Privacy and Security Solutions for Interoperable Health Information Exchange / North Carolina
Project Details -
Completed
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Contract Number290-05-0015-RTI-037
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Funding Mechanism(s)
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Principal Investigator(s)
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Project Dates09/30/2005 - 12/31/2007
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Technology
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Health Care Theme
Thirty-three states and 1 territory formed the HISPC, which aims to address the privacy and security challenges presented by electronic health information exchange through multi-state collaboration. With the support of its state or territorial governor, each team engaged a steering committee and a range of local stakeholders to 1) assess variations in organization-level business policies and state laws that affect health information exchange; 2) identify and propose practical solutions, while preserving the privacy and security requirements in applicable Federal and State laws and 3) develop detailed plans to implement solutions.
In phase 1 of HISPC, the North Carolina team completed the work summarized above. In phase 2, each state implemented a state-specific project and planned for multi-state collaboration in phase 3. North Carolina's phase 2 project targeted 4 goals: 1. Build thought leadership by creating statewide health information privacy and security awareness programs. 2. Actively engage consumers through workshops, town meetings, public communications, and through the establishment of the North Carolina Consumer Advisory Council on Health Information (NC CACHI). 3. Seek executive-level private and public sponsorship stakeholders will seek support from their organizations, as well as public policy makers at the local and state levels, to participate in and fund collaborative demonstration health information technology projects. 4. Reduce legal barriers to timely health information exchange. Conduct legal analyses of the ongoing relevance and effect of North Carolina's current privacy laws as the State increases its use of health information technology in exchanging health information.