Getting Health IT Right Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Markle Foundation
On April 20, 2009, Markle Connecting for Health hosted a discussion forum at the Newseum in Washington, DC on strategic priorities for the health IT provisions of the economic stimulus law. An unprecedented public-private coalition of IT and health care stakeholders that has joined behind a set of principles on “meaningful use” was in attendance at the event.
Meeting Agenda
Introduction
9:00 am
Zoë Baird, Markle Foundation
Roadmap
9:15 am
Carol Diamond, Markle Foundation
Implementing ARRA
9:20 am
David Blumenthal, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, HHS
Laying the Foundation for Health Reform
9:35 am
Mark McClellan, Brookings Institution
Panel Discussion: Getting Health IT Right Under ARRA
9:50 am
Moderator: Carol Diamond, Markle Foundation
Panelists:
- Steven Findlay, Consumers Union
- David Lansky, Pacific Business Group on Health
- Farzad Mostashari, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- Peter Neupert, Microsoft, Health Solutions Group
- Marc Overhage, Regenstrief Institute
- Steven Waldren, American Academy of Family Physicians
Health IT to Achieve Higher Quality and More Affordable Health Care
11:10 AM
Todd Park, Center for American Progress