eHealth Initiative Launches Consensus Legislation Process Based on eHealth Initiative Blueprint: From Consensus to Common Action
On February 14, 2008, in conjunction with its Annual Government Affairs Retreat, the eHealth Initiative launched a member-driven process to build consensus across multiple stakeholders in health care regarding the specific actions that Congress can and should take to improve the quality, safety and efficiency of American healthcare through information and information technology in a way that is responsible, sustainable, responsive to each stakeholder's needs, and which builds and maintains the publics trust.
eHI is now working closely with its diverse, multi-stakeholder membership to develop comprehensive consensus-based legislation that can serve as a model for Congress to improve America's health care system through the use of electronic health information.
The Consensus Legislation will be designed to address legislative issues relating to:
- Engaging consumers & managing privacy, security, and confidentiality
- Transforming care delivery & improving population health
- Aligning financial incentives & financing
- Standards for interoperability and the role of government
eHI has launched a set of four work groups to tackle these issues and it's still not too late to get involved! RSVP here if you are interested in participating. Details regarding work-in-process are located on the eHI Members-Only web site.
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eHealth Initiative Foundation Launches Collaborative Research Effort to Improve Drug Safety
Multi-stakeholder initiative will use health information technology to accelerate the timeliness and effectiveness of drug safety efforts across the U.S.
WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 29, 2007 - The non-profit eHealth Initiative Foundation (eHI) announced today the formation of an innovative research program designed to improve drug safety for patients. The eHI Connecting Communities for Drug Safety Collaboration is a public-private sector effort designed to test new approaches and develop replicable tools for assessing both the risks and the benefits of new drug treatments through the use of health information technology.
Results of the collaborative effort will be placed in the public domain to accelerate the timeliness and effectiveness of drug safety efforts. Using a set of three "use cases" the project will test and evaluate the value and utility of blinded, anonymized, electronic clinical health information to detect and evaluate drug safety signals. Using clinical information - while protecting patients' privacy - promises to accelerate the timeliness, accuracy, and effectiveness of methods currently used to monitor drug safety and facilitate healthcare system response.
The Collaboration is coordinated and led by the eHealth Initiative, a non-profit, multi-stakeholder organization whose mission is to improve the quality, safety and efficiency of health care through information and information technology. With guidance from eHIs multi-stakeholder Leadership Council, the collaboration involves three leading healthcare companies - Pfizer Inc., Johnson & Johnson, and Eli Lilly and Company and two community-based healthcare organizations with advanced stage clinical information systems - Parners HealthCare System and the Regenstrief Institute.
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eHealth Initiative Releases Results of 2007 Survey on Health Information Exchange
Trends show advancement in a small number of markets, but action is needed to support U.S. health information exchange sustainability now more than ever
WASHINGTON - December 19, 2007 - Today, the multi-stakeholder non-profit eHealth Initiative (eHI) released the results of its 2007 Fourth Annual Survey of Health Information Exchange at the State, Regional and Community Levels, taking stock of 130 community-based efforts designed to improve health and healthcare through the mobilization of health information electronically.
Twenty of the 130 initiatives included in the 2007 survey are just getting started, 68 are in the process of implementation, 32 are operational, five are no longer moving forward, and five did not respond to the survey question regarding stage of development.
