What's New

• Materials from the HIT Standards Committee Implementation Workgroup Meeting (posted October 30, 2009)
• AAMC Summary of HIT Standards Committee Implementation Workgroup Meeting (PDF—October 29, 2009)
• Materials from the sixth HIT Policy Committee Meeting (posted October 28, 2009)
• AAMC Summary of HIT Policy Committee Meeting (PDF—October 28, 2009)
• AAMC Summary of Exchange Workgroup Meeting on Electronic Exchange of Laboratory Data (PDF—October 20, 2009)
• Materials from the HIT Policy Committee's Information Exchange Workgroup meeting on electronic exchange of laboratory data (posted October 20, 2009)
• AAMC Summary of HIT Standards Committee Meeting (PDF—October 14, 2009)
• Materials from the sixth HIT Standards Committee Meeting (posted October 14, 2009)

Events

• November 19: HIT Standards Committee Meeting
  Holiday Inn - Capitol
  550 C Street, SW, Washington, DC
  9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET
• December 15: HIT Policy Committee Meeting
  Location TBA
  9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET
  

AAMC Advocacy

• AAMC Comment Letter to the HIT Policy Committee Regarding First Draft Definition of Meaningful Use
  (PDF—June 25, 2009)
  
• AAMC Comment Letter to the HIT Policy Committee Regarding General Principles on Meaningful Use
  (PDF—June 12, 2009)

Washington Highlights

• HIT Policy Committee Workgroup Hears Testimony on Laboratory Data Exchange (October 23, 2009)
• HIT Standards Committee Identifies Gaps, Announces Opportunity for Public Comment on Implementation Issues (October 16, 2009)
• HIT Standards Committee Adopts Privacy and Security Recommendations (September 18, 2009)
  
  More AAMC Highlights Articles

Recent Federal Register Notices

• ONC; HIT Standards Committee Advisory Meeting; Notice of Meeting (PDF—November 10, 2009)
• ONC; HIT Standards Committee's Implementation Workgroup Meeting; Notice of Meeting (PDF—October 19, 2009)
• ONC; HIT Policy Committee's Information Exchange Workgroup Meeting; Notice of Meeting (PDF—October 6, 2009)
• ONC; HIT Policy Committee Advisory Meeting; Notice of Meeting (PDF—September 30, 2009)
• ONC; HIT Standards Committee, Notice and Publication of Committee Recommendations (PDF—September 15, 2009)
  
  More Federal Register Notices

ARRA HIT Incentives and RFPs

• State HIT Grants - Due Oct. 16, 2009
• U.S. Department of Labor RFP - For healthcare workforce training, specifically focused on health information technology. Due Oct. 5, 2009
• Social Security Administration RFP - For funding to automate exchange of medical records through the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN). Due Sept. 18, 2009
• HHS Regional Extension Center HIT Grants - First Round Due Sept. 8, 2009
• "Dear State Medicaid Director" Letter Regarding Implementation of Medicaid HIT Incentives (PDF—September 1, 2009)
• HHS Releases $1.2B in funding for Regional Extension Center and State HIT Grants (August 20, 2009)
• AAMC Summary of HIT Hospital Incentives and Reductions in ARRA of 2009 (PDF)
  
• AAMC Summary of HIT Physician Incentives and Reductions in ARRA of 2009 (PDF)
  
• AAMC Summary of HHS HIT Grant Programs in ARRA (PDF)

Meaningful Use

• AAMC Summary Chart of Proposed Physician 2011 Meaningful Use Measures (PDF)
  
• AAMC Summary Chart of Proposed Hospital 2011 Meaningful Use Measures (PDF)
  
• Meaningful Use Matrix (7/16/09)
  (PDF—ONC HIT Policy Committee, issued by Meaningful Use Workgroup at meeting on July 16, 2009, and adopted by consensus by full Policy Committee as recommendation to ONC and CMS)
  
• Meaningful Use: A Definition
  (PDF—ONC HIT Policy Committee, issued by Meaningful Use Workgroup at meeting on June 16th, 2009)
  
  More on Meaningful Use

Standards

• Materials from past HIT Standards Committee Meetings

Certification

• Certification/Adoption Workgroup Recommendations Adopted August 14, 2009 (PPT — ONC HIT Policy Committee)

Physician E-Prescribing Incentives

• Accelerating the Adoption of Electronic Prescribing (PDF — NGA Center for Best Practices)
  
• Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection (E-MEDS) Act of 200 (Thomas.gov)

  More on Physician E-Prescribing Incentives

Quality Reporting

• HIT Standards Committee Comparison of 2011 Meaningful Use Measures to NQF Endorsed Measures (PDF)
  
• Health Information Technology Expert Panel Report: Recommended Common Data Types and Prioritized Performance Measures for Electronic Healthcare Information Systems (PDF — National Quality Forum)

AAMC Resources

AAMC's HIT Listserve
Get updates and communications about HIT issues. To be added, send a request to hit@aamc.org. (AAMC members only, please.)

More about Health Care Reform

ARRA & HIT: What Do They Mean to You? - Presentation from the AAMC Annual Meeting (PDF—November 8, 2009)

AAMC Summaries of ONC Advisory Committee Meetings

AAMC Presentation on EHR Incentives - July 14, 2009 (PDF)

HIT Timeline

Government HIT Web Sites

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Department of Health and Human Services:

• HealthIT.hhs.gov
• HIT Policy Committee
• HIT Standards Committee

Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) Blog

General Resources

Full Text of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) (PDF)

ONC Implementation Plan (PDF)

CMS Implementation Plan (PDF)

Fact Sheet on the HITECH Act (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)

Do Electronic Health Records Help or Hinder Medical Education? Peled JU, et al., 2009, PLoS Med 6(5)

Use of Electronic Health Records in U.S. Hospitals (NEJM 360 (16):1628-1638, April 16, 2009, Jha, Ashish K. M.D., M.P.H., et al.)

Electronic Health Records in Ambulatory Care — A National Survey of Physicians (NEJM 359 (1):50-60, July 2, 2008, DesRoches, Catherine M. Dr.P.H., et al.)

Stimulating the Adoption of Health Information Technology (NEJM 360(15): 1477-1479, April 9, 2009. Blumenthal, David M.D., M.P.P.)

Historic Opportunity: Wedding Health Information Technology to Care Delivery Innovation and Provider Payment Reform (PDF—Center for American Progress)

State Alliance for eHealth