Communications Launch

We're planning to stage several coordinated education / communications events linked to:

1. the rebranding / renaming of the Direct Project (aligned with NW_HIN)
2. the completion of (late 2010 or early 2011)
   1. the reference implementation
   2. best practices in support of the pilots
   3. implementation geographies plan
   4. and perhaps some early results from a pilot
3. HIMSS (February 20-24, 2011)
4. completion of the pilots and general launch.

For all of you bloggers, tweeters, etc. - - please don't spill the beans quite yet. We'd like to coordinate the work of the community including you to AMPLIFY the great work that's been done by the Direct Project.

So please volunteer to help. Do you have a blog that we can use to get the word out? Do you tweet? Can your organization link to the Direct Project or issue a press release indicating support for the Direct Project? Can you organize a relevant industry presentation?

Communications type (blog, presentation, web site, press release, etc. )	Name	Contact information / Email	How can you help?	Website or other pertinent links	Comments
Blog, etc.	Brian Ahier	[[1]]	Get the word out	[2] [3] [4] [5]	Let's roll!  :-D
Blog, etc.	Rich Elmore	[[6]]	Get the word out	Healthcare Technology News
Blog, etc.	David C. Kibbe	[[7]]	Get the word out	www.clinicalgroupwarecollaborative.org www.aafp.org www.astm.org
Blog, etc.	Keith W. Boone	[[8]]	Get the word out	http://motorcycleguy.blogspot.com [9]
Blog, Presentation, Web Site Press Release	Didi Davis	[[10]]	Get the word out	http://hitgypsy.blogspot.com http://twitter.com//dididavis www.tnhimss.org www.carespark.com www.hiptn.org www.serendipityhealth.net www.tnrec.org
Presentations, Website	Noam Arzt	[[11]]	Get the word out	[12]
HIMSS HIELights newslwtter	Noam Arzt	[[13]]	I write a monthly standards column that comes out at the beginning of the month. Will target Direct in the December issue.	[14]	Submitted for publication. Should hit the streets @12/1/10
Web-site, press releases and annoucements via listservs, and quaterly e-newsletter	Anna Orlova	[[15]]	Get the word out. via the Public Health Data Standards Consortium	www.phdsc.org	(Added with permission by Jason Siegel)
NeHC website, NHIN University mailing list, media outreach	Meryt McGindley	[[16]]	Share the blog post. NeHC will post it a link on our website in conjunction with materials for NHIN University's NHIN 203 - The Direct Project and will send it to our NHIN University and media lists.	www.nationalehealth.org www.nationalehealth.org/nhin203.aspx