1. Town Call: Certification of Personal Health Records (PHRs) Mark Leavitt, MD, PhD – Chair, CCHIT Jody Pettit, MD – Strategic Work Group Leader, PHRs Friday, Oct 10, 2008 4:00 pm Eastern / 1:00 pm Pacific (60 minutes) Participant Dial-In (877) 313-5342 Conference ID: 65204557

3. The Personal Health Record (PHR) concept

6. Why is certification important?

7. Certification: ensuring products work properly and safely Electrical devices are tested and certified by Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Vehicles are crash-tested and rated by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Healthcare information technology is inspected and certified by the Certification Commission (CCHIT)

10. Criteria Development Process Inputs: * Scope Guidance from Commission * Roadmap (from previous year) * Future Directions (from previous year) * Environmental Scan: - Use Cases from AHIC - Standards from HITSP, SDOs - Market research - More Develop Draft Criteria Refine Criteria and Develop Draft Test Scripts Proposed Final Criteria and Test Scripts Final Criteria and Test Scripts Public Comment periods Pilot Test Launch 09 Certification A consensus-based process with many opportunities for broad input

13. What can I expect from certification of PHRs?

16. How can I find out more, and participate in the process?

17. Visit PHRDecisions.com Download the Consumer’s Guide to PHR Certification Sign up to receive email updates Read articles and join the conversation

18. Want more? Review and comment on PHR criteria Visit www.cchit.org/participate/public-comment Download the PHR 09 Introduction and Criteria documents Follow links farther down the page to submit your comments Note: Public Comment on the First Draft PHR Criteria is open through Oct 29

19. Criteria Format Criteria description “ N” in the 09 column indicates criterion will be required in 2009 “ R” in the 10 or 11 column indicates criterion is on the “Roadmap” to be required in 2010 or 2011

21. Thank you! Q & A For more information: www.cchit.org phrdecisions.com