Minnesota e-Health Initiative Regional and Cross-Border Considerations in eHealth Marty LaVenture, MPH, PhD, Director, Center for Health Informatics Minnesota Department of Health Wisconsin eHealth Implementation Summit March 15 th , 2007 – Madison Wisconsin
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Minnesota e-Health Initiative
Regional and Cross-Border Considerations in eHealth
Marty LaVenture, MPH, PhD, Director, Center for Health InformaticsMinnesota Department of Health
Wisconsin eHealth Implementation Summit
March 15th, 2007 – Madison Wisconsin
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Cross-Border Considerations
Providing Strategic Leadership Protecting Communities, Public Health Ensuring Privacy and Security Enabling Exchange Leveraging Funding and Incentives
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Wisconsin/Minnesota Border Context
27 Counties border~ 1.5 Million Citizens 3 Large City Areas~ 4 emerging RHIO’s~165 Clinics~26 HospitalsPlus LTC, Public Health,
Home Care agencies and more
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Minnesota e-Heath: A Summary of Key Milestones
2003: Governor’s Health Cabinet established
2004: E-Health Records Work Group – Report to Legislature, January 2005, outlines vision
and roadmap for strategic action
2005: MN e-Health Advisory Committee– 4 year commitment of statewide leadership
2006: Governor Proposed $12 Million in matching grants. Legislature Funded $1.5 Million for 2006.
Hospitals * Health plans Physicians * Primary Care Nurses * Purchasers (Public and
Private) Long Term Care * Academic/Research Pharmacies * Public health (Local and State) Citizens * Labs Quality improvement Organization Other Experts (5)
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Strategic Leadership
Strategic Leadership Includes…Clear Vision and ScopeRoad Map for Action Help Focus and Set PrioritiesPublic Funding and PolicyAssess, Evaluate and Monitor
Progress
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Minnesota e-Health Initiative Vision& Multi-Dimensional Model
“… accelerate the adoption and use of Health Information Technology to improve healthcare quality, increase patient safety, reduce healthcare costs and enable individuals and communities to make the best possible health decisions.”
Source: Committee Report to the Legislature, January 2005
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Minnesota e-Health Focus
Empower Consumers with the information they need to make informed health decisions
Inform and Connect Healthcare Workers so they have access to the information they need.
Protect Communities with accessible prevention resources, and rapid detection and response to community health threats.
Ensure Infrastructure needed to fulfill the e-Health vision
Examples of Some 45+ Projects Emerging Statewide
Personal Health Records• Fairview• HealthPartners• Children’s Hosp•Willmar Project
Implementation of Minnesota’s Patient Consent Requirements – Patient consent required for nearly all disclosures of
health records – including treatment• Patients need to give written consent• Consent generally expires within one year• Limited exceptions to consent
– Medical emergency – Within “related health care entities
• Consents that do not expire– Disclosures to providers being consulted– Disclosures to payers for payment
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Patient Consent - Variations and Barriers
Minnesota’s patient consent requirements cause a barrier to the electronic exchange of health information because:
– Health care providers cannot agree on “when” and “how” patient is required to exchange patients’ health information
– Minnesota’s requirements were designed for paper-based exchanges and are not conducive to a real-time, automated electronic exchange
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Legislative Solutions
10 Statutory Modifications for Legislative Consideration
– Clarify undefined terms and ambiguous concepts:• Define “Health Record”• Define “Medical Emergency”• Define “Related Health Care Entity”• Clarify “Current Treatment”
– Apply consent requirements to new concepts: • Introduce and define “Record Locator Service”• Introduce and define “Identifying Information”• Apply consent requirements to a Record Locator Service
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Legislative Solutions (cont)
10 Statutory Modifications for Legislative Consideration
– Update mechanisms that facilitate the electronic exchange:• Create ability of a provider to rely on another provider’s
representation of having obtained consent• Develop a legal framework for allocating liability between
disclosing and requesting providers• Permit representation of consent to be transmitted electronically
when requesting patient information
– Recodify Minnesota’s patient consent statutes to make the requirements easier to understand for patients and health care providers
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Security: 4As: What Are They?
Authorizing individuals to access patient data Authenticating individuals when accessing
patient data Setting Access controls to appropriately limit
authorized individuals’ access to patient data Coordinating Auditing activities across
organizations to assure patient data has not been inappropriately accessed