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Subject: RE: [ihc] Sorry I missed yesterday's meeting-Note for October
Agreed. I hadn't thought of it that way. Pretty expensive airlift though. ;-) Cheers, Rex At 9:15 AM -0500 6/9/08, Elkin, Peter L., M.D. wrote: >Dear David, > >A healthy sense of humor is a good start toward creativity. Perhaps >we can channel our energies into a set of concrete recommendations. > >With warm regards, > >Peter > > >Peter L. Elkin, MD, FACP, FACMI >Professor of Medicine >Department of Internal Medicine >Mayo Clinic College of Medicine >(507) 284-1551 >Fax: (507) 284-5370 > > > >From: David RR Webber (XML) [mailto:david@drrw.info] >Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 9:15 PM >To: Elkin, Peter L., M.D. >Cc: ihc@lists.oasis-open.org; Brett Trusko,Ph.D.; Rex Brooks >Subject: RE: [ihc] Sorry I missed yesterday's meeting-Note for October > >Peter, > >I hear the new plan under consideration is simply to outsource >disaster recovery and emergency response to the Chinese Army. > >A few brigades would be airlifted in in the event of a disaster. >The Chinese troops have the advantage of requiring only 10% of the >logistics support that equivalent US forces need - which is vital >when critical infrastructure is destroyed. > >Plus they are strongly experienced in typical events - floods, >quake, fire events and of course cost much less. > >Locally heavy equipment and machinery would be provided by Bechtel >and Caterpillar as needed - and again these folks are very >experienced with working with Chinese teams. > >OK - Ok - I'm just messing with you - but the scary thing is there's >probably someone in the adminstration I'm sure who really is working >on the feasiblity and comparison weighted scorecards.... > >; -) > >DW > > > >-------- Original Message -------- >Subject: RE: [ihc] Sorry I missed yesterday's meeting-Note for October >From: "Elkin, Peter L., M.D." <Elkin.Peter@mayo.edu> >Date: Fri, June 06, 2008 1:44 pm >To: "Brett Trusko, Ph.D." <brett.trusko@oasis-open.org>, "Rex Brooks" ><rexb@starbourne.com> >Cc: <ihc@lists.oasis-open.org> > >Dear Rex, > >This is quite interesting. It would be useful to strategize about how >this should be included into the HIT Strategic Plan for HHS. Also we >would be interested in participating in the NSF conference. >Preparedness money seems to be going away at HHS. If you have any >thoughts regarding the correct strategy for disaster response this might >be another good topic for discussion. > >With warm regards, > >Peter > >Peter L. Elkin, MD, FACP, FACMI >Professor of Medicine >Mayo Clinic College of Medicine >Baldwin 4B >Mayo Clinic >(507) 284-1551 >fax: (507) 284-5370 > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: ><http://email.secureserver.net/pcompose.php#Compose>ihc-return-166-elkin.peter=mayo.edu@lists.oasis-open.org >[mailto:<http://email.secureserver.net/pcompose.php#Compose>ihc-return-166-elkin.peter=mayo.edu@lists.oasis-open.org] >On >Behalf Of Brett Trusko, Ph.D. >Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 11:41 AM >To: Rex Brooks >Cc: ><http://email.secureserver.net/pcompose.php#Compose>ihc@lists.oasis-open.org >Subject: Re: [ihc] Sorry I missed yesterday's meeting-Note for October > >I hear this new fangled thing called the Internet can assist with >this type of thing also. ;) > >Brett >On Jun 6, 2008, at 10:45 AM, Rex Brooks wrote: > >> 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<HITStrategicPlan.pdf><HITStrategicPlanSummary.pdf>------- > >> -------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC that >> generates this mail. 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