American Health Information Community Workgroup Meetings

Confidentiality, Privacy, & Security Workgroup October 8, 2008, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. [Eastern Time]

• The meeting will be available via Web cast. For additional information, go to: http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic/cps_instruct.html.

Consumer Empowerment Workgroup October 7, 2008, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. [Eastern]

• The Workgroup will continue its discussion on how to encourage the widespread adoption of a personal health record that is easy-to-use, portable, longitudinal, affordable, and consumer-centered. The meeting will be available via Web cast. For additional information, go to: http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic/consumer/ce_instruct.html.

Electronic Health Records Workgroup October 30, 2008, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. [Eastern]

• The Workgroup will continue its discussion on ways to achieve widespread adoption of certified EHRs, minimizing gaps in adoption among providers. The meeting will be available via Web cast. For additional information, go to: http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic/healthrecords/ehr_instruct.html.

Personalized Healthcare Workgroup October 14, 2008, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. [Eastern Time]

• The Workgroup will discuss progress made to date and future steps regarding possible common data standards to incorporate interoperable, clinically useful genetic/genomic information and analytical tools into Electronic Health Records (EHRs), as it relates to the transition to the new AHIC. The meeting will be available via Web cast. For additional information, go to: http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic/healthcare/phc_instruct.html.

Quality Workgroup October 17, 2008, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. [Eastern]

• The Workgroup will continue its discussion on how health information technology can provide the data needed for the development of quality measures that are useful to patients and others in the health care industry, automate the measurement and reporting of a comprehensive current and future set of quality measures, and accelerate the use of clinical decision support that can improve performance on those quality measures. The meeting will be available via Web cast. For additional information, go to: http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/ahic/quality/quality_instruct.html.