Update to the Consumer Technology Workgroup of the HIT Standards Committee

1. Federal Strategy for Advancing Consumer
Engagement via eHealth
Erin Poetter Siminerio, MPH
Policy Analyst
Office of Consumer e-Health
ONC | HHS
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2. A Growing Evidence Base Supports
Consumer Engagement via eHealth
•Improve outcomes and enhance
patient satisfaction
•Communicate and coordinate
with providers
• Self manage health and
wellness
•Check for errors or inaccuracies
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3. The Three A’s Approach to
Consumer Engagement
Increase consumer Enable consumers
Access to their health to take Action with
information their information
Access Action
PHR Model
Privacy
Attitudes Notice
Shift Attitudes to support
patient-provider
partnership
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4. Blue Button is Evolving
First version New version
• Access: Download only • Access: Download & Transmit
• Format: Unstructured, making it • Format: Structured
difficult to parse • Portability: Includes Transmit
• Portability: Easy to download, Via Direct, so easy to connect
read, and print – not easy to with other apps
upload to other apps • Automation, using internal
triggers
Blue Button+ brings Blue Button in line with MU2,
and provides a blueprint for meeting MU2
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5. Implementation Guide
Quick Link - Implementation Guide
4/18/2013 Office of the National
http://bluebuttonplus.org 4
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6. Implementation Guide
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7. Implementation Guide
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9. http://ccda-scorecard.smartplatforms.org
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17. Taking the Blue Button Nationwide
www.HealthIT.gov/pledge
• 450+ organizations have pledged to make it
easier for 1/3 of Americans to electronically
access and use their health info
• Get more organizations to offer Blue Button
and to implement Blue Button+
• Make “Blue Button” a household name = “e-
access to my health data”
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