Pushing Patients Around? Not!

I'm on NeHC's mailing list, and this is the first I've seen anything about this meeting in DC (and I know I'm not the first person to have this response either). If you happen to be a patient, and for some reason, are going to be in DC next week, here is an opportunity to tell them how to get better engaged with patients.  My first suggestion would be to provide patients with opportunities to provide input without having to hop on a plane with less than a week's notice.

Given some of the feedback I'm getting from e-patients NeHC seems to be headed down the same path the Partnership for Patients paved a few weeks back. Fortunately, e-patients are not to be pushed around.  I'm sure they'll get a good talking too, starting here.

Please, don't let "Patient Engagement" become the next "Green Marketing".

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Consumer Consortium on eHealth Engagement Summit The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is a cooperative agreement partner of National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC). On Monday, July 16, 2012 from 10am to 4pm EDT, National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC) will be hosting the Consumer Consortium on eHealth Engagement Summit in Washington, DC. The Engagement Summit will bring together stakeholders with a common interest in engaging consumers and patients with health IT. The Summit will provide a valuable forum for networking and sharing, highlighting industry activities that are advancing the consumer engagement movement, and further developing the coordinated consumer outreach strategy of the Consumer Consortium on eHealth. Attendees will have the opportunity to support the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) in providing feedback on the proposed next phase of content for healthit.gov. The Summit will also feature a panel discussion on best practices for community-level engagement, as well as demonstrations of innovative eHealth tools and apps aimed at engaging patients and consumers. The meeting will take place at the offices of Venable LLP - 575 7th Street NW at the 8 West Conference Center. We invite you to RSVP to attend the Consumer Consortium on eHealth Engagement Summit. Space is limited. Questions? Email consumers@nationalehealth.org. Demo Your Solution at the Engagement Summit! Do you have an innovative solution for encouraging consumer engagement?  Provide a demonstration of your solution at the Engagement Summit. Please contact Claudia Ellison, Director of Development at NeHC, at cellison@nationalehealth.org for more information.

Overview of the NwHIN Governance RFI: Tomorrow, 5/17 at 11:30 a.m. EDT

Overview of the Governance RFI The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is a cooperative agreement partner of National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC). On Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 11:30 a.m. EDT, National eHealth Collaborative's NeHC University will present a program on the newly released Request for Information (RFI) on governance of the nationwide health information network. To help you get informed about this long anticipated announcement, NeHC University will host ONC's Director of the Federal Policy Division Steve Posnack to provide a first look at the RFI and answer questions. We invite you to register and join NeHC University's overview of the governance RFI. *(free of charge). Learn more about NeHC University programs! Questions? Email NeHC University at university@nationalehealth.org. *Please note that the NeHC webinar platform has the capacity for 1,000 attendees. Please log in early. If the webinar is full, you can call-in using the information in your confirmation email and download slides from the program webpage on the NeHC website to follow along in real time.

Trends in HIT Innovation: Monday 2/13 1 pm EST

Trends in HIT Innovation: Using Data to Design Solutions to Community The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is a cooperative agreement partner of National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC). On Monday, February 13, 2012 at 1 p.m. EST, National eHealth Collaborative's NeHC University will continue with a new installment of Trends in HIT Innovation, a program that was kicked off by HHS Chief Technology Officer Todd Park last November. For this program, representatives from Health Indicators Warehouse and Network of Care for Healthy Communities will join NeHC to discuss their innovative online data tools that allow stakeholders to access comprehensive population health data quickly and easily. Each speaker will give an online tutorial of their platform and illustrate the numerous benefits these programs have both locally and nationally. We invite you to register and join NeHC University's Trends in HIT Innovation. Learn more about NeHC University programs and the new Spring 2012 semester at the NeHC website! Questions? Email NeHC University at university@nationalehealth.org.

Join NeHC HIE Session Today at 1:00 P.M. ET!

The first of two releases for today:

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Spotlight Learning Series on HIE Leadership and Sustainability

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is a cooperative agreement partner of National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC).

On Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. ET, NeHC University will continue its Spotlight Learning Series on HIE Leadership and Sustainability with the Director of Standards and Interoperability for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Chief Business Development Officer for Inland Northwest Health Services (INHS). The two health information exchange (HIE) representatives will discuss their success in exchanging health information through the Nationwide Health Information Network Exchange and how it has positively impacted their stakeholders. They will also talk about their work with the Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER) project and the progress that is being made to improve the health and health care of active service men and women and veterans.

We invite you to join NeHC for this free webinar program. Register today!

NeHC also encourages stakeholders to continue the discussion of HIE leadership in its new online community. Join your colleagues in collaborating with program speakers and other health IT stakeholders to accelerate progress to fully interoperable health information exchange.

Want to learn more? Check out the full Fall 2011 NeHC University semester schedule!

Questions? Email NeHC University.

New NeHC University Program: Exploring the Broader Health IT Landscape

New NeHC University Program: Exploring the Broader Health IT Landscape

A message from our ONC partner

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is a cooperative agreement partner of the National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC). As part of NeHC's continuing effort to promote education and awareness of health information technology (health IT) and ONC initiatives to all stakeholders, NeHC has recently made major changes to its Nationwide Health Information Network University education program. NHIN University is now NeHC University, an updated and expanded education program designed to explore the broader health IT landscape, in addition to the programs of the Nationwide Health Information Network. We hope that NeHC's new programs will enable stakeholders to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the impact that health IT will have in transforming the American health care system.

We encourage you to take advantage of NeHC University's new class offerings. The full schedule, course catalogue, and registration information are now available:

• Health IT Orientation
• Health IT Trends
• Health IT Policy and Standards Committees Quarterly Updates – featuring ONC's Director of Policy and Planning, Jodi Daniel
• Spotlight Learning Series
• Learning Health System – featuring Dr. Charles Friedman, ONC's Chief Scientific Officer, and Joy Pritts, ONC's Chief Privacy Officer
• Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)
• Industry Leader Briefings
• Guest Lectures
• NHIN University 300 Series 

Questions? Email NeHC University.

@NationaleHealth discovers #HCSM

Crossed my Desk this AM...

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Contact: Jenna Bramble National eHealth Collaborative jbramble@nationalehealth.org (202) 624-3275

Like, Follow, Watch, Discuss: NeHC Launches Social Media Efforts National eHealth Collaborative Joins Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube WASHINGTON, DC (December 13, 2010) –National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC) last week launched its official Facebook page, Twitter feed, and YouTube channel, kicking off its push to develop stronger methods for seeking stakeholder feedback and promoting collaborative discussion about health information exchange. Following NeHC's NHIN University program, NHIN 204 – Beacon Communities, NeHC Interim CEO Aaron Seib announced that questions from the class would be posted on the new NeHC Facebook page for continued discussion among interested stakeholders. NeHC staff also live-tweeted the class through the Twitter handle @NationaleHealth, and a new video on the Beacon Communities program was posted on NeHC's new YouTube channel.  NeHC's YouTube channel will also feature footage from past NeHC Stakeholder Forums, as well as educational materials and clips from NHIN University classes and other NeHC events. "We see social media as just one more avenue we can use to leverage two-way communication with stakeholders," said Aaron Seib. "At the end of the day, our goal is to create a robust community of stakeholders who are talking and collaborating to solve some of the most pressing problems facing the widespread adoption and implementation of health information exchange." NeHC encourages stakeholders to use the Facebook page as a forum for discussion and sharing relevant information and links as well as a resource for keeping up with NeHC news and events. Facebook users can find the NeHC page by typing "National eHealth Collaborative" into the search bar or going to http://nationalehealth.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=aea4a31fd49de738553683cb4&id=7a5dda9c7c&e=7f799d00de. Twitter users can follow NeHC at @NationaleHealth, and the NeHC YouTube channel is live at http://nationalehealth.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=aea4a31fd49de738553683cb4&id=61853aad00&e=7f799d00de. ###  About National eHealth Collaborative National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC) is a public-private partnership that enables secure and interoperable nationwide health information exchange to advance health and improve health care.  Working in conjunction with its partners, including the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), NeHC engages stakeholders in a collaborative and consensus-driven way to realize common goals that lead to transformative change.  NeHC reaches broadly into all sectors of healthcare and health IT, employs open and inclusive methods, and makes its outcomes broadly available for continued improvement.  This philosophy and approach allows NeHC to offer a uniquely balanced perspective that leverages diverse points of view and provides the essential public-private platform for collaboratively pursuing solutions to universal trusted and effective health information exchange.