Meaningful Use, Interoperability and the Public Health IT System

It Takes a Village

Public Health Systems A Grand Vision

• implement capable, interoperable information systems that support public health, preparedness and to develop information technology systems that are compliant with PHIN.

• A national initiative to improve the capacity of public health to use and exchange information electronically by promoting the use of standards and defining technical requirements.

• best practices related to efficient, effective, and interoperable public health information systems that support both routine public health activities and emergency preparedness and response.

Capacity for Interoperability!It is my funding…but I need some

of “their” data!

Vital Statistics

Child Support

New Born Screening

Immuni-zations

Clinic Systems

Bio-T &Prepared-

ness

Cancer Registries

WIC

Public Health Lab

Office of Drinking Water

NEDSS based system

HIV/AIDSRyan White

State HIE

Underground Railroad

• Lead Clinical Health • TB Clinical Health• Patient Tracking Immunization DACS/CDC• Private Labs Surveillance• HIE Surveillance• HIE Chief Complaint• Inventory PEPR Inventory

Public Health and ….

ARRAHITECH

HIEMeaningful Use

NHIN

Report and Analyze - One-way? Bi-directional?

Who gets the funding?

Public Health DataCapacity for Decision support

• Bio-surveillance• Registries• Clinical support• Decision Report• ePrescribing• EHR

Increase Readiness

• Strategies:– Funding sources– Communication– Security– Applications– Regional NHIN

• Who are your partners?

eHealth Plan

• Patient

• Provider

• Agency

• Local

• State

• Regional

• National

Meaningful Use

• It is more than an entry in a GRANT!