THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2008

 

 

 

 

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

Senator David Y. Ige, Chair

Senator Carol Fukunaga, Vice Chair

 

 

 

NOTICE OF INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING

 

 

 

DATE:

Friday, March 7, 2008

TIME:

2:00 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 016

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

 

 

 

A G E N D A

 

 

 

REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED!!!

 

 

 

“Health Information Exchange in Hawaii in 2008”

Legislative Briefing: Senate Health Committee and Broadband Task Force Members

 

 

 

1.      Overview of the Briefing and the Role of HIMSS—Susan Forbes, DrPH, President, Aloha Chapter, Health Information Management System Society (HIMSS)

 

a.       Introduction of HIMSS and HIMSS Members Participating in the Briefing

b.      Objectives of the Briefing

                                                               i.      Explain  and exemplify the stages of development of health information exchange in Hawaii through brief presentations of HIMSS members in the community who are expanding the reach and benefit of HIT

                                                             ii.      Identify linkages across the state of organizations and individuals working in this area, i.e., “connect the dots”

                                                            iii.      Specify the obstacles as currently identified

                                                           iv.      Consider HIMSS and its members a resource for you

 

2.      Stage 1: Technology Adoption--Getting clinicians and consumers to use technology to access information  (Moderator: Steve Hurlbut, Phoenix Health Systems)

a.       Clinicians

                                                               i.      Hospitals: Steve Robertson, Hawaii Pacific Health (HPH)

                                                             ii.      Physicians: Creighton Arita, Praxis

                                                            iii.      Health Plans: Georgiana Fujita, HMSA

b.      Consumers

                                                               i.      Consumer Health Record: Lee Castonguay, UH Manoa, Telecommunications and Information Policy Group

 

3.      Stage 2: Interoperability—information is accessible whenever and wherever it is needed for patient care  (Moderator: Steve Hurlbut)

a.       Holomua Project: Christine Sakuda, Hawaii Primary Care Association

b.      Hawaii Health Information Exchange: Christine Sakuda, Chair, HHIE

 

4.      Stage 3: Connectivity—physical networks and rules for moving information around

(Moderator: Steve Hurlbut)

a.       FCC Grant: Dale Moyen, HPH

 

5.      Summary

 

 

 

 

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Please note:  Documents made available through the Testimony hyperlink(s) above may not be posted until the start of the hearing.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6363

 

 

 

 

 

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Senator David Y. Ige

Chair