Office of Health IT - HITOC November Update and Task Force Final Meeting

Office of Health IT - HITOC and Task Force Updates

You have received this message as a subscriber to informational updates from the Health Information Technology Oversight Council (HITOC) and the Office of Health Information Technology (OHIT) for the Oregon Health Authority (OHA). 

New information is now available on the HITOC website at http://oregon.gov/oha/ohpr/hitoc and also the OHIT website at http://healthit.oregon.gov.

HITOC November Update

Health IT Task Force Recommendations

The OHA Health IT Task Force will hold it's final meeting on November 20^th, where the Task Force will give feedback on a set of recommendations for Oregon’s long-term HIT/HIE development, including the role of the state in delivering HIT/HIE, technology, governance and finance.  These recommendations will be reported to the HITOC at the December 12^th meeting.

Please visit the OHIT website at http://healthit.oregon.gov/Initiatives/Pages/Task-Force.aspx for more information about the Health IT Task Force.

Medicaid EHR Incentive Program Adoption

Oregon providers have received $192.1 million in Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) incentive payments, with $83.3 million in Medicaid EHR incentives going to 3,200 providers and 29 hospitals and $108.8 million in Medicare EHR incentives to 1,600 providers and 51 hospitals.

Please visit Oregon's Medicaid EHR Incentive program website at http://www.oregon.gov/oha/MHIT/Pages/faq.aspx for more information.

CareAccord Program

During the month of October, 880 registered CareAccord accounts across 107 organizations were used to send 621 Direct secure messages.

Also in October, CareAccord became the first state Health Information Service Provider accredited by DirectTrust, the ONC-sponsored accrediting body for Direct exchange.  This Direct Trusted Agent Accreditation Program (DTAAP) accreditation recognizes excellence in health data transactions and ensures compliance with industry standards, HIPAA regulations and the Direct Project.   Learn more about DirectTrust here.  We’ll be sending out an email update and posting additional details our website later this month to announce and celebrate this accomplishment.

Please visit the CareAccord website at https://www.careaccord.org/ for more information about Direct secure messaging.

Emergency Department Information Exchange

OHIT is excited to announce that 56 hospitals in the state have agreed to implement the Emergency Department Information Exchange (EDIE) over the next year.  EDIE is a solution developed by Collective Medical Technologies (CMT) to exchange information among Emergency Departments (EDs) to identify frequent users and create care plans to help those frequent ED utilizers to determine if there is another care setting that is more appropriate.  Additionally, EDIE enables EDs to share information with primary care providers in real time, support care coordination, case management, and help with performance measurement.  Washington state has used this solution to help reduce its own ED utilization rate and create significant savings for its hospitals.

EDIE is a collaboration between Oregon Health Leadership Council (OHLC), OHA, the Oregon Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, and the hospital association wherein OHA is subsidizing half of the first year’s cost as a carrot to get EDIE in place in at least 75% of Oregon’s hospitals.  Nearly all hospitals in the state have agreed to participate!  The goal is to reduce ED utilization rates and ensure people are receiving care in the most appropriate setting.

HITOC Public Meeting Notice:

The December meeting of the HITOC is schedule for December 12th.  The details for this meeting are below, please visit the HITOC website for a full schedule of meetings.

• Thursday, December 12, 1-4:30 PM, Portland - State Office Building, Conference Room 1-D, 800 NE Oregon Street, 1st Floor, Portland, OR

OHA Health IT Task Force Meeting Materials Now Available

The fourth meeting of the OHA Health IT Task Force occurred on October 30th.  Meeting materials and the public recording for this meeting are now available on the OHIT website.

Please visit http://healthit.oregon.gov/Initiatives/Pages/Task-Force.aspx for more information about the Health IT Task Force.

Health IT Task Force Public Meeting Reminder:

The final meeting of OHA Health IT Task Force is schedule for November 20th.  The details for this meeting are below, please visit the OHIT website for a full schedule of meetings.

• Wednesday, November 20, 1-5 PM, Portland - State Office Building, Conference Room 1-E, 800 NE Oregon Street, 1st Floor, Portland, OR

All task force meetings will be public, and the schedule and materials will be circulated to our listserv and posted to the OHIT website.  Please find more background information about the Health IT Task Force on the OHIT website.  Please find the full membership roster of the task force here.

Oregon’s Health Information Technology Oversight Council will carry the work of the short-term Health IT Task Force into the future.  Information about HITOC’s upcoming meetings can be found at the HITOC website.​

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