Electronic Health Records (EHR) & Information Technology

Electronic Health Records (EHR):

Title:	Doctor’s Office Quality Information Technology – DOQ-IT
Date:	9/19/2003
Presenter:	Antonio Linares, MD, Lumetra (CA QIO)
Description:	PowerPoint presentation describing the DOQ-IT project, awarded to Lumetra by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Outlines specific project goals and outcomes including the development of a model for implementing technology in physician offices that can be utilized to facilitate the rapid adoption of technology. Includes citation of a number of studies and past research that outlined barriers and challenges of implementing new technology.
Keywords:	DOQ-IT, electronic health records, physician offices, information technology, CMS
Title:	Medical Informatics: Leading Research on the Implementation of the Systems of Electronic Health Records
Date:	9/20/2003
Presenter:	Homer Chin, MD, Kaiser Permanente Northwest
Description:	PowerPoint presentation describing the background and history of EHR implementation in the United States. Includes details about the safety, quality, and cost benefits of Electronic Health Records and a check-list of items that are helpful gauges for determining readiness for adoption and can serve as a potential road-map to improve the likelihood of success in the implementation of an EHR.
Keywords:	electronic health record, information technology, outpatient setting, medical informatics, physician’s office, cost benefit
Title:	Practical Implementation: Lessons Learned from the Implementation of Electronic Health Records
Date:	9/20/2003
Presenters:	Peter Basch, MD, MedStar Health, Mark Leavitt, MD, PhD, GE, and Bob Jesse, MD, PhD, Veterans Administration
Description:	PowerPoint presentation and PDF describing the realities of provider and practitioner concerns regarding the huge expense for IT products that are likely to evolve tremendously in the coming years. Includes specific experiences in facilitating and/or implementing EHRs in various health systems.
Keywords:	electronic health records, hospital setting, information technology, future technology

Title:	CMS Quality Strategy and Organization – 2004
Date:	7/23/2004
Presenters:	Sean Tunis, MD, CMS
Description:	PowerPoint presentation focusing on CMS organization changes to implement quality control, transformational change, and QIO preparation for the 8th SOW. Discussion of the DOQ-IT project and electronic health records and implications for QIOs.
Keywords:	CMS, Quality Control, Transformation, 8th SOW, DOQ-IT, EHR

Title:	Wireless and Mobile Computing Understanding Hospital Readiness for Computerized Physician Order Entry Computerized Physician Order Entry In Community Hospitals: Lessons from the Field E-Prescribing Electronic Medical Records: Lessons from Small Physician Practice Findings from Provider Organizations Using Patient Registries Computerized Physician Order Entry: A Look at the Vendor Marketplace and Getting Started Overview of the Leapfrog Group Evaluation Tool for Computerized Physician Order Entry
Date:	7/23/2004
Presenters:	David Classen, MD, MS, First Consulting Group
Description:	PowerPoint presentation focusing on an overview of electronic health records and the impact on physician practice in the office settings. Discussion of disease management and the tools available to assist the physician with the process.
Keywords:	EHR, Physician Offices, Disease Management

Title:	Introduction to SureScripts and Improving the Prescribing Process Panel Discussion on QIOs’ Steps to Prepare for Health Information Technology Work
Date:	7/23/2004
Presenters:	Kevin Hutchinson, SureScripts
Description:	PowerPoint presentation focusing providing an overview of the SureScript model regarding quality control in the pharmacy industry. Discussion included the development and implementation of the model across the United States, designed to ensure, enhance and promote a quality prescribing method.
Keywords:	Quality Control, Patient Safety, Electronic Prescribing, Collaborative Practice
Title:	Recruiting Physicians for Electronic Medical Record Implementation
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Description:	PowerPoint presentation that provides and overview of the Computerization of Medical Practices for the Enhancement of Therapeutic Effectiveness (COMPETE) project conducted at the Centre for Evaluation of Medicines at McMasters University. Provides an overview of common myths related to information technology adoption in physician offices, addresses the issues of cost, value and price, and provides lessons learned related to educating and engaging physicians for success.
Keywords:	electronic medical records, implementation, McMaster University, change management
Title:	The Final Frontier: Implementing Information Technology and EMRs in Physician Offices
Date:	3/11/2004
Presenter:	Tony Linares, MD, Lumetra
Description:	PowerPoint presentation providing up-to-date information on the progress of EMR implementation and the use of a collaborative QI Model to initiate Practice Re-design as an essential component of successful adoption.
Keywords:	HIT, QI transformation, QI model, EMR, Practice Re-design, DOQ-IT
Title:	All Aboard the New Vendor – Departure: Novell Platform; Arrival: Microsoft Platform
Date:	3/12/2004
Presenter:	Laurie Christopher, Oregon Medical Professional Review Organization (Acumentra), and Kevin Koziol, Microsoft Corporation
Description:	PowerPoint presentation describing how to install Windows 2003 with Active Directory, the server migration process. Includes a discussion on the techniques for network security.
Keywords:	Microsoft, Windows 2003, Active Directory, server migration process, Domain Name Service (DNS)/ Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP), network security
Title:	Keys to Success in HIT: Perspectives from the Field
Date:	2/25/2005
Presenters:	James Morrow, MD, North Fulton Family Medicine, J. Marc Overhage, MD, PhD, Indiana Health Information Exchange, Inc., and John Tooker, MD, EVP, American College of Physicians
Description:	PowerPoint presentation. Dr. James Morrow shares his experience and lessons learned from successfully implementing an EHR in his primary care practice. He discusses how QIOs can best assist physicians in the 8 th SOW based on his experience. Dr. Marc Overhage speaks about key elements for success in HIT that QIOs should consider at both the micro and macro levels. Dr. John Tooker of the ACP addresses how partnering with medical societies like ACP can help the QIOs succeed, and how QIOs can work best with ACP state chapters in light of the proposal to include state chapter approval as part of the proof of capability for the 8 th SOW.
Keywords:	HIT, EHRs, 8th SOW, ACP, QIOs
Title:	Electronic Health Records in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care
Date:	2/24/2005
Presenters:	Jennie Harvell, MEd, Department of Health and Human Services, and Barbara Paul, MD, Beverly Enterprises, Inc.
Description:	PowerPoint Presentation. As one of the nation’s largest nursing home companies, Beverly Healthcare has implemented a variety of products to allow the clinical team to use IT as an aid to their work. This presentation describes these products, the challenges faced and the future envisioned for electronic health records. Ideas are shared regarding the role of the federal government and the QIOs in achieving this vision.
Keywords:	Electronic Health Records, nursing homes, IT, Beverly Healthcare
Title:	My Long Road to EHR Adoption
Date:	5/25/2005
Presenter:	Peter Basch, MD, Medical Director, eHealth, MedStar Health
Description:	Powerpoint presentation highlighting the presenter’s professional decision to adopt electronic health record technology in order to improve the quality of his practice and increase efficiencies. Outlines the lessons learned thus far, such as the business case for HIT adoption, the limitations and challenges experienced to date, and his thoughts on possible solutions.
Keywords:	Electronic health records, EHR, HIT , quality improvement, P4P, physician’s office, interconnectivity, productivity, business case
Title:	Joe’s Story: A Solo Practice
Date:	5/25/2005
Presenter:	Joseph Heyman, MD, Trustee, American Medical Association
Description:	Powerpoint presentation describing the road taken by an individual physician in private practice to implement health information technology in a small office setting.
Keywords:	Health information technology, HIT, quality improvement, physician’s office, patient care
Title:	EHR Adoption: Challenges and Strategies for Moving Forward
Date:	5/25/2005
Presenter:	Patricia Lohman, CEO, Outlook Associates
Description:	Powerpoint presentation outlining the key steps that purchasers move through in the adoption of EMR technology, from initial preconceptions to systems evaluation, vendor research, purchasing, planning, and implementation. Includes list of websites that have vendor listings.
Keywords:	Electronic medical record, EMR , EHR, implementation approaches
Title:	Physician Office Workflow and Process Change
Date:	5/25/2005
Presenter:	John Weir, Senior Project Ma nager, Informatics, Lumetra
Description:	Powerpoint presentation describing the fundamental steps in assessing efficiencies and effectiveness of workflow processes in a physician’s office setting.
Keywords:	Physician office, workflow process, flowchart, assessment
Title:	Developing a Roadmap to Certified Interoperability of Lab Results and Immunizations
Date:	5/25/2005
Presenter:	Alan E. Zuckerman, MD FAAP, Georgetown University Medical Center
Description:	Powerpoint presentation outlining the need for interoperability of health information technology systems, in particular those related to e-prescribing, lab results, and immunizations. Reviews the importance of interoperable IT systems for the physician’s office setting in improving patient care, and the role that physicians may play in driving forward the certification of critical systems.
Keywords:	Health information technology, IT, EHR, e-prescribing, improving patient care, physician’s office, interoperability, certification, lab results, immunizations
Title:	Bridges to Excellence
Date:	5/25/2005
Presenter:	Dale Whitney, Corporate Health Care Manager, United Parcel Service
Description:	Powerpoint presentation providing a detailed overview of the Bridges to Excellence project, a not-for-profit collaboration between employers, health care providers, and health plans that focuses on providing incentives that improve quality of care within the physician office setting. Includes review of outcomes of pilot marketing and analysis of success factors.
Keywords:	Health information technology, HIT, physician’s office, quality improvement, incentives, NCQA Physician Recognition Measures, performance measures
Title:	Incentives for HIT: A National Perspective
Date:	5/25/2005
Presenter:	Francois de Brantes, Program Leader, Health Care Initiatives, General Electric Co.
Description:	Powerpoint presentation overviewing various HIT incentive initiatives that seek to encourage quality improvement through the adoption of improved information technologies. Describes the principles upon which they are based, and the relationship of these principles to the Parallel Pathways program of the eHealth Initiative.
Keywords:	Health information technology, HIT, quality improvement, incentive measures, P4P
Title:	Accelerating HIT Adoption: A View of the NHIN
Date:	5/25/2005
Presenter:	Francois de Brantes, Program Leader, Health Care Initiatives, General Electric Co.
Description:	Powerpoint presentation briefly describing the initial stages of project development under the National Group for the Advancement of HIT, and the proposed common framework capturing technical standards, policy standards, and performance measurement.
Keywords:	Health information technology, HIT, quality improvement, performance measures, standards, common framework
Title:	Status of the Florida Health Information Network (PPT) Interim Report to Governor Jeb Bush (Word)
Date:	5/25/2005
Presenter:	Michael Heekin, Chair, Governor’s Health Information Infrastructure Advisory Board, State of Florida
Description:	Powerpoint presentation and Word document describing the implementation of a statewide health information network for Florida. Includes the current status of the network, key lessons learned to date, and recommendations for next steps in its evolution.
Keywords:	Health information network, health information exchange, electronic health records, EHR, HIT, health policy issues, resource sharing, stakeholder education
Title:	Colorado Health Information Exchange
Date:	5/25/2005
Presenter:	David W. Kaplan, MD, MPH, Professor Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Chief Medical Information Officer, Children’s Hospital
Description:	Powerpoint presentation describing the implementation of a statewide health information network for Colorado. Outlines the many technical and policy challenges involved in developing a far-reaching electronic tool and the efforts to build a multistakeholder approach to creating effective solutions.
Keywords:	Health information network, health information exchange, electronic health records, EHR, HIT, HIE, health policy issues, multistakeholder collaboration
Title:	A Brief History of the Indiana Health Information Exchange
Date:	5/25/2005
Presenter:	J. Marc Overhage, MD, PhD, Regenstrief Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine
Description:	Powerpoint presentation describing the development of Indiana’s statewide health information exchange system, its partners, goals, and outcomes. Describes three recent challenges and their solutions, with particular attention paid to the aspect of “data re-use.” Provides snapshots of web-based user interface tools.
Keywords:	Electronic health information, electronic medical record, EMR, HIT, HIE, data re-use, electronic laboratory reporting, syndromic surveillance
Title:	Santa Barbara County Care Data Exchange
Date:	5/25/2005
Presenter:	Mike Skinner, Board of Directors, Santa Barbara County Care Data Exchange
Description:	Powerpoint presentation describing the implementation of a peer-to-peer data network for health data exchange. Outlines the challenges inherent in planning, funding, network architecture, consumer education, and evaluation for the system. Provides planning tips to those interested in developing a similar mechanism.
Keywords:	Health information exchange, health data, electronic medical record, EMR, stakeholder engagement, consumer education
Title:	HealthBridge
Date:	5/25/2005
Presenter:	Robert Steffel, Executive Director, HealthBridge
Description:	Powerpoint presentation outlining the development of a community-wide collaborative health information network for the Cincinnati, OH area. Includes project-specific details regarding key partners, financial structure, pricing and overall collaborative strategies, and accomplishments to date.
Keywords:	Health information network, CHIN, collaborative network, multistakeholder participation, ROI, pricing strategy
Title:	Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC)
Date:	5/25/2005
Presenter:	Micky Tripathi, CEO, Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative
Description:	Powerpoint presentation focusing on the piloting phase of a statewide collaborative health information network. Includes significant detail on both organizational and project structure, objectives, timeline, vision, and values, and the strategy to carry lessons learned to communities once the pilot phase is completed.
Keywords:	Health information network, ehealth, EHR, collaborative models, sustainability, replicability, pilot project structure
Title:	Bopping Around the Spectrum of Long Term Care
Date:	5/25/2005
Presenter:	John F. Derr, R.Ph, Executive Vice President, American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living
Description:	Powerpoint presentation providing a broad overview of the status of long term care and some of the aspects for which health information technology is now being considered as a mechanism for the improvement of patient care.
Keywords:	Health information technology, HIT, electronic health record, EHR, CMS, long term care, LTC, elderly, nursing homes, assisted living, resident care, RHIO, e-prescribing, consultant pharmacist
Title:	PA Moving Forward, Goal: Seamless Collaboration and Integration in Healthcare
Date:	5/25/2005
Presenter:	Dan S. Drawbaugh, CIO, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Description:	Powerpoint presentation providing a broad overview of the history, planning timeline, and mission of the Pennsylvania eHealth Initiative, a regional health information organization (RHIO).
Keywords:	Health information technology, regional health information organization, HIT, RHIO, electronic medical record (EMR), population health
Title:	Lee County Connectivity/Enhanced Care Access Program, Pilot Program 2005
Date:	5/25/2005
Presenter:	Michael Smith, CIO, Lee Memorial Health System
Description:	Word document outlining the proposed Lee County ( Florida ) connectivity/coordinated care management program. Describes the partners and partnership values behind the program, its mission and goals, and a 2-phase pilot implementation for an integrated electronic medical records system.
Keywords:	Health information technology, electronic medical records, EMR, care management
Title:	Vermont Information Technology Leaders
Date:	5/25/2005
Presenter:	Gregory Farnum, CIO, Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, Project Director, Vermont Information Technology Leaders
Description:	Powerpoint presentation describing work to date in developing a RHIO-based model for integrating health care using health information technology and electronic medical records. Presents the project outline as well as key questions and requirements of the system that will be developed, and an analysis of the costs, benefits, and projected return on investment (ROI).
Keywords:	RHIO, health information technology, strategy development, electronic medical records, EHR, cost benefit, ROI
Title:	Regional Clinical Data Exchange: The Massachusetts Experience
Date:	5/25/2005
Presenter:	John Glaser, Vice President and CIO, Partners HealthCare
Description:	Powerpoint presentation outlining the key issues in developing a state-wide clinical data system for Massachusetts (MA-SHARE) as part of the much larger Massachusetts Health Data Consortium.
Keywords:	Health data exchange, clinical data exchange, regional collaboration

Title:	Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange
Date:	5/25/2005
Presenter:	L. Carl Volpe, PhD, Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, WellPoint Inc.
Description:	Powerpoint presentation describing the work of the Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange, a program of the Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH) designed to give providers greater and more effective access to information on patient health plan eligibility and benefits.
Keywords:	Health information technology, data standards, operating rules, HIPAA 270/271, health benefit plan coverage, eligibility
Title:	Building a National Health Information Infrastructure
Date:	5/25/2005
Presenter:	Allan Korn, MD FACP, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
Description:	Powerpoint presentation providing a broad overview of how BCBSA is working to develop IT initiatives nationally and how health plans and regional health information organizations (RHIOs) can provide greater understanding and use of health information technology (HIT). Includes discussion of financial incentives in promoting the adoption of HIT.
Keywords:	Health information technology, health plans, RHIOs, stakeholder incentives, P4P
Title:	Transforming Health Care: Using Health Information Technology to Improve Health Delivery at the Point of Care
Date:	5/25/2005
Presenters:	Bruce Taffel, MD, Senior Medical Director, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee, Chief Medical Officer, SharedHealth
Description:	Powerpoint presentation that seeks to make the case for thinking beyond the development of individual electronic health records (EHRs) to a regional and national health information exchange infrastructure that creates the basis for improving clinical practice and patient care.
Keywords:	Health information technology, health information exchange, electronic health record, community health record, regional health information organization, national health information infrastructure, EHR, HIE, EMPI, HIPAA

Title:	Public Health participation in health information exchanges: Accelerating adoption and widespread use of HIT
Date:	5/25/2005
Presenter:	David A. Ross, Sc.D., Director, Public Health Informatics Institute
Description:	Powerpoint presentation describing how public health institutions can add value to health information exchange (HIE) initiatives and how HIE can help to achieve public health goals and objectives.
Keywords:	Health information exchange (HIE), quality improvement, public health, data standards, business processes
Title:	A Need for Population Health Data in Clinical Practice
Date:	5/25/2005
Presenter:	Jane L. Garb, Health Geographics Program, Baystate Medical Center
Description:	Powerpoint presentation providing a brief overview of how a health geographics program can bring together census population data with healthcare quality analytics to assess risk factors in direct care, benchmark healthcare outcomes, provide the foundation for effective research and prevention initiatives, more effectively allocate resources, and plan strategically for the long term.
Keywords:	Population health data, high-risk populations, risk assessment, outcomes benchmarking, resource allocation, facilities planning, disaster preparedness
Title:	Vital Statistics as an Assessment Tool for Population Health Outcomes
Date:	5/25/2005
Presenters:	Marjorie S. Greenberg, Chief, Classifications and Public Health Data Standards Staff, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC
Description:	Powerpoint presentation describing recent efforts to “re-engineer” national standards and tools for certain vital statistics, including birth and death registration systems. Includes local and state-level examples as well as websites providing further information.
Keywords:	Population health data, vital statistics, certificates, registrations, data quality, data access, messaging system, public health information network (PHIN)
Title:	Accelerating the Development of Health Information Exchanges and Health Information Technology Use: A Call for Stakeholder Action
Date:	5/25/2005
Presenters:	Lawrence P. Hanrahan, PhD, Chief Epidemiologist, Bureau of Health Information and Policy, Wisconsin Division of Public Health
Description:	Powerpoint presentation describing the case for increased inclusion of public health expertise and analysis in the adoption, design, and use of health information technology by all stakeholder groups.
Keywords:	Public health, population health, health information technology, HIT, business case, business intelligence
Title:	Role of Population/Public Health in Regional Health Information Exchanges: Critical Infrastructure to Advance Population Health
Date:	5/25/2005
Presenters:	Marty LaVenture, PhD MPH, Director, Public Health Informatics, Commissioners Office, Minnesota Department of Health
Description:	Powerpoint presentation describing the mutuality of benefits that each sector will experience in increasing collaboration between public health practitioners and both regional and national health information networks.
Keywords:	Population health, public health, health information exchange, regional health information network, RHIO, NHIN, health data systems, information management, data acquisition, client information, epidemiology, point of service tools
Title:	Public Health’s Role in Health Information Exchange
Date:	5/25/2005
Presenters:	Farzad Mostashari, MD MSc, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Description:	Powerpoint presentation outlining the case for greater collaboration between public health practitioners and those interested in health information technology and exchange. Provides a business case for attracting greater involvement from the public health sector in health information initiatives.
Keywords:	Public health, health information exchange, clinical information systems, public health surveillance, resource management, epidemiology
Title:	Where and How Does Public Health Fit into Regional Health Information Exchanges
Date:	5/25/2005
Presenters:	Anna O. Orlova, PhD, Executive Director, Public Health Data Standards Consortium
Description:	Powerpoint presentation describing the objectives, key aspects of, and challenges for an interoperable model of electronic health records and health information exchange between clinical settings and public health agencies, designed by the Public Health Data Standards Consortium.
Keywords:	Public health, health information exchange, electronic health records, EHR, interoperability, standards-based infrastructure
Title:	Population/Public Health and EHRs: The State Perspective
Date:	5/25/2005
Presenters:	Mary Shaffran, Principal Director, Public Health Systems, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Description:	Powerpoint presentation describing the need for and challenges arising from efforts to integrate public health data in state and local health information network development. Outlines programs contributing data to integrated child health information systems in Missouri , Oregon , Rhode Island , and Utah .
Keywords:	Public health data, health informatics, health information network, EHRs, PHRs, PHIN, HIT
Title:	Report on the Population Health Surveillance Committee Federal Information Architecture
Date:	5/25/2005
Presenters:	Steven J. Steindel, PhD, Senior Advisor, Data Standards and Vocabulary, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Description:	Powerpoint presentation describing the current state of thinking on the development of the Federal Health Architecture (FHA), the organizational structure working to develop it, and recommendations to date on terminology needs. Focuses specifically on the needs to integrate population health data in six key areas.
Keywords:	Population health data, public health reporting, health informatics, health architecture, FHA, CHI, population health surveillance, interoperability, EHR
Title:	Public Health Participation in Health Information Exchanges: Barriers and Challenges to the Widespread Adoption and Use of Health Information Technologies
Date:	5/25/2005
Presenters:	Walter G. Suarez, MD MPH, President, Public Health Data Standards Consortium
Description:	Powerpoint presentation describing the challenges faced in increasing the participation of public health practitioners and agencies in health information technologies, including consideration of regulatory, organizational, financial, and cultural barriers.
Keywords:	Public health, health information technologies, HIT , cost-benefit, public health infrastructure, health information exchanges, HIE, connectivity, standards, interoperability

Title:	Purchasers and HIT Adoption: Physician Practice Connections
Date:	5/25/2005
Presenters:	Linda K. Shelton, Assistant Vice President, Product Development, NCQA
Description:	Powerpoint presentation describing NCQA’s Physician Practice Connections program, which provides incentives to practices that use systematic processes and information technology to improve patient care.
Keywords:	Health information technology, HIT, physician’s office, incentives
Title:	Aligning Incentives with Quality and Health Information Technology: Parallel Pathways for Quality Healthcare
Date:	5/25/2005
Presenters:	John Glaser, PhD, Vice President and CIO, Partners Healthcare; Francois de Brantes, Program Leader, Health Care Initiatives, General Electric Co.
Description:	Powerpoint presentation introducing the eHealth Initiative’s Parallel Pathways for Quality Healthcare framework, as part of a multi-stakeholder panel session during the 2 nd Annual Connecting Communities for Better Health Annual Learning Forum in 2005. Describes how the framework seeks to align incentives to adopt HIT with quality capabilities, physician HIT capabilities, and health information exchange capabilities.
Keywords:	Health information technology, health information exchange, HIT, HIE, quality, incentives, physician practice
Title:	The Right Care for the Right People at the Right Time: The 21st Century Health Information Act Rx: Health Care FYI #1: Federal Spending Rx: Health Care FYI #2: Electronic Medical Records Rx: Health Care FYI #3: Electronic Prescribing Rx: Health Care FYI #12: Information Technology Can Transform Healthcare
Date:	5/25/2005
Presenters:	Patrick J. Kennedy, Member of Congress and Timothy Murphy, Member of Congress
Description:	Powerpoint presentation and informational briefs describing the urgent need for transformative change of the national healthcare system within the United States, and how the 21 st Century Health Information Act (H.R. 2234) proposes to meet the challenges by promoting the development of IT capacity at the provider level and supporting the creation of interoperable and secure health information networks.
Keywords:	Health information networks, information technology, provider capacity, interoperability, change systems, electronic medical records, electronic prescribing
Title:	Early Results: Connecting Communities for Better Health Learning Forum Second Annual Survey
Date:	5/26/2005
Presenters:	Janet Marchibroda, CEO, eHealth Initiative and Foundation
Description:	Powerpoint presentation summarizing preliminary results of a survey of state-, regional-, and community-based health information exchange initiatives. Includes information on key drivers, challenges, technical models, and capital requirements.
Title:	DOQ-IT in Arkansas
Date:	5/26/2005
Presenter:	Nancy Archer, RN, HCQIP Director, Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care
Description:	Powerpoint presentation providing a broad overview of Arkansas ’ efforts to implement greater use of health information technology in the physician office setting. Includes a review of the operational phases each office/clinic moves through, detail on the readiness assessment phase, and a summary of the results to date at the state level.
Keywords:	Health information technology, physician office, DOQ-IT, EHR, readiness assessment
Title:	Implementation Pearls
Date:	5/26/2005
Presenter:	James R. Morrow, MD, North Fulton Family Medicine
Description:	Powerpoint presentation providing a user’s perspective on implementing a health information technology system in a physician’s office setting, including its rewards and challenges.
Keywords:	Health information technology, physician office, EMR, quality of care, outcomes, change management, methodologies
Title:	What Public Health Brings to Health Information Technology
Date:	5/26/2005
Presenters:	Perry F. Smith, MD, State Epidemiologist, New York State
Description:	Powerpoint presentation describing the mutual benefits that medical practitioners and the public health sector may experience with increased and more effective use of health information technology. Includes examples of immunization information systems, electronic communicable disease reporting, laboratory reports and tracking.
Keywords:	Public health, public health data, computerized information systems, eHealth commerce, health alerts, IT
Title:	Getting Clinical Value Out Of Interoperability: New Strategies
Date:	5/26/2005
Presenters:	Jonathan Teich, MD PhD, Senior VP and CMO, Healthvision
Description:	Powerpoint presentation describing the potential for innovation in creating technological strategies that provide for greater interoperability between different data systems and interfaces.
Keywords:	EHealth, interoperability, data exchange, EMR
Title:	Frameworks and Models for Integration
Date:	5/26/2005
Presenters:	Noam H. Arzt, PhD, President, HLN Consulting
Description:	Powerpoint presentation using childhood health information as a case in point to describe the twin challenges of data integration and application integration in efforts to develop more effective health information exchange systems.
Keywords:	Health information exchange, EMR, information systems, integration models
Title:	Patient Identification Technology and Data Exchange
Date:	5/26/2005
Presenters:	Lorraine Fernandes, RHIA, Senior Vice President of Healthcare Practice, Initiate
Description:	Powerpoint presentation discussing the complexities of designing an appropriate patient identification technology to enable effective health information exchange across multiple platforms and varying user needs. Includes commentary on the current debate in Canada .
Keywords:	Health information exchange, regional health information organization, RHIO, patient identification, MRNs, HER
Title:	Facilitating ePrescribing Interoperability: Payers, Physicians, Pharmacies, and Patients
Date:	5/26/2005
Presenters:	J. P. Little, Chief Information Officer, RxHub
Description:	Powerpoint presentation describing a vendor’s perspective on meeting the challenge of technical interoperability between diverse stakeholders, with a focus on e-prescribing.
Keywords:	E-prescribing, industry alliances, interoperability, efficiency, point-of-care, service delivery, standards
Title:	Developing an Incremental Pathway Towards Interoperability and Health Information Exchange
Date:	5/26/2005
Presenters:	Anna O. Orlova, PhD, Executive Director, Public Health Data Standards Consortium, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Description:	Powerpoint presentation describing the special considerations of semantic interoperability for the public health sector and the lessons that it may provide in developing more effective health information exchange. Presents an overview of four state-level health information systems ( Missouri , Utah , New York , and Rhode Island ), as well as a summary of the Public Health Data Standards Consortium’s EHR-PH system prototype for interoperability of clinical and public health systems.
Keywords:	Health information exchange, HIE, semantic interoperability, public health, data exchange, EHR
Title:	Connecting Communities “Technical Aspects”
Date:	5/26/2005
Presenters:	Wes Rishel, Director, Gartner Inc.
Description:	Powerpoint presentation providing an overview of the questions to be answered in developing effective health information exchange systems. Discusses the critical technological components of interoperability and proposes a broader ecological framework in which those components need to be considered.
Keywords:	Health information exchange, semantic interoperability, interoperability profile
Title:	Accurately Linking Patient Data
Date:	5/26/2005
Presenters:	Bill Braithwaite, MD PhD, Chief Medical Officer and Vice President, eHealth Initiative
Description:	Powerpoint presentation discussing the twin challenges of accessing benefits vs. patient privacy in the development of health information exchange systems. Provides an overview of the limitations of most existing systems and recent progress in the development of Master Patient Indexes.
Keywords:	Health information exchange, patient data, patient records, master patient index, MPI, health identifier
Title:	Semantic Interoperability
Date:	5/26/2005
Presenters:	J. Marc Overhage, MD PhD, CEO, Indiana Health Information Exchange
Description:	PDF file of a powerpoint presentation outlining the components of HL7 messaging standards, LOINC code standards, and current user and developer challenges in the construction of health data exchange systems.
Title:	New Mexico RHIO
Date:	5/26/2005
Presenters:	Jeff Blair, Vice President, Medical Records Institute
Description:	Powerpoint presentation describing a multi-stakeholder effort to develop a regional health information organization (RHIO) for the state of New Mexico that aims to enhance the ability of the healthcare delivery system to capture and share health information, improve efficiency, protect patient privacy, and support clinical research and public health.
Keywords:	Regional health information organization, RHIO, claims data, electronic health record, EHRs, stakeholder collaboration
Title:	California Regional Health Information Organization
Date:	5/26/2005
Presenters:	Ann Donovan, Project Director, CalRHIO
Description:	Powerpoint presentation describing CalRHIO’s goals, organizational structure, project components, and early lessons learned.
Keywords:	Health information exchange, regional health information organization, HIE, RHIO, data exchange, IT investment, stakeholder collaboration
Title:	Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration
Date:	5/26/2005
Presenters:	David Ross, Public Health Informatics Institute
Description:	Powerpoint presentation briefly outlining the key questions and challenges in multi-stakeholder collaborations, as well as the benefits they bring to the question of health care quality improvement.
Keywords:	Stakeholder collaboration, public health, community of practice, information systems
Title:	Connecting Healthcare Stakeholders Through HIT and Health Information Exchange: The Inland Northwest Health Services Story
Date:	5/26/2005
Presenters:	Thomas Fritz, CEO, Inland Northwest Health Services
Description:	Powerpoint presentation describing an organization that has successfully established a business model using shared services and integrated information systems to improve the delivery of health care across a large geographic region – eastern Washington, northern Idaho, northeastern Oregon and western Montana
Keywords:	Integrated clinical systems, electronic medical record, EMR, information access, Master Patient Index, standard data sets, patient safety, outcomes improvement
Title:	Working to Improve Health in the Central Appalachian Region through the Collaborative Use of Health Information
Date:	5/26/2005
Presenters:	Liesa Jenkins, Executive Director, Kingsport Tomorrow
Description:	Powerpoint presentation describing the development of CareSpark, a regional health information organization (RHIO) spanning southwestern Virginia and northeastern Tennessee .
Keywords:	Health information, health information exchange, services improvements, savings model projections, cost-benefits
Title:	The Pennsylvania eHealth Initiative
Date:	5/26/2005
Presenters:	Daniel P. Jones, Chief Operating Officer, Quality Insights of Pennsylvania
Description:	Powerpoint presentation outlining the early stages of development of a collaborative health information initiative for the state of Pennsylvania , and lessons learned to date.
Keywords:	eHealth, stakeholders, payer involvement, governance
Title:	Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration
Date:	5/26/2005
Presenters:	Mary Shaffran, Principal Director, Public Health Systems, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Description:	Powerpoint presentation outlining the structure, benefits of, and challenges facing ASTHO’s Public Health Informatics Policy Committee, a multi-stakeholder body that provides leadership and guidance to ASTHO members to strengthen their ability to utilize health information technology to achieve public health objectives.
Keywords:	Health information technology, public health informatics, collaboration, health information network, electronic health records, health alert network

Title:	Financing and Incentives
Date:	5/26/2005
Presenters:	A. John Blair III, MD, President and CEO, Taconic IPA Inc.
Description:	Powerpoint presentation describing key points for consideration (e.g., cost, complexity, human resources) in implementing a strategic approach to health information technology for use by the practitioners, labs, and other actors within a healthcare delivery network.
Keywords:	Health information technology, incentives, strategy, resources, model, cost
Title:	Regional Clinical Data Exchange: The Massachusetts Experience
Date:	5/26/2005
Presenters:	John Glaser, PhD, Vice President and CIO, Partners HealthCare
Description:	Powerpoint presentation describing the financial approach of MA SHARE, a collaboration comprising payers, providers, universities, pharmacies, advocacy/interest groups, government, and employers responsible for developing and managing the regional clinical data exchange grid.
Keywords:	Data exchange, EHR adoption, financing, sustainability
Title:	The Population Health Perspective: Financing
Date:	5/26/2005
Presenters:	Lawrence P. Hanrahan, PhD, Chief Epidemiologist, Bureau of Health Information and Policy, Wisconsin Division of Public Health
Description:	Powerpoint presentation describing how population health informatics can provide the “business intelligence” critical to developing and using effective health information systems.
Keywords:	Population health, informatics, business intelligence, information technology, evidence-based practices, ROI, RHIOs
Title:	Targeted Removal of Barriers to Care
Date:	5/26/2005
Presenters:	David Hom, Pitney Bowes
Description:	Powerpoint presentation summarizing the preliminary findings of a study that used predictive modeling to assist the company in learning more about the human and financial costs associated with diabetes and asthma within the company’s workforce, and its lessons for the company’s health management and data systems and prescription drug plan design.
Keywords:	Disease management, health care costs, predictive modeling, drug plan design
Title:	Financing and Incentives for Community Health Information Exchange: Rewarding and Supporting Population Health
Date:	5/26/2005
Presenters:	Jonathan P. Weiner, DPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Description:	Powerpoint presentation describing the interrelationship between population health data, the development of effective health information exchange systems, and effective financial incentives for the adoption of health information technology. Includes reference to other national structures ( UK, Canada ) that could provide models for improving the infrastructure within the US.
Keywords:	Population health, health information exchange, HIT, pay for performance, P4P, e-indicators, information infrastructure, financial sustainability
Title:	Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs): The Primary Vehicle for Achieving the National Health Information Network (NHIN)
Date:	5/26/2005
Presenters:	Holt Anderson, Executive Director, North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance
Description:	Powerpoint presentation describing the basic organizing principles of regional health information organizations (RHIOs) and their role in implementing a national health information network (NHIN). Provides detail of the North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance (NCHICA) as a case study.
Keywords:	Health information exchange, regional health information organization, national health information network, RHIO, NHIN,
Title:	Regional Health Information Organizations: Business, Organizational and Legal Issues The New Health Care Frontier: Navigating Through the Land of Regional Health Information Organizations (Word Document)
Date:	5/26/2005
Presenters:	William S. Bernstein, Esq., Manatt, Phelps and Phillips
Description:	Powerpoint presentation and accompanying article providing an overview of the policy issues driving the formation of regional health information organizations (RHIOs) and an analysis of RHIO organizational models currently operating in the United States .
Keywords:	Health information exchange, HIE, regional health information organization, RHIO, policy issues, models, financing, governance
Title:	RHIO Activation Plan: Essential Elements of a RHIO Business Plan
Date:	5/26/2005
Presenters:	Bruce A. Henderson, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, LLP
Description:	Powerpoint presentation describing the essential issues to consider in the planning process for the creation of a regional health organization, from articulation of the vision and strategy to the development of an effective business model, governance structure, and data management system. Provides a graphic outline of an implementation plan.
Keywords:	Regional health information organization, RHIO, business plan, implementation, priorities, standards, execution
Title:	Organizational and Legal Issues
Date:	5/26/2005
Presenters:	Vicki Hohner, Fox Systems, Inc.
Description:	Powerpoint presentation briefly describing the key privacy and security issues and goals within the discussion of health information exchange.
Keywords:	Health information exchange, privacy, security
Title:	Developing Organization and Governance Models for HIE
Date:	5/26/2005
Presenters:	Walter Suarez, MD MPH, President, Public Health Data Standards Consortium
Description:	Powerpoint presentation describing the critical issues faced in the development of regional health information organizations (RHIOs), including mission, governance, sustainability, and community trust.
Keywords:	Health information exchange, HIE, organizational development, governance, sustainable business models
Title:	Developing Organization and Governance Models for HIE: Privacy and Security
Date:	5/26/2005
Presenters:	Walter Suarez, MD MPH, President, Public Health Data Standards Consortium
Description:	Powerpoint presentation offering thoughts and recommendations on operationalizing the five HIPAA principles related to patient privacy within an information exchange discussion.
Title:	Overview of Personal Health Records and Consumer Engagement in Health Information Exchange
Date:	5/26/2005
Presenters:	David Lansky, PhD, Markle Foundation
Description:	Powerpoint presentation discussing the implications of recent consumer surveys for understanding current attitudes toward personal health records (PHRs) and the engagement of consumers in building demand for connectivity.
Keywords:	Health information exchange, electronic health records, personal health records, EHRs, PHRs, health IT, interoperability, privacy, security, consumer demand
Title:	Working with Consumers
Date:	5/256/2005
Presenters:	Mike Skinner, Board of Directors, Santa Barbara Country Care Data Exchange
Description:	Powerpoint presentation briefly outlining the creation of a regional health information organization in southern California , keeping in mind consumer needs in its development.
Keywords:	Health information exchange, regional health information organization, RHIO, consumer engagement
Title:	TRICARE Online
Date:	5/26/2005
Presenters:	Robert Wah, MD, CAPT, MC, USN, Associate CIO for Clinical Informatics, Military Health System
Description:	Powerpoint presentation of a case study on the development of the Military Health System’s electronic health capacity. Includes discussion of its structure, user interface, and usage metrics.
Keywords:	eHealth, information system, stakeholder identification, buy-in
Title:	Designing the National Health Information Network: Patient and Consumer-Focused Principles
Date:	5/26/2005
Presenters:	David Lansky, PhD, Markle Foundation
Description:	Word document containing the Patient and Consumer-Focused Principles developed by the Markle Foundation in 2005 through a multi-stakeholder dialogue with nine national advocacy groups. The Principles provide recommendations to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT) regarding issues of information access and control, disclosure and accountability, functionality, and governance.
Keywords:	Health information network, NHIN, information access, privacy, security, control, disclosure, accountability, governance
Title:	Case Studies of Organizational Models for HIE: The Rhode Island Quality Institute
Date:	5/26/2005
Presenters:	Laura Adams, President and CEO, Rhode Island Quality Institute
Description:	Powerpoint presentation using a Quality Improvement Organization and its work related to health information exchange as a case study to discuss two models of change: Diffusion of Innovations and Complex Adaptive Systems.
Keywords:	Health information exchange, regional health information organization, HIE, RHIO, change models, complex adaptive systems, CAS
Title:	California Regional Health Information Organization (CalRHIO)
Date:	5/26/2005
Presenters:	Jo Ellen Hylind Ross, President and CEO, Lumetra
Description:	Powerpoint presentation introducing a relatively new statewide health information organization for California , including its structure, funding, and projects.
Keywords:	Regional health information organization, RHIO, health data exchange, governance