Virginia Association of Free and Charitable Clinics _______________________March 15, 2013

Sandy McCleaf, Executive DirectorConnectVirginia

2009HITECH Act is passed as part of ARRA

2010HITAC developed a Strategic Plan and an Operational Plan for the Virginia Statewide HIE

Spring 2011VDH issued an RFP for a contractor to establish a Statewide HIE governance structure, create the Statewide HIE organization, manage the Statewide HIE’s operations on an ongoing basis, and put in place and operate the technology infrastructure of the Statewide HIE

October 2011VDH awarded Community Health Alliance the contract for the Statewide HIE

History

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Branding

Identity

Name

ConnectVirginia is the Statewide Health Information Exchange initiative being led by Community Health Alliance under contract with VDH

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Connectvirginia.org

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Governance

Governing Body• Twenty-one individuals representing various

stakeholder groups across the Commonwealth• Officers

– Chair, Dr. William Hazel– Vice-Chair, Dr. Marshall Ruffin– Secretary/Treasurer, Terri Ripley

• Responsibilities

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Strategy Oversight Policy Technology

Governing Body Highlights

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• Governing Body, HIPAA, Operation, DIRECT Messaging, EXCHANGE

Created and Adopted Policies and Procedures

Adopted DIRECT Messaging End User License Agreement

Adopted EXCHANGE Trust Agreement

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Technology

Technical Infrastructure

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Adheres to Nationwide

Health Information

Network Standards

Adheres to VITA and HITSAC

standards

Adheres to HIPAA and

HITECH privacy and

security standards

Services Offered: DIRECT

Messaging & EXCHANGE

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ConnectVirginia Direct Messaging Service

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Push of Information

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Individual Account Sample

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Organization Account Sample

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ConnectVirginia EXCHANGE Service

Regional HIE

Agency Node

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Query and Retrieve on Demand

Master Patient Index

Patient Consent RegistryRecord

Locator Service

ConnectVirginia EXCHANGE Basic Components

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Master Patient Index

A Master Patient Index (MPI) is an electronic medical database that holds basic identifying information on each patient who provides consent to participate

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Consent Registry

The Consent Registry is a repository for consent documents that each patient has signed

Yes, count me in!

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Record Locator ServiceThe Record Locator Service (RLS) holds information about where a patient’s medical information can be found, but not the actual information – no Centralized Clinical Data Repository.

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ABC Health Care Organization

ABC Health Care’s Clinical PortalQUERY

RETRIEVE

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eHealth Exchange Nationwide Health Information Network

COV Agency Node

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Real World Uses

• Send Referral Info to Specialist

• Send Patient Care Summary to Referring Provider

• Hospital sends discharge summary to PCP

• Care Manager or Health Coach sends summary to PCP

• Emergency Dept. pulls patient medical info; sees allergies, meds, conditions

• Patient’s New PCP pulls patient’s medical info on previous care

• Patient medical info sent to SSA in response to a Disability Determination Query

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Thank-you