Testimony
Written Testimony
by Charles E. Christian, FCHIME, FHIMSS
Chair, HIMSS Board of Directors
and Elizabeth O. Johnson, RN, MSN, CPHIMS, FHIMSS
Vice-Chair, HIMSS Board of Directors to the
U.S. House Ways and Means Committee
hearing titled:
Health Reform in the 21st Century:
Reforming the Health Care Delivery System - 4/1/2009
Congressional Testimony
by
Carla Smith, FHIMSS, CNM
Executive Vice President
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
to the
U.S. Senate Finance Committee’s 2008 Health Summit
- 6/16/08
Testimony by Justin T. Barnes, Vice President of Marketing and Government Affairs for Greenway Medical Technologies, before the House Committee on Science and Technology, 09/26/07
Dr. David R. Shober testifies before the the House Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Regulation, Health Care and Trade hearing on The Value of Health IT to Solo and Small Medical Practices - 3/28/07
HIMSS Director of IHE Didi Davis testified before the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) Ad-Hoc Workgroup on the Nationwide Health Information Network – 7/27/06
Former HIMSS Board Chair Blackford Middleton, MD, MPH, MSc, FACMI, FACP, FHIMSS presented joint testimony on behalf of HIMSS and eHealth Initiative (eHI) before the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) Ad-Hoc Workgroup on the Nationwide Health Information Network – 7/26/06
HIMSS Advocacy and Public Policy Steering Committee Chair Mary Griskewicz submitted a Statement for the Record to the House Ways and Means Committee Subcommittee on Health Fourth in Series of Hearings on Health Information Technology – 4/20/06
HIMSS Analytics Vice President Jack Price presented testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and Oversight hearing entitled, “Can Small Healthcare Groups Feasibly Adopt Electronic Medical Records Technology?” – 4/06/06
Testimony by Ivo Nelson, Health Industry Leader, IBM Business Consulting Services, The IBM Corporation, before the House Subcommittee on Health Committee on Energy and Commerce, 03/16/06
Testimony by Diane M. Carr, Associate Executive Director, Healthcare Information Systems, Queens Health Network, before the House Committee on Government Reform, 09/29/05
Testimony by David St. Clair, Founder and CEO of MEDecision, Inc. before the Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce and Agency Organization, 12/19/01
Letters
HIMSS letters to the committee leadership concerning HIMSS updated recommendations for healthcare reform - 11/09.
HIMSS letters to the committee leadership of the Senate HELP Committee and the Senate Finance committee in support of Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius’ nomination to be Secretary of Health
and Human Services (HHS) - 03/09.
HIMSS Letter to Senator Reid and other Congressional Leaders - 02/04/09 - The letter was customized and sent to Congressional leaders, highlighting the importance concerning inclusion of health IT in economic stimulus legislation.
The following letters were submitted on January 21, 2009 concerning health IT provisions in recently released economic stimulus legislation:
HIMSS December 22, 2008 letters to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel and Ranking Member Dave Camp and House Committee on Finance Chairman Max Baucus and Ranking Member Charles Grassley requesting that as they address an economic stimulus package in the 111th Congress they take careful consideration of the needed IT infrastructure improvements for healthcare throughout the U.S.
HIMSS December 17, 2008 letters to President-elect Barack Obama and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary-Designate Tom Daschle. The Society also delivered letters to congressional Committee chairmen and ranking members with jurisdiction over healthcare.
Letter to Representatives Pete Stark (D-CA) and Dave Camp (R-MI) in response to the “Health-e Information Technology Act of 2008,” H.R. 6898- 9/25/08
Letter to Congress on Appropriations Legislation for Healthcare IT from HIMSS CEO Steve Lieber - 10/3/07
Letter to Chairman Barton - 9/19/06
