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Subject: Sorry I missed yesterday's meeting-Note for October
Hi Brett, Everyone, I'm sorry I missed yesterday's scheduled meeting. I was actually out getting a blood test and discovered that the lab had moved and so it took a lot longer than I expected. I've heard there's this new fangled device called a telephone you can use to check on such things. Imagine! ;-) Regardless, I saw the HHS release this week of the Strategic HIT Plan for 2008-2012 and it includes "Population Health" and I wondered if you all had noticed this? I am in preliminary talks about a Collaborative Expedition Workshop at NSF in October covering the domains related to Emergency Management: EM Standards; Health Informatics; Geospatial Information Systems; and, Building Information Modeling (BIM). I am concerned that the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) is not mentioned in the HHS HIT Strategic Plan although Senate Bill S. 3678: Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act signed in December 2006, is not mentioned. Responsibility for NDMS was transferred in S3678 to HHS from DHS (Homeland Security), though some degree of cooperative effort between the two cabinet departments is also mandated. I'd like to draw attention to this, so as I go about looking for experts from the Health community to recommend for this October Workshop, I'd like to start a conversation in this group in relation to the HIT Strategic Plan, (not just NDMS) which I have attached, (both the plan and the summary). Cheers, Rex -- Rex Brooks President, CEO Starbourne Communications Design GeoAddress: 1361-A Addison Berkeley, CA 94702 Tel: 510-898-0670
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