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Announcements --- Recent News
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NAHIT Releases HIT Definitions Report (05-23-2008) The National Association for Health Information Technology, at the request of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, has issued a report defining key HIT terms such as EMR, EHR, PHR, RHIO, and HIE. COCIT member Chris Lehmann, MD,
FAAP, served on the Records Workgroup for this project.
The full report can be found at
http://www.nahit.org/cms/images/docs/hittermsfinalreport_051508.pdf. Special Spring 2008 COCIT Newsletter Available For All (05-01-2008) The AAP Council on Clinical Information Technology (COCIT) publishes a
semi-annual newsletter, cocitnews, as a benefit of COCIT membership.
COCIT recently released the Spring 2008 issue of cocitnews and is making
it freely available online to anyone with an interest in incorporating
information technology into clinical care. We hope you will enjoy this
special issue. If the contents have caught your interest, we hope you
will consider joining COCIT in order to receive future issues. In
addition, COCIT members have access to several e-mail discussion lists
to discuss these topics with their peers. For more information on
joining COCIT, visit http://www.aap.org/member/SectionMbrreq.htm COCIT Election Results (04-25-2008) Thank you to all COCIT members who participated in our recent Executive Committee election. We had a final response rate of 23.14%. We are pleased to announce that Dr Willa Drummond was reelected and will serve a 2nd 3-year term beginning on July 1, 2008. In addition, COCIT's chairperson, Dr Mark Simonian, will complete his term as of June 30, 2008. At the April 5, 2008 meeting, the COCIT Executive Committee elected Dr Joseph Schneider to take over from Dr Simonian. Dr Eugenia Marcus was elected Vice Chairperson. Drs Schneider and Marcus will begin 2-year terms on July 1. Congratulations!
Spring 2008 COCIT Newsletter Available Online (03-19-2008) A 'sneak peak' of the 2008 Spring issue of the COCIT newsletter is now available online at http://www.aapcocit.org/spring2008s.pdf which displays the 1st two pages, including the Table of Contents.
The full issue will soon be available online in PDF format to COCIT members in the COCIT Members Only Area of the AAP Members Only Channel. AAP Participating in E-Prescribing Portal Developed by Surescripts (03-04-2008) The American Academy of Pediatrics has joined AAFP, MGMA, and other professional organizations in sponsoring an online portal -- www.GetRxConnected.com -- developed by SureScripts, where providers can learn how to transition from paper-based prescribing to e-prescribing. As of April 1, 2008 all written Medicaid prescriptions must be on a tamper-resistant blank. Electronic prescriptions are excluded from this requirement. For practices already using an EMR to prepare and send prescriptions, GetRxConnected.com contains information on how to establish an electronic connection to pharmacies.
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