Harrisburg, PA (November 17, 2010) – After Updates from Sharon Dorogy, Board Chair of PAeHI, and Dr. Chris Cavanaugh, Executive Director of PAeHI, more than 50 people from across the state, listened to an updates on State Health IT Initiatives and the PHIX program.
Phil Magistro
- Alix Gross
Phil Magistro, Deputy Director, GOHCR, presented the strategic view for Health IT. After asnwering a number of questions from ONC, Pennyslvania presented its final operational plan to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT in October 2010, and hoping for approval before the end of the year.
Alix Goss, PHIX Program Director, went into more detail about the state plan, and said PHIX would be offering access to health information to both the “haves and have nots” of EHR systems. The plan will offer an interface directly to clinicians with EHR systems and a portal with Web-based browser access, with user authentication and verification of permissions, to offer access to clinicians without an interoperable system.
Goss explained that PHIX added a sixth domain area to the five that ONC requested–Communication, including developing education and promotion of PHIX across stakeholder including patients and providers, as well as collaboration with other HITECH initiatives.
KEYNOTE: PennREN: The Pennsylvania Research and Education Network: A Great New Broadband for Healthcare in Pennsylvania
Martin Ciccoccioppo, Vice President of Research, HAP and PAeHI, introduced Jeff Reel, Executive Director, Keystone Initative for Network Based Education and Research (KINBER). KINBER was awarded $99.7 million plus $29.3 million in matching funds to build 48 broadband strands over 1,600 route miles in the commonwealth.
Dr. Ed Brown, CEO Ontario Telemedicine Network, shared his experiences from Canada.
