Chairman Kevin J. Martin 17 th Meeting of the American Health Information Community (AHIC) November 13, 2007 2 Chairman Kevin J. Martin Vision | Electronic medical records z Ensuring that appropriate medical information is available z Reducing medical errors z Reducing health care costs z Improving coordination among health care facilities | Deploy the underlying broadband infrastructure connecting healthcare facilities across the nation 3 Chairman Kevin J. Martin Rural Health Care Pilot | Enhanced funding to help public and non-profit health care providers deploy broadband | Deployment of state- and region-wide broadband networks for telehealth and telemedicine | Funds up to 85% of the costs of deploying those networks | Funds up to 85% of connection costs to Internet2 or National LambdaRail (NLR) dedicated nationwide backbones and public Internet 4 Chairman Kevin J. Martin 5 Chairman Kevin J. Martin 6 Chairman Kevin J. Martin 7 Chairman Kevin J. Martin 8 Chairman Kevin J. Martin Examples of Applications | Large-scale networks connecting hundreds of facilities over a multi-state region. | Small-scale networks providing a critical advanced broadband link for several regional hospitals or clinics. | Connections to insular areas and isolated regions. | Networks in states with a severe shortage of health care professionals 9 Chairman Kevin J. Martin Benefits of a Broadband Healthcare Network | Clinical care | Consumer and professional health education | Public health | Health administration | Research | Electronic health records 10 Chairman Kevin J. Martin Benefits of the Pilot Program | State or regional networks | Flexibility in network design | Self-sustaining networks | Rural broadband connections 11 Chairman Kevin J. Martin Public Health Benefits | Advance Goals of National Health Information Network Initiative z Use interoperable IT standards and certified Health Information Products z Coordinate with the National Health Information Network Architecture z Coordinate with HHS and CDC 12 Chairman Kevin J. Martin FCC Rural Health Care Pilot Program | $400 million to deploy broadband health networks | Reaching over 6,000 health care centers | Across 42 states and 3 U.S. territories | Robust connectivity to the Internet and a nationwide backbone