State Office of Rural Health (SORH)

Upcoming Steering Committee Meetings

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All meetings are helded from 3:00-4:00pm unless noted otherwise.

September 4, 2008
October 2, 2008
November 6, 2008
December 4, 2008
January 8, 2009*

February 5, 2009
March 5, 2009
April 9, 2009*
May 7, 2009
June 4, 2009

* = on 2nd Thursday of the month instead of 1st Thursday of the month.

Steering Committee Meeting Minutes

2008:

Jan. 10, 2008
Related documents, Minutes, Health IT bills in Congress, Farm Bill
Feb. 14, 2008
Related documents, Minutes, BCBSND Diabetes Disease Management Program 2007
March 13, 2008
Related documents, Minutes
April 3, 2008
Related documents, Minutes, Congressional Bill: Medicare Telehealth Improvement Act of 2008, Sponsored by Senators Conrad and Stabenow, Statement for the Record
May 1, 2008
Related documents, Minutes, State Level HIE, Final Report I: Roles in Ensuring Governance and Advancing Interoperability, State Level HIE, Final Report II: Coordinating Policies That Impact Access, Use, and Control of Information, Draft Agenda for the June 4-5 HIT Steering Committee/Stakeholder Group Meeting
June 4-5, 2008
Steering Committee & Stakeholder Meeting, Bismarck
Related documents, Agenda, Summary of Evaluations
Presentations:
- Advanced Medical Home Project - Dr. Jon Rice, Sr. VP and Chief Medical Officer, BCBSND
- Clinical Health Information Exchange - Teresa Rivera, Assistant Executive Director, Utah Health Information Network
- Immunization Program, Department of Health - Randy Miller, Business Manager, Immunization Program, Department of Health
- Minnesota eHealth Initiative - Bill Brand, Deputy Director, Center for Health Informatics, Minnesota Department of Health
- Mountrail County Health System, Stanley - Marin Swofford, Financial Computer Assistant
- North Dakota HIT Environmental Scan - Status/Preliminary Results - Lynette Dickson, Program Director, Center for Rural Health "North Dakota Healthcare (urban and rural) Systems
- St. Alexius Medical Center, Bismarck - Nancy Willis, VP Government Relations & Marketing and Todd Bortke, CIO
- Update Federal HIT Legislation (Handount)- Dana Halvorson, Legislative Aide, Senator Conrads Office
July 10, 2008
Related documents, Minutes
August 7, 2008
Related documents, Minutes

2007:

February 16, 2007
March 2, 2007
March 19, 2007
April 5, 2007
May 3, 2007
Presentation by Tom Pomonis, Privacy and Security Solutions for Interoperable Health Information Exchange
June 7, 2007
July 12, 2007
Presentation by Henry Gardner, An Outsider Looking In
August 9, 2007
September 6, 2007
October 4, 2007
November 1, 2007
December 6, 2007

Strategy Meeting, August 9, 2006

Presentation:

Health Information Technology-Building a North Dakota Strategy, presented by David A. Ginsberg and David Gregory, PrivaPlan Associates, Inc., August 9, 2006.

Handouts:

Resources: