Thanks very much go to John Teeter - Managing Director, Federal Advisory at KPMG, Global Center of Excellence for Health and former HHS CIO - for his presentation and discussion leadership at today's #nvtc joint committee meeting (Health Technology and Business & Enterprise Architecture #nvtcbea ). The dialogue revolved around a principle challenge and opportunity in the Global and particularly the US healthcare transformation debate - bending the cost curve of US healthcare through better health outcomes - driven in part by use of the rapidly-growing and effective availability of health performance data analytics. Decreasing costs, by focusing on quality - upfront and often. Also, overall costs and payments can (now with advanced analytics technology) be more accurately and effectively "bundled" by integrated outcomes that cross provider boundaries - not just by service, by episode, by event, by facility.  The better outcomes are dependent on care investment

Northern Virginia Enterprise Architects, Health Technology Professionals , in the Washington DC metro region   - if you are members, stakeholders or guests of the Northern Virginia Technology Council ( #NVTC ), please join us this next Tuesday Feb 8 th , 2014, from 7:30-9AM, for a Health Technology, Business and Enterprise Architecture Joint Committee Meeting.  Click here for meeting directions (Fairview Park, VA). Former HHS CIO John Teeter will discuss Healthcare Transformation, and Enterprise Architecture/IT Investment Strategies with our committee members and guests. Free Admission for NVTC.org Members and Guests; contact NVTC.org for membership options . The NVTC Business & Enterprise Architecture ( #NVTCBEA ) and Health Technology Committees present a timely, informed and conversational event with an influential leader in the US Federal Government and global healthcare information technology (IT) dialogue. JohnTeeter - former HHS CIO John Teeter i

The recent " Common Approach to Federal Enterprise Architecture " (US Executive Office of the President, May 2 2012) is extremely timely and well-organized guidance for the Federal IT investment and deployment community, as useful for Federal Departments and Agencies as it is for their stakeholders and integration partners. The guidance not only helps IT Program Planners and Managers, but also informs and prepares constituents who may be the beneficiaries or otherwise impacted by the investment. The FEA Common Approach extends from and builds on the rapidly-maturing Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF) and its associated artifacts and standards, already included to a large degree in the annual Federal Portfolio and Investment Management processes – for example the OMB’s Exhibit 300 (i.e. Business Case justification for IT investments). Read more on an actionable common approach to Federal Enterprise Architecture ...on the new Oracle Enteprise Architecture for Gov