Tuesday, July 20, 2010

ONC's New Consumer e-health Lead

The Office of the National Coordinator's Office of Policy and Planning has just posted the job for its "consumerista". The posting is open for 30 days from July 15 to August 16.

The job description includes

- Serve as the subject matter expert on consumer e-health.

- Forge alliances with consumer organizations, technology and care delivery innovators and consumer advocates to further the consumer e-health agenda.

- Develop consumer oriented strategies across the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC).

- Serve as Project Officer providing project management oversight for contracts, including designing, developing and coordinating project management plans for policy initiatives in conjunction with the Division Director and the Office of Policy and Planning Director.

Ensuring the voice of the consumer is represented in all HIT policy and technology efforts is really important. If you can think of anyone who would serve the country well in this role, please encourage them to apply!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

John - I am wondering if the Concept of Operations document tying the 11 ONC RFPs for the NHIN development is out. Was it released as planned in June?
Savithri