• CHAPTER 305 OF THE ACTS OF 2008: Massachusetts - Section 37 is a powerful section. Could they follow-up with legislation requiring that patients have access to this information online as well? The role of CCHIT "or successor organization" is codified as well.

Personal Health Record PHR Advisory Task Force - CCHIT Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology

Minutes from the first two meetings are also on this page. I believe the discussion regarding patient involvement happened after these meetings happened (at least, it is not in the minutes posted)

• Health Management Rx: Good News/Bad News - CCHIT To Certify PHRs - Helpful guidance as PHRs enters the realm of CCHIT

• CCHIT Goes After PHRs « Chilmark Research - commentary on PHR certification process

The members of Personal Health Records PHR Work Group Members - CCHIT Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology were announced today, click on the link to see the list.

It’s a pretty impressive group, myself excluded :), and I look forward to participating. Because CCHIT handles proprietary information, I won’t be blogging about my volunteer position with this group here.

CCHIT operates its own web site which includes opportunities for public commentary, and it also operates the EHRDecisions Blog, which I subscribe to.

• Topics - e-Visits @ TransforMED - Transforming Medical Practices - Article on whether the tipping point has been reached for e-visits
• WordPress Plugin: SIMILE Timeline at freshlabs journal - Nice visualization tool
• Doctor-Patient ‘Web Visits’ Spur Privacy Concerns : NPR - Should the American Medical Association always present the contrarian view around patient access? I don’t agree with the implication that cell phone / telephone is “most secure.” Anyone who has been in an airport recently would probably agree.
• WSJ.com/Harris Interactive Study Asks: Are There Fair and Reliable Ways to Assess Healthcare Quality? - Patients are saying that having an EHR is a “fair” assessment of quality
• Expansion of CCHIT Certification for 2009 (PDF Presentation) - Overview of CCHIT’s work to date and future strategy. Disclaimer: I am on the Foundations Workgroup
• Meet the Press — Robert Scoble — The Blogosphere | Fast Company - How Tim Ferriss used the blogosphere to his advantage
• News - Diversity gap found among state’s doctors - sacbee.com - “Not just a civil rights issue, a public health issue”
• YouTube - Microsoft Surface Parody - Why not use the device the size of a small car? The peril and promise of on demand video in shaping your message.