NYeC's Policy and Operations Council consists of leaders from New York RHIOs [0] and CHITAs [0] as well as representatives from the NYeC Board. The POC will be assisted by an advisory council of HSP [0] representatives.
Goals
- Provide leadership for and participate in developing and implementing a comprehensive and coordinated interoperable health information technology strategy at the state level to drive improvements in health care quality, affordability and outcomes.
- Provide guidance, leadership and support for the Statewide Collaboration Process (SCP), through which NYeC is charged by the New York State Department of Health (NYS DOH) with creating and overseeing work groups to develop collaboratively the common policies, standards, technical approaches for New York’s Health Information Infrastructure, including the State Health Information Network of New York (SHIN-NY [0]), community-wide interoperable electronic health record [0] and personal health record adoption and clinical informatics services.
- Facilitate a SCP governance structure to deliberate and determine common health IT [0] policies, standards, technical approaches and services in the public’s interest.
- Develop and make recommendations to the NYS DOH with respect to health IT policies and procedures that facilitate the measurement and reporting of health information to improve health care quality, affordability and outcomes.
- Establish priorities for programs, policy and educational initiatives to promote adoption and use of health IT tools by health care providers and consumers in New York State.
- Support the activities of RHIOs, CHITAs and other sponsors of initiatives designed to enhance the interoperable exchange and use of health information at the state level in a manner that protects the privacy of personal health information and supports clinicians’ use.
- Develop consensus on principles and policies for sustainable financing to ensure widespread health IT adoption and use in concert with statewide health information strategy. This should address implementation efforts at the state and regional levels. A comprehensive approach is needed which accounts for infrastructure as well as ongoing costs for systems operation, maintenance and enhancements.
Materials
- POC Charter [0]
- POC-SCP Meeting, Sept. 3, 2008 - Plenary Session Presentation [0]