- California Safety Net Coalition, and
Andie Martinez, MPP, California Primary Care Association.
"Health Information Exchange, Cal-HITECH and the California Safety Net Coalition"

November 11, 2009
LOCATION -- a virtual online meeting, starting at 9:00 A.M. PACIFIC
AUDIO DIAL IN -- 303.248.0285, Access Code 462 6369
ONLINE WEBINAR -- http://www.readytalk.com, Web Access Code 462 6369
AGENDA

PRESENTATION 1 -- 9:15 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Mark Apfel, MD -- Medical Director, Anderson Valley Health Center. "What is POLST?" (Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment)

PRESENTATION 2 -- 10:00 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Shelley Meyers, RN -- Healthcare Informatics Specialist, UserCentric, Inc. "PDF Healthcare Overview"

HANDOUTS
[1] Laboratory Data Exchange, HIE Workgroup, HIT Policy Committee, Frohlich, October 2009
[2] California POLST Form

December 16, 2009
LOCATION -- Mendocino County Community Health Services (Public Health), Ukiah, 9:00 A.M. PACIFIC
AUDIO DIAL IN -- 303.248.0285, Access Code 462 6369
ONLINE WEBINAR -- http://www.readytalk.com, Web Access Code 462 6369
AGENDA

PRESENTATION 1 -- 9:15 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Joshua Pevnick, MD -- Hospitalist, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, "Stakeholders' Perceived Benefit from a Nascent Health Information Exchange: A Qualitative Analysis"

PRESENTATION 2 -- 10:00 A.M. (PACIFIC)
Margaret Leonard, MSPH -- EHR Project Manager, Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, "Greater Sierra Health Information Organization Vision"