Slide Presentation from the AHRQ 2007 Annual Conference

In the beginning focus was the key to success

• Our project was restricted to use in the Emergency Department only.
• All work groups were focused on the same goal—initial use in the Emergency Department
  • Financial Work Group
  • Technical Work Group
  • Privacy and Security Work Group
  • Clinical Work Group
• The privacy and security work group narrowed the use of the data to the purpose of diagnosis and treatment.