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Join us in May for events marking the 20^th anniversary of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, and a Journal Club session on COVID-19 vaccine equity.

Read the details below and join us this month!

On May 9, to mark the 20th anniversary of the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil will host the current National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Micky Tripathi, and five of his predecessors representing presidential administrations from Bush to Biden.

In addition to looking back at the achievements of the ONC and advancements in the field of health information technology, they will look forward at the issues and challenges that remain.

The current list of participants is:

• Micky Tripathi (2021- ), National Coordinator for Health IT
• David Brailer (2004-2006), Chief Medical Officer, The Cigna Group
• Rob Kolodner (2006- 2009), Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, ViTel Net
• David Blumenthal (2009-2011), Professor of the Practice of Public Health and Health Policy, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
• Karen DeSalvo (2014-2016), Chief Health Officer, Google
• Donald Rucker (2017-2021), Chief Strategy Officer, 1upHealth

Date: Thursday, May 9, 2024

Time: 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Eastern

Place: Online details will be shared with registrants 24 hours in advance of the event

This event is OPEN TO ALL.

The Health Affairs Journal Club meeting in May will discuss, "California’s COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Policy: Cases, Hospitalizations, And Deaths Averted In Affected Communities."

The study examines a 2021 California policy that prioritized COVID-19 vaccine allocation to communities identified as least advantaged.

The authors employed quasi-experimental and counterfactual analyses to show that the policy resulted in substantial increases in vaccination rates and reductions in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths in these communities.

On May 22, please join author Christopher M. Hoover of the California Department of Public Health and Health Affairs Senior Editor Leslie Erdelack for a detailed discussion of the paper’s data, methods, and policy implications.

Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Time: 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Eastern

Place: Online details will be shared with registrants 24 hours in advance of the event

This event is exclusive to our Health Affairs Insiders.

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Revisit Our April Events

Last month, Health Affairs offered a Journal Club as well as a Professional Development event partnering with the Society of Health Policy Young Professionals.

Revisit both below:

• Professional Development: Advising the Next Generation of Health Policy Leaders
• Journal Club: “Antidepressant Prescriptions Increased For Privately Insured People With Perinatal Mood And Anxiety Disorders, 2008–2020"

If you have accessibility or support requirements in order to participate fully in these event, please contact [email protected] to ensure that we can arrange reasonable accommodations.

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