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Plenary Session Minutes - 2 March 2007

Plenary Session Minutes

"The work you’re doing on a Northern Virginia RHIO is critical not just on an individual level, but for society as a whole. This is important and I thank you. "
GMU President Alan Merten at the first NOVA RHIO Open Forum May 5, 2006

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NOVA RHIO March 2, 2007 Plenary Session Welcome- Jane Woods Appreciation for intense commitment of committees Jim Burns will address the next meeting about the Master Patient Index. The Immunization Registry will include information from private as well as public clinics and will meet the 12 standards Announcement of Charter Board Members J.P. Auffret Geoff Brown David Hollins Dr. Archie McPherson Dr. Leslie Elwood Ian Kremer Jo Ann Knox Alan Goldberg Dr. Hazel—Chairman Dossia Presentation Jim Harris, Intel Five large corporations are funding the Omnimedix Institute, an independent non-profit institute, to develop Dossia, a web-based framework for persons to be able to maintain personal health records and manage their own interactions with providers. Architecture: Based on the Connecting for Health Care Framework (CFH) devised under the auspices of the Markle Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. It will have a Database Enablement Capability that will allow users to activate it and add layers over time. http://www.connectingforhealth.org/commonframework/ Principles: Person centered; owner of the record determines its use Private and secure, but accessible to properly authorized users Portable Adaptable over a lifetime and for persons in all conditions of health Find more information on Dossia under the March 2 presentations* link on this website..* RHIO Preliminary Focus Geoff Brown Identifying sources of data Identifying standards for sharing Collaborating to work out the details Subsets of a RHIO Dr. Ken Geoly The RHIO has to provide a database that will accommodate all of the individual pieces of information that a medical system collects on a person and store them in a secure PHR. The RHIO will start with lab results, radiology results, medications, immunizations, and health care preferences. See Dr. Geoly’s graphic under the March 2 presentations* link* SharePoint for the RHIO Lauren White The RHIO will have a common portal for committee members to see and share information. Committee members should send in their e-mail addresses, so that access and passwords can be arranged. The portal will be transparent and updatable. Proprietary data is not suitable for publication on the portal. Community Standards for using SharePoint Alan Goldberg Considerations for sharing information: Be mindful of language used Be sensitive to proprietary information Follow rules of etiquette Committee Reports Patient Committee Dr. L. Elwood Developing a community grid and identifying key stakeholders Collaborating with Outreach Committee Contacting county medical societies Planning physician focus groups Infrastructure Committee Michael Corrigan The slides will be posted on SharePoint Several scenarios for prioritizing types of data and phasing in the implementation have been developed. Hybrid architecture chosen Focus on Scenario I—Patient Safety Find solutions for such problems as harmonizing data, e.g. demographic data, from sources that disagree. Agree on terminology. Set up alternative channels of communication, ownership of data. See more information on the Infrastructure Committee’s work at the March 2 presentations* link on this website.* Developing a Project Plan Helayne Sweet 1. Devise a more complete set of requirements 2. Identify performance metrics, e.g. show that the systems will reduces adverse drug effects or save costs 3. Evaluate design 4. Estimate costs according to needs Outreach Committee Ian Kremer Need a compelling message Message must be targeted to interests of hearers What is the “value proposition” 1. Quality care 2. Improved information access 3. Better health through better information 4. Cost savings First test group will be the Reston Citizens’ Association Legal and Documents Alan Goldberg 1. Processes and documents must be responsive to real needs and make good sense 2. Must be accurate 3. Sensitive to compliance obligations, e.g. providing insurance for RHIO employees. The RHIO will be a charitable organization intended for public service. It will be a corporation, to provide it with protection and a perpetual life. It will provide protection for individuals. Closing - Jane Woods and Dr. Hazel Next step would be reaching out to business partners. Welcomed William Lecos of the Fairfax Chamber of Commerce. Next Meeting May 11, 2007.