Session I: “Understanding the role of RECs”, Wed, Jan 25, 2-3 pm

As key speaker for next Wednesday’s webinar we have Jeff Loughlin, who serves as the Director for the Regional Extension Center of New Hampshire. He also serves as a Project Director with the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative, working with providers, practice leaders, medical and administrative staffs to ensure successful adoption and “meaningful use” of EHR technology in the medical office environment.

RECs (Regional Extension Centers) are authorized by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. This was signed into law on February 17, 2009, to promote the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology.

RECs were established to support and serve primary care clinicians and other health care providers, helping them to quickly become adept and meaningful users of electronic health records (EHRs).

To register for this webinar: click here

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Also, please stay tuned for announcements on future sessions in this exciting series:

Session II: Understanding the Role of HIEs (Health Information Exchanges)
To be announced (early-to-mid Feb)

Session III: Understanding the Role of Community Colleges in HIT
To be announced (mid-to-late Feb)

Join us Friday, April 8 at 10 a.m. at the National Press Club’s Holeman Lounge for the launch of the NPA’s National Stakeholder Strategy for Achieving Health Equity and the HHS Action Plan for Reducing Health Disparities. This roadmap for reducing health and health care disparities is a comprehensive effort to address differences in health for racial, ethnic, and other underserved communities.
Washington, DC
National Press Club, Holeman Lounge
529 14th Street, 13th Floor
Washington, DC 20045
REGISTER HERE: https://www.team-psa.com/NPA/NSS/registration1.asp Registration is free.
For further information, email:
Caroline Shell
NSSLaunchinfo@psava.comA webcast of the Washington, DC, event will be available at http://www.visualwebcaster.com/NPALaunch

SAVE THE DATE – Friday, April 8
HHS Announces Plan to Reduce Health Disparities

On Friday, April 8, HHS will unveil its roadmap for reducing health and health care disparities, a comprehensive effort to address differences in health for racial, ethnic, and other underserved communities, and the National Partnership for Action’s National Stakeholder Strategy. Stay tuned! For information info@minorityhealth.hhs.gov or call 1-800-444-6472.

The New England Regional Minority Health Coalition invites you to a Regional Celebration on April 8th for the launch of the US Department of Health and Human Services National Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities Initiative. Our Region I Goal: 1,000 people participate in this event throughout all six New England states. You will be able to participate by attending a local event, or via the web broadcast on April 8th, 2011.

More information at: http://nermhc.com/

Are you interested in health literacy? Are you a health professional or from a community group and interested in collaborating with libraries to improve health literacy? Then, this webinar is for you.

The NN/LM NER will facilitate a Healthy Literacy “Community of Interest” for our next contract (May 2011-2016). We hope you might join. The COI is a community of practice of people who share a common interest and want to share their expertise and advance their knowledge by learning from others. Caroline Marshall, Health Sciences Librarian at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut, is the leader for the Health Literacy Community of Interest. Michelle Eberle is the convener.

We hope you can join us for a webinar on Thursday, April 7, 2011 from 10:30 -11:30 AM to learn more about health literacy, the COI, and some recent projects in the New England Region.

Guest speakers will share highlights of health literacy work at their institution. The guest speakers include:

• Caroline Marshall, Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT
• Cara Marcus, Faulkner Hospital, Boston, MA
• Penny Glassman, UMass Med School Library, Worcester, MA

Please join us! To register and get information how to access the webinar, go to:http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/healthliteracyCOI