We have finalized another exciting session at our 7th Annual Ix Conference (next week–June 12 & 13–at the Newseum in Washington, DC).

This session will discuss how the HIT agenda needs to be conceptualized for health care reform with an eye toward consumer needs for information as well information technology. Following a framing of the public policy issues on information sharing, current and past Capitol Hill staffers will share their perspectives on strategies to leverage HIT and patient-centered care in health care delivery redesign as Congress prepares for the 2009 health care reform debate. They will discuss legislation focused on improving quality, HIT adoption, patient-centered care, and access for underserved populations.

We have an excellent lineup for this panel.

• Kavita Patel, MD, Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pension Committee (Democrat side)
• Joel White, Executive Director, Health IT Now Coalition (formerly House Ways & Means Staff Director–Republican side)
• Claudia Williams, Director of Health Policy & Public Affairs, Markle Foundation

Click here for the rest of the agenda. You can still register for the Ix conference, “Next-Generation Patient-Centered Care.”

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