Agenda 2008
PHDSC Annual Meeting

1:30pm – 1:45pm

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
Walter Suarez, President

1:45pm – 2:15pm

REPORT FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Walter Suarez, President
Noam Arzt, Treasurer
Anna Orlova, Executive Director

REPORTS ON PHDSC ACTIVITIES
Moderator: Marjorie Greenberg

2:15pm – 3:15pm

STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT

• DATA STANDARDS COMMITTEE REPORT, Robert Davis & Starla Ledbetter, Co-Chairs
• LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR VITAL REGISTRATION STANDARDS, Michelle Williamson & Hetty Khan, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC
• PAYER TYPE SUB-COMMITTEE REPORT, Amy Bernstein & Judy Parlato, Co-Chairs

3:15pm – 4:15pm

PRIVACY AND SECURITY OF HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGES

• PRIVACY, SECURITY & DATA EXCHANGE COMMITTEE REPORT, Vicki Hohner & David Lawton, Co-Chairs
• PRISM PROJECT–PHASE 2, Vicki Hohner & Walter Suarez
• PRIVACY & SECURITY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGES [HEALTH INFORMATION SECURITY AND PRIVACY COLLABORATION (HISPC)-PHDSC PROJECT], Walter Suarez
• BEST PRACTICES IN PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATION PRIVACY, Walter Suarez

4:15pm – 4:30pm

Break

4:30pm – 5:30pm

BUILDING ELECTRONIC HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGES

• NATIONAL HEALTH INFORMATION NETWORK COMMITTEE REPORT, David Ross & Anna Orlova, Co-Chairs
  • Assuring Public Health in HIT Standardization – 2008 CDC Cooperative Agreement, Walter Suarez
  • Working with Vendors: PHDSC and Our Members at IHE – 2007-08 HRSA Contracts, Anna Orlova
• PHDSC WORK IMPLEMENTATION AT LOCAL & REGIONAL HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGES: Standards-based Health Information Exchange: The Vermont Experience, Noam Arzt, HLN Consulting

5:30pm – 6:15pm

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION IN PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS & OUTREACH

• COMMUNICATIONS & OUTREACH COMMITTEE REPORT, Sally Klein & Noam Arzt, Co-Chairs
• PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE REPORT, Ann Bossard & David Lawton, Co-Chairs
  • Continuing Education for Public Health Informatics, Valerie Rogers, National Association of City and County Health Officers

6:30pm

MEETING ADJOURNMENT

7:00pm – 8:00pm

HAPPY HOUR - The Inn & Conference Center, University of Maryland

8:00pm – 9:30pm

PHDSC BOARD MEETING & DINNER – The Inn & Conference Center, University of Maryland - All members are invited

9:00am – 10:45am

PHDSC FUTURE DIRECTIONS
Moderators: Kathleen Cook and David Lawton

PART I: THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC HEALTH REGISTRIES

• PUBLIC HEALTH REGISTRIES: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE, Sue Salkowitz, American Immunization Registry Association
• CLINICAL REGISTRIES
  • Clinical Perspectives, John Haughton, DocSite
  • Research Perspectives, Allen Tien, MD Logic
• INTEGRATED CHILD HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS, Bill Brand, Public Health Informatics Institute

10:45am – 11:00am

BREAK

11:00am – 12:30pm

Part II: BUILDING REGISTRIES TOGETHER

• IMMUNIZATION REGISTRIES, Alean Kirnak, SW Partners
• NEWBORN SCREENING REGISTRIES, Terese Finitzo, OZ Systems
• CANCER REGISTRIES, Lori Havener, North-American Association of Central Cancer Registries

12:30pm-2:00pm

WORKING LUNCH: DISCUSSION ON THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC HEALTH REGISTRIES

• DEFINING REGISTRY ARCHITECTURE, Noam Arzt, HLN Consulting
• ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION

2:00pm – 4:00pm

2009 PHDSC STRATEGIC AND BUSINESS PLAN – ASSURING PUBLIC HEALTH INTERESTS ARE SERVED BY HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STANDARDIZATION – ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION
Moderator: Walter Suarez

• FORMING AND FOSTERING PARTNERSHIPS
• MEMBERSHIP BENEFIT SURVEY
• 2009 KEY ACTIVITIES

4:00pm

MEETING ADJOURNMENT