Please join @HIMSS for a very special Twitter Chat with the Honorable Aneesh Chopra (@AneeshChopra) next week. I am happy to announce Shahid N. Shah (@ShahidNShah) will moonlight as @HIMSS and moderate the #AskAneesh Twitter Chat on Wednesday, May 30, at 1 pm CT (2 pm ET).
Here’s how the chat will work:
- Ask your questions now and during the live event on Twitter by replying to @HIMSS and using the #AskAneesh hashtag
- Follow the Q&A and join the conversation through the #AskAneesh TweetChat Room
- Aneesh will be live on Twitter for a 1-hour Q&A at 1 pm to 2 pm CT (2 pm ET to 3 pm ET) on Wednesday, May 30.
- If you miss the live session, we’ll post a summary of the session after the chat to the HIMSS Blog.
The chat will focus on topics that will be presented at the upcoming Government Health IT Conference & Exhibition (#GHIT12) on June 11-12 in Washington, DC:
- Meaningful Use
- E-connecting with Consumers
- Innovation
- Health IT Policy
- Mobile Health Technologies
What do you want to #AskAneesh? Tell @HIMSS now and during the live event!
Here’s what some HIMSS staffers want to #AskAneesh:
Edna Boone, Senior Director, mHIMSS (@mHIMSS) asks:
- What can private industry, consumers and the government do to ensure barriers are cleared paving the way for patient management without walls?
David Collins (@collinsdavid), Senior Director, Professional Development asks:
- Will apps bridge the gap between patients and providers and provide consumer engagement in their own care?
Mary Griskewicz (@mgriskewicz), Senior Director, Healthcare Information Systems asks:
- What do you think will be the tipping point for clinicians to truly understand PHI belongs to the patient/consumer? How can we define the role HIT plays to eEngage with consumers?
Tom Leary (@tlearyHIMSS), Senior Director, Federal Affairs asks:
- Before you left government, health IT, energy, and education were three growing areas for US exports. Do you still agree these are growth areas? How have the US agreements with India and South Korea supported or hindered the vision?
Tom Martin (@tommartin3) Manager, mHIMSS asks:
- How will mHealth achieve integration into our daily lives, which requires sound ROI, interoperability and free exchange of data, and the need for heightened security?
Aneesh is a Senior Advisor with The Advisory Board Company. In 2009, he was appointed by President Obama as the first U.S. Chief Technology Officer. As an Assistant to the President, he designed the National Wireless Initiative and executed an “open innovation” strategy across agencies built on private sector collaboration.
Shahid, also known as “The Healthcare IT Guy” online, is a consultant to various federal agencies on IT matters and winner of Federal Computer Week’s coveted “Fed 100″ award given to IT experts that have made a big impact in the government. Shahid runs three successful blogs: http://shahid.shah.org; www.healthcareguy.com; www.federalarchitect.com; and www.hitsphere.com.
Get ready for next Wednesday’s chat:
- [PODCAST] Listen to last week’s FederalNewsRadio.com (@FedNewsRadio) Health IT: A Policy Change Agent panel discussion with Aneesh Chopra, Judy Murphy, James Peake and Carla Smith.
- [VIDEO] Get amped up with Aneesh’s passion for innovation and other federal health and technology leaders as they discuss entrepreneurship in healthcare at the HIMSS11 Venture Fair.
- [VIDEO] Aneesh Chopra and Farzad Mostashari talk about how open access to electronic health data can reform physician pay and patient care at TEDMED 2011.
