CCHIT Town Call: PHR Certification 09

Town Call: Certification of Personal Health Records (PHRs) Mark Leavitt, MD, PhD – Chair, CCHIT Jody Pettit, MD – Strategic Work Group Leader, PHRs Friday, Oct 10, 2008 4:00 pm Eastern / 1:00 pm Pacific (60 minutes) Participant Dial-In (877) 313-5342 Conference ID: 65204557

Today’s Agenda
The Personal Health Record (PHR) concept
Why is certification important?
What can I expect from certification of PHRs?
How can I find out more, and participate in the process?
Question and answer session

The Personal Health Record (PHR) concept

The benefits of having a Personal Health Record
Having your personal health information available -- whenever and wherever you need it -- can:
Save your life in an emergency
Reduce the possibility of a medical error
Save time for you and your health care providers
Give you more choice and control
Help you and your doctors make better-informed decisions

What can a PHR do?
Without a PHR
Your health information may be scattered – among doctors’ offices, hospitals, pharmacies, health plans
When you move, or need care in an emergency, your health information may not be readily available
With a PHR
Your information can be gathered together in one place
Your information will be available in an emergency
You decide who may access it

Why is certification important?

Certification: ensuring products work properly and safely Electrical devices are tested and certified by Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Vehicles are crash-tested and rated by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Healthcare information technology is inspected and certified by the Certification Commission (CCHIT)

Who is CCHIT?
A nonprofit 501(c)3 organization with a public mission:
Accelerate the adoption of health information technology
Reduce risks for people using health IT systems
Ensure health IT systems are “interoperable” (can exchange information accurately)
Protect the privacy of health information
Officially recognized by the Federal government
Has inspected and certified over 150 of the health IT products used by doctors, hospitals, and emergency departments to maintain electronic health records

How are testing criteria developed?
Testing criteria are developed by volunteer expert panels
Volunteers represent a wide range of stakeholders
The panels draw upon available standards whenever possible
The public is always invited to comment on proposed criteria during the development process

Criteria Development Process Inputs: * Scope Guidance from Commission * Roadmap (from previous year) * Future Directions (from previous year) * Environmental Scan: - Use Cases from AHIC - Standards from HITSP, SDOs - Market research - More Develop Draft Criteria Refine Criteria and Develop Draft Test Scripts Proposed Final Criteria and Test Scripts Final Criteria and Test Scripts Public Comment periods Pilot Test Launch 09 Certification A consensus-based process with many opportunities for broad input

PHR Advisory Task Force
Mark Leavitt,* MD, PhD (Co-Chair) CCHIT
Paul Tang,* MD (Co-Chair) Vice President, Chief Medical Information Officer Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Abha Agrawal, MD, FACP Director, Medical Informatics, Associate Medical Director, Kings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY
Richard D. Benoit Dossia Ecosystem Development, Director; Senior Program Manager, Dossia and Intel Digital Health Group
Lorraine Tunis Doo, MPH, LEED AP Senior Policy Advisor, Office of e-Health Standards and Services, CMS
Steve Findlay, MPH Health Care Analyst, Consumers Union
Meighan Girgus Executive Vice President, Healthcare Markets, American Heart Association
Theresa Hancock, PAHM Acting Director, Office of Information, Veterans and Consumers Health Informatics Office, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Leslie Harris President, Chief Executive Officer Center for Democracy & Technology
Missy Krasner Product Marketing Manager, Google Health
Steve Lampkin, FACHE Vice President, Benefits Services & Strategic Initiatives Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Holly Miller, MD, MBA Vice President, Chief Medical Information Officer University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH
Donald Mon, PhD Vice President, Practice Leadership, AHIMA
Carl Phelps Patient representative
Anna Lisa Silvestre Vice President, Online Services, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
Michael Stokes Principal Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation
Michael Ubl Director, eHealth and IT Strategy Director, IT Strategy and eHealth, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
*Co-Chairs

PHR Work Group Volunteers
Ted Eytan,* MD MS MPH , Medical Director, Health Informatics & Web Services, Group Health Cooperative
Lory Wood ,* VP, Chief Security and Compliance Officer, Good Health Network
Nicole Antonson, RN, MBA , Program Manager, Patient Safety, McKesson
Suzie Burke-Bebee, MSIS, MS, RN , Senior Health Informatician, Dept Health and Human Services
Albert Chan, MD, MS , Physician Champion of Electronic Health Record and PAMFOnline, Sutter Health, Palo Alto Medical Foundation/Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group
Haris Domazet , Division Lead of Web Technical Services, Epic Systems Corporation
Donna DuLong, RN, BSN , Program Director, TIGER Initiative
Paul Edge , VP, Clinical Solutions, Misys Healthcare Systems
Michael Galang, DO, MS , Chief Medical Information Officer, Catholic Health System of Western New York
Lenel James, BS, MBA , Senior Project Manager, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
Jerry Lin , Product Manager, Google
Cortney Nicolato , Senior Manager, Strategic Alliances & Health IT, American Heart Association National Center
Jan Oldenburg , Practice Leader, Kaiser Permanente
Juhan Sonin , Designer, MITRE
Stelle Smith , Clinical Product Marketing Manager, Sage Software
James Tosone , Director, Healthcare Informatics, Pfizer Inc
Lawrence Williams , President / CEO, Roadside Telematics Corporation
Julie Wolter, MA, RHIA , Assistant Professor, Saint Louis University
*Co-Chairs

What can I expect from certification of PHRs?

How will PHRs be certified?
CCHIT is currently developing testing criteria, and plans to begin certifying PHRs in July 2009
PHRs will be tested and certified in these areas:
Privacy – safeguarding your privacy is the #1 concern
Security – making sure your information is kept secure and protected from unauthorized access
Interoperability – a PHR should be able to electronically connect with your physicians, hospitals, pharmacies, health plans and other entities
Functionality – ensuring a PHR can do the things you need it to do

What are some examples of PHR criteria?
Examples of privacy criteria being proposed:
Consent – you should be in control of your information and how it is used
Controlling access – your PHR should give you the ability to decide what information is private and to restrict access to it
Conditions of use – the conditions for using your PHR should be specifically explained to you
Amending the record – you should have the ability to change or request changes to your health record
Account management – your PHR provider must provide a way for you to terminate your account
Document import – your PHR system should be able to retrieve health records
Data availability – your PHR should allow you to view or print your health information whenever you need it

How can I find out more, and participate in the process?

Visit PHRDecisions.com Download the Consumer’s Guide to PHR Certification Sign up to receive email updates Read articles and join the conversation

Want more? Review and comment on PHR criteria Visit www.cchit.org/participate/public-comment Download the PHR 09 Introduction and Criteria documents Follow links farther down the page to submit your comments Note: Public Comment on the First Draft PHR Criteria is open through Oct 29

Criteria Format Criteria description “ N” in the 09 column indicates criterion will be required in 2009 “ R” in the 10 or 11 column indicates criterion is on the “Roadmap” to be required in 2010 or 2011

Summing Up
There are many benefits to having your records gathered together in a PHR system
Certification is a way of assuring that products work properly and safely
CCHIT is the Federally recognized certifying body for health information technology
CCHIT is planning to test and certify PHRs for privacy, security, interoperability, and functionality, beginning July 2009
Public comments on the first draft of the PHR Criteria are being accepted through Oct 29, 2008

Thank you! Q & A For more information: www.cchit.org phrdecisions.com

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