Charge to Technology and Professional Practice
Advisory Committee
Overview
Since September 2004 a dedicated group of nearly 20 health care Chief Information Officers and physicians have met regularly to design a statewide health information exchange system that will meet the unique needs of a large, rural state such as Maine. Through the latter half of 2005 and first half of 2006, the Technology Committee met on a monthly basis to complete a nationwide technical Request for Information (RFI) process that drew proposals from 16 technology companies with extensive expertise and experience in electronic information sharing; used an extensive evaluation plan to review each proposal; conducted two full days of extensive presentations and interviews of the five semi-finalists; developed a detailed functional design document that described the functionality and the system architecture; and coordinated technical design work with the leadership of the Maine CDC & P integrated public health information system.
The Technology Committee has completed the vendor review and selection process which narrowed 16 companies to two vendor finalists. The newly formed Technology and Professional Practice Committee will begin contract negotiations with the final two vendors with the goal of a final recommendation being presented to the HealthInfoNet Board in December 2006. As the vendor selection process moves forward, work will also be coordinated with the Maine CDC&P integrated public health reporting system (IPHIS).
With the establishment of the new HealthInfoNet Board of Directors, a new set of standing committees have been identified including a Technology and Professional Practice Advisory Committee. The new committee will be comprised of some of the previous members of the Phase II Technology Committee as well as new members identified from Maine's health care community. The new committee will also establish working groups comprised of committee members and invited experts in the field to address specific technical issues.
Goals
- Establish a Technology and Professional Practice Advisory Committee comprised of CIOs and Chief Medical Directors from Maine provider sites, practicing providers, and other interested parties with experience and expertise in the implementation and use of health information technology, clinical data sets, and/or public health information systems.
- Provide for representation on committee from providers with varying degrees of electronic medical record system use including non-users.
- Initiate regular meeting schedule beginning in October 2006.
- Ensure strong technical and clinical experience in HealthInfoNet by actively engaging some or all Technology and Professional Practice Committee members in:
- Advising HIN staff in negotiating contract provisions with technology vendors;
- Recommending system functional design to support HIN service objectives;
- Supporting development of the Vendor Forum to coordinate communication with office EMR vendors and IDN/ Hospital HIN vendors;
- Reviewing nationally recommended standards (data coding, security, etc.) and promoting statewide adoption;
- Serving as an implementation oversight committee responsible for supporting HIN staff in monitoring vendor work plans and deliverables, establishing criteria for pilot participants, and working to identify and resolve barriers to success;
- Supporting the coordination of interface activities and assist in managing interface development with providers and practices;
- Assisting in the development of a statewide MPI and the management protocols to be adopted by HIN;
- Serving as Long-Range Planning workgroup to review and study product/service opportunities to be recommended to the HIN Board;
- Serving as the professional practice subcommittee to address and make recommendations on clinical practice, quality improvement and content management objectives for HIN;
- Providing input for the design of EMR interfaces;
- Advising on the development of a provider education plan to communicate the value of HIN to practicing physicians;
- Supporting the liaison with Maine CDC&P to sustain a plan for meeting public health data needs.
HealthInfoNet Bylaws Requirements
- The Committee shall be chaired by a Director.
- The Committee will be responsible for advising the Corporation on all matters related to the HealthInfoNet system.
- A majority of the members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum.
- Committee meetings may be called by the Committee Chairperson or by a designee of the Committee Chairperson.
- The Committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and shall report its actions to the Board on a regular basis.
Proposed Technology and Professional Practice Advisory Committee Membership
Chair: Rod Prior- HIN Board Member
Frank Barley* - IT: Payer - Anthem
Kash Basavappa* - IT: IDN - Maine General Hospital - Augusta/Waterville
Catherine Bruno* - IT: IDN - Eastern Maine Health System - Bangor
Robert Clinton, M.D. - Clinical - Mercy Hospital - Portland
Dan Friedland, M.D.* - Clinical - Damariscotta
Eric Hartz, M.D. - Clinical - Eastern Maine Health System
Joyce Hanscome* - IT: IDN: Central Maine Health Care - Lewiston
Ralph Johnson* - IT: IDN: Franklin Health Care System - Farmington
Doug Jorgensen, D.O. - Clinical - Manchester
Paul Klainer, M.D. * - Clinical - Owl's Head
Donald Krause, M.D.* - Clinical - St. Joseph's Hospital - Bangor
Dan McCormack - Practice Management - InterMed - South Portland
Martin McGowan* - IT: Maine Primary Care Association
Dan Mingle* - Clinical - Maine General Hospital - Augusta/Waterville
Sandra Parker* - Maine Hospital Association
Dennis Puls* - IT: PenBay Medical Center - Rockland
Stephen Rosenfield, M.D. - IT/Clinical - MaineHealth - Portland
Dave Silsbee* - IT: Cary Medical Center - Caribou
Doug Smith* - IT: Martin's Point - Portland
Lisa Tuttle* - Public Health - Maine CDC & P
*indicates individuals participating in original MHINT Technology Committee
Subject Experts for AdHoc Workgroups
Baird Mallory. M.D. - IT/Clinical - Maine Medical Center - Portland
Jeff Bland - Practice Management - Bowdoin Group - Brunswick
Burgess Record, M.D. - Clinical - Farmington
Carol King - Secure Messaging - Eastern Maine Health System - Bangor
Greg McCarthy - IT - Martin's Point - Portland
Eric Small-IT/Operations- InterMed- Portland
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