What’s Happening Today & Planning for Tomorrow at HIMSS17

It is wonderful to see so many familiar faces in Orlando, FL at Day 1 of HIMSS17! Below we have the lineup for today and a sneak peek at where you can find us tomorrow. Make sure to follow us on Twitter @ONC_HealthIT.

What’s Happening Today at HIMSS17

10:00 – 10:45 AM ET: Listening Session: Bringing Interoperable Medication Lists to Consumers
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM ET: HIMSS17 Interoperability Showcase
11:00 – 11:45 AM ET: Listening Session: Interoperability Measurement Across the Continuum of Care
12:00– 1:00 PM ET: Session #21: Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) Town Hall
1:15 – 2:00 PM ET: Listening Session: Safety, Interoperability, and Usability for the Clinical Community
3:00 – 3:30 PM ET: Federal Health IT Pavilion: Connecting and Accelerating a FHIR App Ecosystem: Discovery Infrastructure for Clinical Health IT Apps Cooperative Agreement
What’s Happening Tomorrow at HIMSS17

10:00 – 10:45 AM ET:
Listening Session: Bringing Interoperable Medication Lists to Consumers

Join ONC’s Director of Standards and Technology, Steve Posnack, and several industry leaders to discuss FHIR-based solutions that allow individuals to access and share medication lists. Industry leaders will provide a brief demonstration followed by an all participant discussion on current and future medication list functionalities that could be deployed across their organizations to enable patients’ access to health information.
Location: Orange County Convention Center Room W306B

10:00 AM – 6:00 PM ET:
HIMSS17 Interoperability Showcase

Visit ONC's booth at the HIMSS Interoperability Showcase featuring demonstrations that highlight ONC's nationwide interoperability objectives. The first vignette showcases the roles of Veterans Health Affairs and the United States Postal Service on how they enable patients to access their health information. The second vignette will demonstrate how federal agencies like the DoD, FDA, and the CDC access and report out health information. The third vignette will highlight some of the latest innovative solutions around accessing, reporting out, and exchanging health information.
Location: Orange County Convention Center Exhibit Hall Booth 9000

11:00 – 11:45 AM ET:
Listening Session: Interoperability Measurement Across the Continuum of Care

ONC’s Seth Pazinski and Talisha Searcy will conduct a brief overview of its strategy related to interoperability measurements and seek participant feedback on ONC’s measurement strategy, particularly as it relates to some of the early work of the National Quality Forum.
Location: Orange County Convention Center Room W306B

12:00– 1:00 PM ET:
Session #21: Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) Town Hall

Join the ONC leadership team for an interactive session to learn more about the ongoing work to advance the national health IT agenda. ONC will engage the audience in an open dialog about its efforts to build health IT as the foundation to transforming the nation’s health care system.
Location: Orange County Convention Center Room 230 A-D

1:15 – 2:00 PM ET:
Listening Session: Safety, Interoperability, and Usability for the Clinical Community

Join ONC’s clinical leadership for a comprehensive discussion of safety, interoperability, and usability of health IT in the clinical community. This session will seek feedback from the clinical community on safety issues related to data blocking, system and data interoperability, and usability for care team members.
Location: Orange County Convention Center Room W306B

3:00 – 3:30 PM ET:
Federal Health IT Pavilion: Connecting and Accelerating a FHIR App Ecosystem: Discovery Infrastructure for Clinical Health IT Apps Cooperative Agreement

ONC awarded a cooperative agreement to SMART Health IT to enhance the SMART App Gallery, a resource where developers share apps that use FHIR and SMART APIs and where health care providers can discover and compare apps. This demo highlights enhancements to the beta release and insights about the healthcare app ecosystem.
Location: Orange County Convention Center Fed Health IT Pavilion Exhibit Hall Booth 230-3

What’s Happening Tomorrow at HIMSS17

8:30 – 9:30 AM ET: Session #66: Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) Health IT Policy Update
8:30 – 9:30 AM ET: HIMSS17 Interoperability Showcase
10:00 – 10:45 AM ET: Listening Session: Open Forum - Policy Issues Relevant to Health IT Implementation and Use
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET: Session #96: Standards and Technology Updates from ONC
2:30 – 3:00 PM ET: Federal Health IT Pavilion: Medication List Demo
5:30 – 6:30 PM ET: Fireside Chat: Dr. Jon White and Dr. Kate Goodrich

View the entire schedule on HealthIT.gov