National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS)

National Health Information Infrastructure (NHII) Workgroup

Hearings on the NHII Population Health Dimension

Sheraton Buckhead Hotel
3405 Lenox Road
Atlanta, GA
404-261-9250

April 22, 2003

8:30 am Welcome and Introductions John Lumpkin, MD, M.P.H., Chair
Panel 1: Overview of Public Health Information Network (PHIN) and Public Health Privacy Issues
8:45 am PHIN Policy and Implementation John Loonsk, MD, CDC
9:15 am PHIN – External View Jac Davies, MPH, Washington Department of Health
9:30 am Privacy and Public Health Anne Murphy, JD, IL Department of Public Health
10:00 am Questions and Discussion
10:15 am BREAK
Panel 2 – Improving Reporting from Primary Sources to Registries
10:30 am Immunization Registries Gail Williams, MPH, CHES
National Immunization Registry SB/CDC
10.45 am Immunization Registries (Medicaid) Daniel Hopfensperger, BS, WI Immunization Program
11:00 am Cancer Registries Lilia O’Connor, MBA, CTR, CA Cancer Registry
11:15 am Birth Defects Registries Larry Edmonds, MSPH, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
11:30 am ED, EMS, and Trauma Registries Greg Mears, MD, FACEP, NC Emergency Med Serv
11:45 am Questions and Discussion
12:30 pm LUNCH
Panel 3: Public Health Surveillance and the NHII
1:30 pm Overview of System Claire Broome, MD, CDC
1:45 pm System Deployment Claire Broome, MD, CDC
2:00 pm Use Experience – NEDSS Base System John Hall, MS, Nebraska Department of Health

Table
2:15 pm BREAK
2:30 pm BT Event Detection and Other Surveillance Using Health System Data Richard Platt, MD, MS, Harvard Medical School
3:15 pm Unique Aspect of BT Event System Tim Morris, BS, CDC
3:30 pm Alert System Daniel Sosin, MD, CDC
3:45 pm Questions and Discussion
4:30 p.m. ADJOURN