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Subject: Wednesday December 17th Capitol Hill Lunch to Focus on Telehealth and HIT for Veterans<br>To: <a href="mailto:csbritain@gmail.com">csbritain@gmail.com</a><br><br><br>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">"Steering Committee on Telehealth and Healthcare Informatics" </span><br></div></font></div><font style="FONT-STYLE: italic" size="5"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman,Times,Serif">Since 1993 </span> </span></font><br>
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<td style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-FAMILY: Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif" align="middle"><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="5"><a href="mailto:neal@e-healthpolicy.org" target="_blank">RSVP </a></font><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="6"><font size="5"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><font size="5"><font size="4"> to Attend <br>
Wednesday, November 17th <br>Lunch Briefing<br>in Collaboration with: <br></font></font></span></font></font><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="5"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><br></span>Continua Health Alliance </font><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="6"><font size="5"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><font size="5"><br>
</font><br></span></font></font></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="6"><font size="5">"</font></font></span><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="6"><font size="5"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> Using Telehealth and Healthcare IT to Delivery Quality Care to Veterans" <br>
</span></font></font><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="6"><font size="5"><br></font></font></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="6"><font size="5"><font size="4"><br>Lunch Briefing<br> Wednesday <br>
November 17th <br>12:00 - 1:45 pm<br>Room SR-385 Russell Senate Office Building <br>Delaware and Constitution Ave., N.E.<br>Washington DC 20510</font></font></font></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="6"><font size="5"><font size="4"><br>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">The Veterans Health Administration leads the nation in developing and implementing telemedicine and health care information technologies among its more than 1,300 care facilities. Millions of Veterans benefit from sophisticated databases and applications including "VistA" and "My HealtheVet". VHA is noted for its information technology focus on supporting chronic illness, mental health care, rural health delivery, underserved and Native American Veterans, and rehabilitation research. </span><br>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">The Office of Care Coordination is integrally involved in using health informatics, telehealth, and disease management to extend care and case management. Care Coordination Home Telehealth and related activities are starting to transform the way care is delivered across the 21 Veteran Integrated Network Systems (VISNs). </span><br>
</div><br><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="4">Join us for an informative lunch briefing on Wednesday December 17th </font> </span><br><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><br></span>
<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Preliminary Program: </span><br></div>
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<li><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Co-Chair House 21st Century Healthcare Caucus</span></li></ul>
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<li><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Adam Darkins, MD, MPH, FRCS, Chief Consultant for Care Coordination at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Darkins is responsible for coordinating telehealth throughout the VA system including into more than 30,000 homes. Dr. Darkins will present new policy research findings based on the VHA Telehealth efforts.</span> </li>
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<li><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Steve Pirzchalski is Director of Enterprise Network Services for the Dept. of Veterans Affairs and is leading a set of activities focused on improving telehealth capabilities for the VA. He is currently the Director of the Network Design, Planning, and Engineering Service in the Office of Telecommunications Engineering and Design within the Office of Information and Technology </span></li>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><br>Please <a href="mailto:neal@e-healthpolicy.org" target="_blank">RSVP</a></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> using this link. (Do not cut and paste) </span><br>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="3">Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Co-Chair of the Senate Health IT Caucus addresses showcase audience of nearly 300 people.</font> <br></div></div><br>
<img height="200" alt="Col. Jon Jaffin" width="300" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.62"><br><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" size="3"><br>Senate Budget Committee Chairman & Steering Committee Founder Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND) greets Col. Jonathan Jaffin, MC, Deputy Commander US Medical Research & Materiel Command, Ft. Detrick</font><br>
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<br><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Since 1993, the Steering Committee on Telehealth and Healthcare Informatics has convened more than <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">120 </span>widely attended, publicly available educational lunch sessions and technology demonstrations on Capitol Hill. <br>
<br>In May of 2008, the Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society announced that the series would continue through the managerial leadership of a new "Institute for e-Health Policy" within the HIMSS Foundation. <br>
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<br></font><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman,Times,Serif"><font size="3">Continuing Honorary Steering Committee Co-Chairs are: Senators Kent Conrad (D-N.D.); Mike Crapo (R-ID); Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), John Thune, (R-S.D.) and Representatives Eric Cantor (R-VA); Rick Boucher (D-VA); Bart Gordon (D-TN); Allyson Schwartz (D-PA); and David Wu (D-OR). <br>
<br>The Steering Committee is also pleased to be coordinating many activities with the "House 21st Century Health Care Caucus", Co-Chaired by Reps. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) and Tim Murphy (R-PA). <br><br></font></span>
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<br><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman,Times,Serif">Feel free to contact Neal Neuberger at <a href="mailto:neal@e-healthpolicy.org" target="_blank">neal@e-healthpolicy.org</a> to RSVP for particular sessions, or to get materials from past programs.<br>
<br>Thanks for your ongoing interest and support. </span><br></font>
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<div style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman,Times,Serif"><font size="3"><b>Sincerely,</b></font></div>
<div style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman,Times,Serif"><font size="3"> </font></div><span><font size="3"><br><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman,Times,Serif">Neal Neuberger, CISSP </span><br></font><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="3"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman,Times,Serif">Executive Director, Institute for e-Health Policy</span><br>
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