ONC Takes Consumer Engagement through Health IT to Next Level

Posted By: Roberta Mullin September 7, 2012

2012 Consumer Health IT Summit

This year’s Consumer Health IT Summit on Monday, September 10 celebrates the progress the public and private sector have made in making health information more easily available to consumers and engaging them to use their data to improve their care. The ONC promises to “take this movement to the next level” at this year’s event. The summit will feature addresses from National Coordinator for Health IT, Farzad Mostashari, and Todd Park, U.S. Technology Officer. Expect announcements of new policies and federal initiatives.

You can still attend the summit though not in person. This year’s event has reached has reached capacity. Thankfully, the summit is available by webcast live at www.hhs.gov/live on Monday starting at 10 am Eastern.

During the summit look for:

  • Announcements about new policies and federal initiatives
  • Examples of companies that are enabling widespread consumer access to health information
  • Compelling consumer tools that help people to make use of their data
  • Creative approaches to motivate and support consumer engagement in health
  • Developments related to the Blue Button Initiative

The Agenda:

10:00 am – 10:10 am: Welcome, Dr. Farzad Mostashari, National Coordinator for Health IT, ONC
10:10 am – 10:20 am: Blue Button: The Early Days, Randy Watson, Veteran and Peter Levin, Chief Technology Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs
10:20 am – 10:40 am ONC’s Strategy for Engaging Consumers

  • Farzad Mostashari, National Coordinator for Health IT, HHS
  • Lygeia Ricciardi, Acting Director, Office of Consumer eHealth, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, HHS

10:40 am – 11:00 am Blue Button: What Lies Ahead, Todd Park, U.S. Chief Technology Officer
11:00 am – 11:30 am Federal Initiatives to Liberate Health Data Discussion Panel

  • Todd Park, U.S. Chief Technology Officer (moderator)
  • Leon Rodriguez, Director, Office for Civil Rights, HHS
  • Niall Brennan, Director, Policy and Data Analysts, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, HHS
  • Anne Schuchat, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS
  • Brad Hesse, Chief, Health Communications and Informatics Research Branch, National Cancer Institute

11:30 am – 12:30 pm Success and Innovation in the Private Sector: Making Health Data Available and Encouraging Consumers to Use IT Discussion Panel

  • Lygeia Ricciardi, Acting Director, Office of Consumer eHealth, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, HHS (moderator)
  • Bill Feller, Vice President of Innovations, UnitedHealth
  • Clay Patterson, Vice President and General Manager, Cerner
  • Becky Sykes, CIO, Catholic Health Partners
  • Susie Hull, Alliance for Nursing Informatics/American Nurses Association
  • Alan Blaustein, Co-founder, CarePlanners

12:30 pm – 1:00 pm Closing Remarks, featuring Dr. Bill Moreau, Managing Director of Sports Medicine, United States Olympic Committee and Farzad Mostashari, National Coordinator for Health IT, HHS

Learn more about viewing the webcast for Monday’s event. For more information about the ONC’s pledge to empower patients through health IT visit: www.healthit.gov/pledge/