Slide Presentation from the AHRQ 2007 Annual Conference

What we have done to navigate the privacy and cinfidentiality issues

• Following the Connecting for Health policy framework and model contracts, the board created the Operations Committee
  • All Participants have a voice/vote in addition the MidSouth eHealth Alliance has a voice/vote
• The Operations Committee has become the forum for discussing the privacy, security, confidentiality and legal landscape. They advise and educate the Board and others.
  • Reviews and recommends policy changes
  • Reviews requests for different uses of the data
  • Reviews applications for participation
  • Responds to specific agenda items from the Board—usually related to policy
• The Operations Committee is involved in the expansion of scope and use of data discussions
  • Expansion of scope beyond the emergency room
    • Ambulatory sites
    • Hospitalists
  • Expansion of use of the data
    • Public health reporting
      • Reportable diseases
      • De-identified/Annonymized data for epidemiology studies
    • Case management