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Connecting Leaders in Technology and Healthcare
October 10th, 2006Geneva, Switzerland
EuroRec 2006
Expectations from the Process of EHRs Quality Labelling and
Certification
Dennis NiebergalPresident & CEO, CLINICARE
Corporation dniebergal@clinicare.com
Dennis NiebergalPresident & CEO, CLINICARE
Corporation dniebergal@clinicare.com
Dennis P NiebergalSecretary, CHITTA Board
Vice-Chair, CHITTA Standards & Interoperability (SIC) Committee
Share our Experience as a vendor and a CHITTA member
MISSION - The mission statement focuses on building a sustainable, responsible industry
“CHITTA, the voice of the Canadian Healthcare Information and Communications Technology industry,
promotes a cohesive, sustainable and responsible community, that facilitates the transformation of
healthcare through the deployment of world-class, innovative solutions within Canada and abroad.”
CHITTA mission, updated April 2006
“Companies” - Software, Hardware, Telco, Services, etc
CHITTA started 2002
ESTABLISHING STRUCTURE –Committees reflect CHITTA’s priorities; whileWorking Groups facilitate focused work effort
CHITTA BoardCHITTA Board
Standards and InteroperabilityCommittee
AdvocacyCommittee
DevelopmentCommittee
CHITTA/ITAC IntegrationCommittee
Physician Office Systems (POS)Working Group
Privacy in HealthWorking Group
Lab Information SystemsWorking Group
AlliancesWorking Group
Conferences and Trade ShowsWorking Group
Industry CatalogueWorking Group
CHITTA Awards ProgrammeWorking Group
10 Provinces and 3 Territories
CHITTA’s POS Working Group(s)
PURPOSE To position CHITTA members to have an industry voice in provincial initiatives; and to encourage national participation in EHR-based activities
The Provincial Committees is co-chaired by POS VendorsHas a membership of over 20 POS vendors out of 40 POS Vendors from across Canada. Over 150 CHITTA members.
“I am delighted at the establishment of CHITTA. CHITTA allows us to work proactively, with the vendor community on issues of mutual concern. While recognizing that clients and vendors respond to different drivers, CHITTA enables us to work efficiently and constructively with vendors, benefiting from their experience and expertise in developing policy or solutions to system-wide concerns.
CHITTA's involvement in the POSP/VCUR process has been instrumental in making the process participative and transparent.”
Mary Gibson, Alberta POSP Program Director
A case study: POS in Alberta
Vendors were actively engaged in Alberta’s next generation approach to POS
Reached an agreement to be the official channel for communications for the Alberta POSP/VCUR process; CHITTA members were voting members on the Task Force and Work Groups• They played a key role in defining the Report’s requirements and
the scheduling of their implementation• This phase of CHITTA’s participation was concluded with a joint
Information session held in Calgary, May 8th, 2003 attended by 64 representatives of the vendor and government stakeholders
…and heralded the transition of CHITTA’s role to facilitate broad vendor involvement in Alberta’s EHR Rollout strategy
The Alberta Collaboration Experience
V Vendor Conformance & Usability Requirements
Vendors are an equal stakeholder in helping to define the Physician Office System (POS) and Conformance Testing Process.
CCHIT – Alberta POS VCUR ?
VCUR 2005 overview
A Joint Initiative
Alberta Health & Wellness – Alberta Medical Association – Alberta’s Regional Health Authorities
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BackgroundBackground
POSP developed VCUR through collaboration with major stakeholders: physicians clinic (Medical Group) managers vendors (through Canadian Healthcare Information Technology
Trade Association “CHITTA”) regional health authorities Alberta Provincial Government - Health and Wellness
VCUR 2004 published April 2003 came into force April 1, 2004 first VCUR Product List published first week April, 2004
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The Alberta Collaboration Experience
Vendor Conformance & Usability Requirements
POSP/VCUR Work Group 1Technical, Privacy and Security Requirements
Jody Bevan, JonokeJim Duggan, TELUS
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POSP/VCUR Work Group 2
Functionality and Usability Requirements
Dennis Niebergal, CLINICAREVic Toews, RISE HealthWare
CHITTA POS Working GroupChair, Dennis Niebergal
Vendor Conformance and Usability Requirements (VCUR)
VCUR (conformance tested vendors) List published April 1, 2004• Money only available for Alberta Physicians using
VCUR approved vendors.- $651. per Physician per Month
2nd VCUR (VCUR-2) finalized jointly with CHITTA POS members December, 2005.• Conformance tested vendors published April 1st, 2006• Money only available for Alberta Physicians using
VCUR-2 approved vendors
The Alberta Collaboration Experience
CHITTA’s role has been extended to include other segments of the Vendor Community: Vendors serving the Regional Health Authorities Retail Pharmacy Vendors
To work in with Alberta WellNet and POSP to effect direct vendor participation in The provincial EHR roll out strategy and its
implementation
The setting of messaging standards
The establishment of conformance testing criteria and methodology
The primary responsibility of the working group is to work in collaboration and partnership with Alberta WellNet and POSP to facilitate the achievement of the roll-out of the provincial EHR/EMR strategy; specifically
The Pharmaceutical Information Network (PIN) The Provincial Personal Health Identifier (PPHI) Laboratory test results history and delivery (EDI) POS EMR functionality and usability (VCUR)
For POS vendors to pass conformance testing, they are required to get certified with Alberta WellNet for System-to-System (S2S) integration with the Provincial EHR/EMR
CHITTA’s Alberta EHR Conformance “Testing” Working Group
CHITTA’s Alberta EHR Conformance “Testing” Working Group
The Working Group is led by two co-chairs, which consist of representatives of CHITTA members whose firms are actively involved in the Alberta marketplace, including, but not limited to:
Physician Office Vendors (POS) Regional Health Authority Vendors Retail and RHA Pharmacy Information Systems Vendors Laboratory Information Systems Vendors Open communication and information exchange will be maintained
in a forthright manner for CHITTA and non-CHITTA vendors.
3 CHITTA member’s employees seconded to WellNet for System-to-System (S2S) Integration
CLINICARE Corporation RISE Healthware Inc. Ware Solutions
10 Provinces and 3 Territories
Related initiatives in other Canadian provinces
Ontario • CHITTA Ontario POS working group working together with
OntarioMD to jointly develop the next version of Physician Office systems EMR / PMA specifications
BC
• Physician Office IT (PITO) using Alberta’s VCUR-2 as part of their Standing Offer RFP
Saskatchewan
• Saskatchewan Health agrees that Alberta Collaboration is a better process and involving the vendors as an equal stakeholder means more chance for success of implementing IT initiatives.
BC is leveraging Alberta’s processBC is leveraging Alberta’s process
RequirementsWorking Group
Small group MD Req’s Review
PITO Clinical Advisory Team Req’s Review
Well-tested EMR requirements source materials
(SPEED sub-group)
(MDs, MOAs, nurses)
PITO CAT Vendor User Demonstrations
PITO SC Approval,RFP Process, &Submission Evaluation
Final Scoring &PITO SC Approval
PITO Vendor List(gathers existing sources, removes duplicates, addresses gaps, and places in PITO requirements template.
(1 MD, 2 analysts)
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Steven Huesing, President www.chitta.caCHITTA, the Health Division of ITAChealthcare@shaw.ca
Dave Wattling, Chairmandave.wattling@courtyard-group.com
Dennis Niebergal, Secretarydniebergal@clinicare.com
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