Agenda of the April 22, 2003 NCVHS Workgroup on National HealthInformation Infrastructure

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National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS)

National Health Information Infrastructure (NHII) Workgroup

Hearings on the NHII Population Health Dimension

Sheraton Buckhead Hotel
3405 Lenox Road
Atlanta, GA
404-261-9250

April 22, 2003

Transcript

8:30 am	Welcome and Introductions	John Lumpkin, MD, M.P.H., Chair
	Panel 1: Overview of Public Health Information Network (PHIN) and Public Health Privacy Issues
8:45 am	PHIN Policy and Implementation	John Loonsk, MD, CDC
9:15 am	PHIN – External View	Jac Davies, MPH, Washington Department of Health
9:30 am	Privacy and Public Health	Anne Murphy, JD, IL Department of Public Health
10:00 am	Questions and Discussion
10:15 am	BREAK
	Panel 2 – Improving Reporting from Primary Sources to Registries
10:30 am	Immunization Registries	Gail Williams, MPH, CHES National Immunization Registry SB/CDC
10.45 am	Immunization Registries (Medicaid)	Daniel Hopfensperger, BS, WI Immunization Program
11:00 am	Cancer Registries	Lilia O’Connor, MBA, CTR, CA Cancer Registry
11:15 am	Birth Defects Registries	Larry Edmonds, MSPH, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
11:30 am	ED, EMS, and Trauma Registries	Greg Mears, MD, FACEP, NC Emergency Med Serv
11:45 am	Questions and Discussion
12:30 pm	LUNCH
	Panel 3: Public Health Surveillance and the NHII
1:30 pm	Overview of System	Claire Broome, MD, CDC
1:45 pm	System Deployment	Claire Broome, MD, CDC
2:00 pm	Use Experience - NEDSS Base System	John Hall, MS, Nebraska Department of Health Table
2:15 pm	BREAK
2:30 pm	BT Event Detection and Other Surveillance Using Health System Data	Richard Platt, MD, MS, Harvard Medical School
3:15 pm	Unique Aspect of BT Event System	Tim Morris, BS, CDC
3:30 pm	Alert System	Daniel Sosin, MD, CDC
3:45 pm	Questions and Discussion
4:30 p.m.	ADJOURN

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