News Articles
December 11, 2007: Dr. Yasnoff is featured in an article about health information technology in the Wall St. Journal.
October 26, 2007: Today a report strongly advocating health record banks entitled “Improving Health Care: Why a Dose of IT May Be Just What the Doctor Ordered” (overview) was released by the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation. It was presented at a National Press Club event that included remarks from Health IT Now! Co-chair, former Congresswoman Nancy Johnson. Additional information.
June 1, 2007: Dr. William Yasnoff presented " A Feasible Path to Sustainable Community Health Information Infrastructure" at the Northeast Florida Health Information Initiative Summit in Jacksonville, FL.
April 20, 2007: Dr. William Yasnoff gave the keynote entitled “A Feasible Path to Sustainable Community Health Information Infrastructure“ at the Medical Transcription Industry Association (MTIA) meeting in Jacksonville, FL.
March 22, 2007: Need for health information infrastructure for biosurveillance highlighted. In an article entitled "Biosurveillance Evolution" in Health Data Management, the importance of a national health information infrastructure to provide the data needed by public health agencies for early detection of outbreaks and other adverse population health events is described. The article includes several quotes from an interview with Dr. William Yasnoff.
March 7, 2007: Dr. William Yasnoff discusses health record banks in an interview with Dr. Ron Pion on BigMediaUSA.com Rx Radio: Your Prescription for Health. Available for listening or download.
March 3, 2007: Dr. William Yasnoff answers questions about health record banks in an interview with HIMSS Insider.
February 18, 2007: In a New York Times article entitled "Warnings Over Privacy of U.S. Health Network," Dr. William Yasnoff comments on the need for increased privacy protection as a prerequisite to successful health information infrastructure. The health record banking legislation from the last session of Congress is also mentioned.
February 14, 2007: William Yasnoff suggests health record bank for Wisconsin in an interview with the Wisconsin Technology Network.
December 18, 2006: Washington State Unveils Its Health Information Infrastructure Roadmap. NHINwatch describes the recently released report from Washington State.
December 1, 2006: Washington State Report Recommends Health Record Banks. After a 16-month process of study and review, the Washington State Health Information Infrastructure Advisory Board (HIIAB) (created by the Legislature) has released its report recommending the development of multiple Health Record Banks with some financial assistance from the State. The report has an extensive review of the background, current status, and available options for implementing health information infrastructure. It concludes by recommending an incremental and achievable path towards an effective health information infrastructure in Washington State using Health Record Banks containing consumer-controlled copies of health records from multiple sources. Participation in the system by consumers would be voluntary. Dr. William Yasnoff served as the project consultant to the HIIAB.
August 10, 2006: World Healthcare Congress Leadership Summit on RHIOs, EMRs, and Patient Portals, Boston, MA. Dr. william Yasnoff presents opening keynote: "A New Patient-centric and Sustainable Approach to Health Information Infrastructure": Presentation (840 KB slide show)
June 8, 2006: LEGISLATIVE NEWS! Independent
Health Record Banks legislation introduced. Senator Brownback (R-Kansas)
has introduced a bill [view bill]
to create and promote the development of Independent Health Record Banks
-- repositories of electronic medical records in communities as envisioned
in the eHealthTrust model. Cerner
Corporation is also supporting the legislation. A companion bill has
been introduced in the House by Congressmen Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) and
Dennis Moore (D-Kansas).
The legislation establishes rigorous privacy and security requirements with
regulatory oversight for health record banks, and would help assure public
trust. There are also tax benefits for consumers who participate and employers
who sponsor them. Contact your Senator and Representative and urge them
to cosponsor and support this excellent proposal!
April 25, 2006: Wisconsin Technology Network's Jason Stitt interviews Dr. William Yasnoff, founder of the eHealthTrust, asking him to explain how this approach can foster the both the widespread availability of lifetime health records for consumers and the adoption of electronic health records by providers. Part1 ; Part 2
February 19, 2006: Louisville Health Records Network Aims to be
National
Model. Healthcare
IT News
February 6, 2006: Dr. William Yasnoff Describes
the eHealthTrust and Louisville Project. Listen to Neil Versel's
podcast interview.
February 5, 2006: Louisville Courier Journal Reports
on eHealthTrust Project. (Report)
January 9, 2006: Dr. William Yasnoff describes the Seven Keys to
RHIO
Success (For
more information)
February 1, 2006: Louisville Announces First
eHealthTrust. Today, the
Louisville Health Information Exchange (LOUHIE) issued two Requests for
Proposals (RFPs) which
incorporate the eHealthTrust™ model. The first
RFP seeks a contractor to develop and operate a community-wide eHealthTrust
repository for storage and retrieval of electronic medical records, including
the provision of management, marketing, business and technical operations,
and security. The second RFP covers Licenses for Web Services
Integration with eHealthTrust Electronic Medical Records with Patient Permission.
For more information, see www.louhie.org
and ww.williamyasnoff.com/?p=17
November 2005: eHealthTrust developer William Yasnoff, MD, PhD, speaks at Washington Governor's Health Care Summit (PDF) (Puget Sound Business Journal 11/4/05)
October 2005: Public Attitudes Support eHealthTrust Model (PDF) Recent polling results show that Americans favor a system for providing access to their complete electronic health records that 1) carefully identifies all users (91%); 2) allows consumers to control (79%) and monitor (81%) others' access; and 3) provides patients with the ability to see their own records (53%). These are all key eHealthTrust features.
October 2005: Markle
Foundation and 14 other organizations endorse
principles supporting eHealthTrust. (PDF)
The Markle Foundation's Personal Health Technology Council joined 14 other
organizations in endorsing seven Consumer and Patient-Focused Principles
that are already fully supported by the eHealthTrust, including: 1) Individuals
should have access to their electronic health records; 2) Individuals should
control who else has access to those records; and 3) Individuals should
be able to review who has seen their their electronic health records.
Other organizations endorsing these principles include AARP, AFL-CIO, Consumers
Union, National Consumers League, and the Health Privacy Project.
For more information and a complete list of the principles and endorsing
organizations, be sure to read this report.
October 2005: NHINWatch Perspective: A Patient-centric RHIO model promises to overcome barriers. Healthcare IT News (Free NHINWatch.com Registration Required)
October 2005: Personal
Health Information: Data Comes Alive! (PDF)
Ester Dyson discusses eHealthTrust in September issue of Release 1.0.
October 2005: To Set Realistic Expectations for Interoperable Health Information, HIMSS introduces the RHIO Federation. The HIMSS RHIO Federation brings together RHIO organizations in a collaborative effort to foster information exchange and development of beneficial resources.
October 2005: How Can We Align the Incentives to Sustain Shared Electronic Health Records in Communities? , Medscape Webcast Video Editorial (Free Medscape.com Registration Required)
July, 2005: Build a National Network One Region at a Time, Managed Care
July 20 2005: Majority of Consumers Believe Electronic Medical Records Can Improve Medical Care, Accenture Survey Finds, Accenture
June 09 2005: Former HHS Official Seeks Patent for e-Health Trust Business Model, Health-IT World
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November 8, 2007: Dr. William Yasnoff gave a talk entitled “Health Record Banks: empowering Consumers to Control Their Own Information“ at the Consumer-Centric healthcare Congress in Washington DC.
September 17-18, 2007: Dr. William Yasnoff gave a keynote for the Health Data Management's Clinical Automation Summit held in suburban Chicago.
July 20, 2007: Dr. William Yasnoff gave a keynote presentation at the 2nd Annual World Congress Leadership Summit on The Road to Interoperability in Boston, MA. This presentation <second file attached to this email> was the subject of a subsequent news report "Privacy is key to interoperability".
June 1, 2007: Dr. William Yasnoff presented " A Feasible Path to Sustainable Community Health Information Infrastructure" at the Northeast Florida Health Information Initiative Summit in Jacksonville, FL.
April 20, 2007: Dr. William Yasnoff gave the keynote entitled “A Feasible Path to Sustainable Community Health Information Infastructure“ at the Medical Transcription Industry Association (MTIA) meeting in Jacksonville, FL.
March 6, 2007: Dr. William Yasnoff participated in a panel entitled "Health Record Banking" at the 5th National Medical Banking Institute in Marietta, GA.
February 27, 2007: Dr. William Yasnoff describes the need for health record banks to build the nation's health information infrastructure in an editorial in Healthcare IT News published during the recent HIMSS meeting in New Orleans.
February 25, 2007: Dr. William Yasnoff joined Dave Witter (from Oregon) in presenting "RHIO Business Models - Innovation for Sustainability" at the HIMSS RHIO Symposium in New Orleans (just prior to the HIMSS 2007 Annual Meeting).
February 21, 2007: Dr. William Yasnoff gave a presentation entitled "A Feasible Path to Sustainable Community Health Information Infrastructure" to the Health Information Exchange standing committee of the Georgia Health Information Technology and Transparency (HITT) Advisory Board (created by Executive Order of the Governor).
November 9, 2006 – Dr. William Yasnoff gave a panel presentation at the Consumer-Centric Healthcare Congress in Washington, D.C.
October 24, 2006 – Dr. William Yasnoff gave the morning keynote and a panel presentation at Rural Telecon ‘06 in Little Rock, AK.
September 19, 2006 - 2nd Annual Merging Electronic Health Records & Electronic Data Capture: Integrating Patient Information with Drug Development, Washington, DC. Dr. William Yasnoff gave the opening keynote: "The Impact of the National Health Information Infrastructure on Drug Development and Clinical Research." (Slide Presentation).
September 13, 2006 - Wisconsin Health Information Exchange Dr. William Yasnoff presented "A Feasible Path to Sustainable Community Health Information Infrastructure" to the Wisconsin Health Information Exchange in Milwaukee, WI (Slides and Video Presentation). In this talk, Dr. Yasnoff describes in detail the rationale behind health record banking and the eHealthTrust business model, and how they can be used to effectively develop a community health information infrastructure. Also includes questions and answers.
September 6, 2006 - Healthcare IT leaders: GAO criticism of NHIN efforts 'on target' - Dr. William Yasnoff explains how health record banks could help move the country toward effective health information infrastructure. (Healthcare IT News)
August 18, 2006 - The Hospital of the Future '06, Chicago, IL. Dr. William Yasnoff presents the keynote at this International Conference: "Key Requirements for Community Health Information Infrastructure." Presentation (990 KB slide show).
August 10, 2006: World Healthcare Congress Leadership Summit on RHIOs, EMRs, and Patient Portals, Boston, MA. Dr. william Yasnoff presents opening keynote: "A New Patient-centric and Sustainable Approach to Health Information Infrastructure": Presentation (840 KB slide show)
June 15, 2006: Launching
and Managing Regional Health Information
Organizations. Opening keynote: "A Sustainable Business
Model for a RHIO:
Creating an Information-Rich Environment to Create Win-Win Situations for
Patients, Providers and Payors" -- Dr. William Yasnoff.
June 8, 2006: HIMSS Summit: Achieving National Healthcare Transformation. "Making the Business Case for RHIOs: Architectures, Governance, and ROI" Panel presentation -- Dr. William Yasnoff. (For more information)
May 19, 2006 - Health Data Research 2006 Registries Conference, Portland, OR. Opening keynote: "The Evolving Role of Outcomes Data as Health Care Adopts Electronic Records" -- Dr. William Yasnoff. (For more information)
May 4, 2006: Digital Healthcare Conference, Madison, WI.
Plenary
Presentation by Dr William Yasnoff: "A New Patient-centric and Sustainable
Approach to Health Information Infrastructure" -- Dr. William Yasnoff.
V ideo & Slides ; Slides
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Annual Conference on Information Technology at the Clinical Interface
Johns Hopkins University, November 14, 2005
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Oregon HIMSS October 13, 2005
Virginia
HIMSS October 6, 2005
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The eHealthTrust™ Path to Implementing
Health Information Infrastructure
Webinar: A New Patient-centric and Sustainable RHIO Model Scottsdale Institute Teleconference October 3, 2005
Release 1.0 Personal Health Information Workshop September 30, 2205
Central Florida HIMSS July 22, 2005
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The eHealthTrust™
Path to Implementing Health Information Infrastructure