State Health Research and Policy Interest Group

2008 Policy Breakfast
Washington, DC
Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Meeting Summary

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Welcome
Enrique Martinez-Vidal, Vice President, AcademyHealth, Director, State Coverage Initiatives

Panel: Health Information Technology: What Are States Doing?

Moderator:
Joel C. Cantor, Sc.D., Professor and Director, Center for State Health Policy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Panelists:
Vernon K. Smith, Ph.D.
Principal
Health Management Associates
PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout

Lori M. Evans
Deputy Commissioner
Office of Health Information Technology Transformation
New York State Department of Health
PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout

Gina Perez
Project Director
Delaware Health Information Network (DHIN)
Delaware Health Care Commission
PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout

Meeting Sponsors:
The Commonwealth Fund
Georgia Health Policy Center
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's State Coverage Initiatives