150966 Hearing on APHA Policy Actions for Electronic Health Records (EHRs) and Personal Health Records (PHRs)

Tuesday, November 6, 2007: 12:30 PM

Ronald William Manderscheid, PhD , Constella Group, Mental Health and Substance Use Programs, Bethesda, MD
David Tilley , Center for Health Information Technology, Constella Group, Rockville, MD
     
At the 2006 Annual Meeting, we conducted a panel of Federal, State, and Private Sector representatives, together with representatives of the software vendor community. From this panel, a series of recommendations were made to APHA to develop formal policy on EHRs and PHRs. The purpose of the proposed Hearing will be to advance the goals of developing APHA-wide policy and communicating that policy to the Federal Government. Specific invitees to give testimony at the Hearing will include Dr. Deborah K. Walker, President of APHA, Dr. Georges Benjamin, Executive Officer of APHA, the President of the APHA Governing Council, the Chair of the Mental Health Section, and the Interim Chair of the Information Technology SPIG. A broad consensus is developing that work on EHRs and PHRs is disorganized and uncoordinated, with attendant confusion and needless expenditure of resources, now estimated to be in excess of $160 billion per year. Hence, the topic is timely and important.

If APHA program reviewers wish, I will be glad to provide the recommendations developed at the 2006 Annual meeting. Please contact me at rmanderscheid@constellagroup.com.

Learning Objectives:
The learning objective of this Hearing will be to take formal restimony from APHA leaders and members on APHA Policy with respect to EHRs and PHRs. This Hearing will be part og a broader strategy to develop APHA policy.

Keywords: Federal Policy, Health Information Systems

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: Not applicable

Any relevant financial relationships? Yes

Name of Organization Clinical/Research Area Type of relationship
Constella Group, LLC Federal Research Consulting Employment (includes retainer)

Any company-sponsored training? Yes
Did the company pay your travel and lodging? Yes
 Were you provide you with slides as part of the training sessions? No
 Did you receive an honorarium or consulting fee for participating in the training? No
 Any institutionally-contracted trials related to this submission? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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