Draft – discussion only

Consumer Workgroup

Christine Bechtel, chairNeil Calman, co-chair

December 8, 2014

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Agenda

I. Consumer Meeting Schedule

II. Shaping Our Work PlanMeeting Objective: Discuss areas of policy that are essential to the workgroup charge, where policy guidance is likely to be needed in the coming 2 years

III. Next Steps

IV. Public Comment

Meeting Schedule

Meetings Task

November 14, 2014 10:00am Kickoff Meeting

• Review charge and workplan, introduce members

December 8, 2014 9:30-11:00am • Shaping Our Workplan: Discuss Areas of Policy Essential to Workgroup Charge

December 9th – HITPC Meeting • Charged by the HITPC with commenting on the Strategic Plan

January 9, 2015 9:30-11:00am • Federal Health IT Strategic Plan overview (tentative)• Provide feedback

January 20, 2015 9:30-11:00am • Finalize Federal Health IT Strategic Plan comments

February 6, 2015 9:30-11:00am • TBD

February 10th– HITPC Meeting • Final Federal Health IT Strategic Plan comments to HITPC/ Charged by HITPC with commenting on the Interoperability Roadmap V.1

February 23, 2015 9:30am • Overview and prepare to comment on Interoperability Roadmap V.1

March 10th – HITPC Meeting • Charged by the HITPC with commenting on the MU3 NPRM

March 24, 2015 9:30am • Finalize comments on the Interoperability Roadmap V.1

March 30, 2015 9:30am • Transition to comment on consumer aspect of the MU3 NPRM

April 7th - HITPC Meeting • Interoperability Roadmap Comments to the HITPC

April 20, 2015 11:00am • Finalize comments on the MU3 NPRM

April 30, 2015 9:30am • TBD

May 12th – HITPC Meeting • MU3 NPRM Comments to the HITPC

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Efforts Informing WG Agenda

• We will discuss today and on an ongoing basis key trends and issues that the workgroup should consider.

• Examples of Consumer eHealth policy issues include, but are not limited to:– Regulatory gaps post MU3– Mobile health (mHealth) including remote monitoring– Disparities– Consumer role in advancing interoperability

• The workgroup will collaborate with other Workgroups on:– Big data and predictive analytics – Usability of consumer-facing tools– Genomics– Care Planning

Shaping Our Work Plan

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IV. SHAPING OUR WORK PLAN

Charge

• The Consumer Workgroup will provide input and make recommendations on policy issues or opportunities to use health IT to:– Engage consumers and families in their own health and health

care– Enable consumer-provider partnerships supported by health IT– Elevate consumer voices to shape health system transformation

• The Workgroup will consider issues in light of existing policies and programs. The Workgroup will collaborate with other workgroups to address consumer engagement concerns that are critical to deliberations.

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Summary of Previous Discussion

• Integration of medical/clinical with community- based social supports

• Using EHR information to get to person centered quality measures

• How is health IT policy impacting consumers today, are there issues we need to address to protect the public investment?

• Care planning – documenting goals and concordance, advanced care plans and social determinants of health

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Next Meeting: Friday, January 9, 2015 9:30 PM-11:00 AM Eastern Time

Are there any resources you need to feel prepared and engaged going forward? We

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Next Steps