State Health IT Financing
Tuesday, August 19^th 2:00-3:30 pm Eastern

How are states financing health IT?  A recent report commissioned by the State Alliance for e-Health and prepared by NCSL provides an overview of states views and actions on health IT financing.  You will hear from two leading states in this area.  Vermont, recently established a health IT development fund to be paid for with an assessments on insurer claims.  Michigan will discuss its efforts to create health information exchanges across the state.

• Kory Mertz, NCSL
• James A. Hester, Jr., Ph.D., Director of Commission on Health Care Reform
• Beth Nagel, Michigan Department of Community Health

Register now at http://www.ncsl.org/public/registration/mtg_reg.htm?mtg=wc081908.

E-prescribing: A Path Forward for e-Health?
Wednesday, August 27^th 2:00-3:30 pm Eastern

What is e-prescribing?  Why should state policy makers care about it?  How can state policymakers influence its use and adoption?  This webinar will provide an introduction to e-prescribing and the policy challenges facing it.  The State Alliance will discuss their efforts to drive the use of e-prescribing.  In addition you will hear from Tennessee about their efforts to advance e-prescribing.

• Mark Gorden, Director of Policy, eHealth Initiative
• Senator Richard Moore, MA
• Agassi Antoine, CIO, Cogent Healthcare (invited)

Register now at http://www.ncsl.org/public/registration/mtg_reg.htm?mtg=wc082708.

Accountability in Health as we Enter the Digital Age
Wednesday, September 10^th 2:00-3:30 pm Eastern

As the health sector continues its slow march into the electronic age many new questions arise for state legislators.  To realize the full benefit of electronic records a robust system for the exchange of electronic patient data will have to be established.  What will the state role be in establishing and supporting organization that facilitate health information exchange?  How will states structure oversight models for these new entities? 

• Shaun Alfreds, Senior Project Director, University of Massachusetts Medical School Center for Health Policy and Research
• Rachel Block, Executive Director, NY eHealth Collaborative
• Amy Zimmerman, Chief, HIE Project, Rhode Island Department of Health (Invited)

Registration will be available soon.