The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) Governance Workgroup (Workgroup) is developing recommendations on governance mechanisms for the nationwide health information network.
The Workgroup identified overarching objectives, key principles, and core functions for governance in its Preliminary Report and Recommendations on the Scope of Governance presented to the Health Information Technology (HIT) Policy Committee on October 20th. The Workgroup is now preparing final recommendations on how governance functions should be implemented and by whom.
As a first step, the Workgroup would like to identify:
- Existing mechanisms that might be appropriate, with or without modifications, and with or without some added coordination; and
- Whether and what new mechanisms are needed.
The Workgroup would like public input on these issues and has created a table listing the core functions and questions to frame the input.
Submit your comments here by November 3, 2010.
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Vice President of the North Texas Health Care Compliance Professionals Association, Past Chair of the ABA Health Law Section Managed Care & Insurance Section and the former Board Compliance Chair of the National Kidney Foundation of North Texas, Ms. Stamer has more than 23 years experience advising health industry clients about these and other matters. She continuously advises health industry clients about the use of technology, process and other mechanisms to promote compliance and internal controls, workforce and medical staff performance, quality, governance, reimbursement, and other risk management and operational needs. As part of this experience, she has worked extensively with health care providers, payers, health care technology and consulting and other health industry clients on the design and use of health information systems, technology, privacy and other related. A popular lecturer and widely published author on health industry concerns, Ms. Stamer also publishes and speaks extensively on health care privacy, technology, and other health and managed care industry regulatory, staffing and human resources, compensation and benefits, technology, public policy, reimbursement and other operations and risk management concerns. Her insights on these and other related matters appear in the Health Care Compliance Association, Atlantic Information Service, Bureau of National Affairs, World At Work, The Wall Street Journal, Business Insurance, the Dallas Morning News, Modern Health Care, Managed Healthcare, Health Leaders, and a many other national and local publications. To review some of her many publications and presentations, or for additional information about Ms. Stamer, her experience, involvements, programs or publications, see here.
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