{"305141":{"#nid":"305141","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Isett Participates in Briefing on Health IT","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGame changing ideas can result from diversity of perspective, and Georgia Tech is setting the gold standard for public-private partnerships. In 2013, Georgia Tech had 930 research contracts with large and small companies spanning the research spectrum. \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E The partnership with Children\u2019s Healthcare of Atlanta was recently highlighted for federal policymakers in a roundtable discussion on driving innovation in pediatric healthcare in Washington D.C. to inform policymakers of challenges and successes in research partnerships.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPanelists shared their perspectives on what it takes to make such partnerships successful and urged congressional staffers to refresh their thinking about healthcare delivery.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAn afternoon faculty briefing from the Georgia Congressional Delegation about the status of health information technology in our state was conducted by \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty\/bio\/isett\u0022\u003EKim Isett\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in the \u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Public Policy\u003C\/strong\u003E; Beth Mynatt, director of the Georgia Tech Institute for People and Technology; Sherry Farruggia, Georgia Tech strategic partners officer; and Margarita Gonzales, principal investigator for the Georgia Tech-Georgia Department of Community Health research program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIn Georgia, we are in a good position to do advance health IT innovation and the industry quickly,\u201d said Georgia Tech executive vice president for research Stephen Cross, who facilitated the discussion. \u201cOur state has been called \u2018the nation\u2019s health IT capitol\u2019 with over 200 companies that employ nearly 16,000 people.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKim Isett discussed the necessity of working with legislators provide the information they need in a usable and understandable way to make informed decisions on technology, its costs, and distributional.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe afternoon panel described a successful \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/myjourney-compass-national-pilot\/\u0022\u003Epilot health information exchange\u003C\/a\u003E for cancer patients in Rome, Ga., which served as a case in point for the powerful model of partnership between state, federal, and university entities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPanelists underscored the importance of addressing challenges related to interoperability and access to data. Additionally, the panel encouraged staffers to consider Georgia Tech a partner for decision support, and to think about the format and type of data that would be helpful as they develop new policies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Washington, D.C. roundtables are part of an ongoing advocacy campaign supporting Georgia Tech\u2019s strategic plan. \u201cOur presence in D.C. has never been greater,\u201d said Georgia Tech director of federal relations Robert Knotts, \u201cIt is important to continue to show our leaders in the federal government that when they ask, \u2018what does Georgia Tech think,\u2019 they will receive information and testimony exactly appropriate to helping them address major issues facing our state and nation.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGame changing ideas can result from diversity of perspective, and Georgia Tech is setting the gold standard for public-private partnerships. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty\/bio\/isett\u0022\u003EKim Isett\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in the \u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Public Policy\u003C\/strong\u003E, discussed the necessity of working with legislators in a faculty briefing on health IT.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Game changing ideas can result from diversity of perspective, and Georgia Tech is setting the gold standard for public-private partnerships."}],"uid":"27889","created_gmt":"2014-06-25 14:30:26","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:29","author":"Beth Godfrey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-06-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-06-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"305131":{"id":"305131","type":"image","title":"2014 Faculty Briefing Isett","body":null,"created":"1449244637","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:57:17","changed":"1475895000","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:00","alt":"2014 Faculty Briefing Isett","file":{"fid":"199680","name":"briefing.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/briefing_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/briefing_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":80841,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/briefing_0.jpg?itok=2wemGUpv"}}},"media_ids":["305131"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"96421","name":"facult briefing"},{"id":"398","name":"health"},{"id":"3984","name":"panel"},{"id":"767","name":"Policy"},{"id":"626","name":"public policy"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}