---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Banks, Keri <Keri.Banks@ketchum.com> Date: Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 6:29 AM Subject: Can you share with Students? HHS Contest to Build Accessible Electronic Health Record Interface To: "gaetano@cse.washington.edu" <gaetano@cs.washington.edu> Good morning, Gaetano – I am reaching out to you on behalf of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to let you and your students know about an exciting new health information technology (health IT) challenge. ONC has partnered with AMIA to seek the support of multidisciplinary teams to create and test a module or application that makes it easy for people with disabilities to access and interact with the health data stored in their electronic health records (EHRs). The EHR Accessibility Module Challenge is a contest designed to challenge participants to develop a consumer-oriented system that helps those with disabilities easily access their health information. The challenge is offering $85,000 worth of prizes, so it is a wonderful opportunity for those who choose to participate. I was hoping you would share the EHR Accessibility Module Challenge with your students. The deadline for the video submissions is July 23, 2012, and participants can register by visiting Health 2.0. Additionally, ONC recently facilitated a webinar to kick off the challenge that will provide you with even more details. I’m happy to answer any questions you may have, feel free to contact me at Keri.Banks@Ketchum.com. Keri Banks Ketchum PR Contractor to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) (202) 835-9418 Keri.Banks@Ketchum.com On behalf of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Health IT Buzz blog, which is maintained by Ketchum, is a service of HHS’s Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. For additional information about the innovation challenge, please visit: ·         www.health2con.com ·         health2con.com/devchallenge/ehr-accessibility-module/ To learn more about electronic health records in general, please visit: HealthIT.gov for information about the national transition to health IT for providers and patients HealthIT.hhs.gov, ONC’s website for information about health IT policy ONC’s Twitter, YouTube and Scribd pages ---------------------------- This message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. Dissemination, distribution or copying of this message or the information herein by anyone other than the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, is prohibited. If you have received this message by mistake, please destroy it immediately and notify the sender. ----------------------------