LCP+SWG+Meeting+Minutes+06-01-2012

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Meeting Minutes

 * Jennie Harvell presented a summary of the purpose of the white paper for feedback from the group.
 * The audience for the paper is the HIT Policy Committee.
 * The paper describes what we have in S&I to develop the paper, what is known from an evidence-based perspective and what is believed to be needed.
 * All of our research requires further betting and research to ensure accuracy.
 * The document has been shaped by Larry Garber's slide presentations and the F2F meeting dialogue.
 * The expectations of the WG is that the work will be leveraged in future stages of Meaningful Use, although Meaningful Use extends past eligible providers and hospitals.
 * Longitudinal coordination of care identified the care plan needs of the medically complex and functionally impaired.
 * Our ask of the HIT Policy Committee is to validate the need for standards, implementation specifications and certification criteria for care plans to support the medically complex and functionally impaired patients in future stages of Meaningful Use.
 * As further edits are made, the group needs to be mindful of the statements we make. We want them to be grounded in evidence, not just personal opinion.
 * Outstanding Questions:
 * Is Larry's diagram (on page 2 of whitepaper) still the cornerstone of the whitepaper?
 * Do the core concepts in the diagram still resonate as the basis for what we want communicated in the whitepaper?
 * The feedback from the group is that the diagram still has the right concepts, but needs to be simplified to make it easier to digest.
 * The header is called "plan of care" will need to be modified to take into account Joanne's comments.
 * Joanne Lynn shared a diagram she created on the care planning process to solicit feedback from the group.
 * The group needs to work on using terminologies more consistently in the whitepaper.
 * "MU extends past EPs & EHs/CAHs" - this is a true statement, and the concept of the team is not currently represented in the diagram.
 * CMS and ONC has taken a few core concepts and interjected them into the NPRMs.
 * The patient needs to be added as part of the team, as well.

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