ONCHIT names groups to define common health IT terms

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Teams Named to Define Industry Terms
November 30, 2007 The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has named members of two work groups that will seek consensus on the definitions and use of five common health I.T. terms.
The Records Work Group will cover the terms electronic health record, electronic medical record and personal health record. The Networks Work Group will focus on the terms Regional Health Information Organization and Health Information Exchange.
The national coordinator’s office in the Department of Health and Human Services recently contacted with consulting firm BearingPoint Inc. to manage the project. The National Alliance for Health Information Technology, a subcontractor, handled the workgroup selection process.

The office believes the lack of consensus on industry terms is impeding progress on I.T. adoption and innovation. Work group members held their first meeting on Nov. 30 and will seek public comment during forums in January and February before submitting a final report by March 28. Comments also will be accepted during this period at definitions.nahit.org.
Co-chairs of the Records Work Group are John Haughom, M.D., senior vice president at PeaceHealth; and Donald Mon, vice president of the American Health Information Management Association. Additional members are:
* Jim Adams, executive director, IBM Center for Healthcare Management;
* Robert DiLaura, section head of research informatics, Cleveland Clinic;
* Alan Dowling, executive director, Noblis Center for Health Innovation;
* Mary Alice Hanken, quality manager, Sound Mental Health;
* Bart Harmon, M.D., CMO, Harris Corp.;
* Marcelline Harris, R.N., clinical nurse researcher, Mayo Clinic;
* Howard Hays, M.D., medical informatics consultant, Indian Health Service;
* Stanley Huff, M.D., chief medical informatics officer, Intermountain Healthcare;
* Robert Jenders, M.D., associate professor, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and UCLA;
* Soori Kani, executive director, Vangent;
* David Longnecker, M.D., director, Association of American Medical Colleges;
* Christoph Lehmann, M.D., director of clinical information technology, Johns Hopkins;
* Charles Parker, CIO, Masspro;
* Richard Rydell, CEO, Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems;
* Andrea Sodano, director of health information technology; Wal-Mart Inc.; and
* Victoria Wangia, coordinator for public health informatics, University of Kansas Medical Center.
Co-chairs of the Networks Work Group are Bill Bernstein, chair of the health care division at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips; and Pamela Matthews, R.N., senior director of business information systems at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. Additional members are:
* Kenneth Cole, division manager, Axiom Resource Management;
* Lynn Dierker, R.N., project director, Foundation of Research and Education at the American Health Information Management Association;
* Janice Forrester, director of health information technology, Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield;
* Martin Hickey, M.D, senior vice president, Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield;
* Mark Jacobs, director of information services, WellSpan Health;
* Soori Kani, executive director, Vangent;
* Janet King, project manager, Vanderbilt Center for Better Health/Regional Informatics;
* James Kretz, project officer, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration;
* Frank McKinney, e-prescribing product strategist, Achieve Healthcare;
* Jeffrey Odell, senior vice president, MedVirginia;
* Brian Smith, Mental Health Services, Vermont Department of Health;
* Margaret Suddards, project manager, Axolotl Corp.;
* Randy Thomas, vice president, Premier Inc.; and
* Greg Wenneson, CIO, Alliance for Rural Community Health.

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