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  • OHA to engage stakeholders in Phase 2 HIE planning
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    In Spring-Summer 2013, OHA is working with a national expert to lead a stakeholder engagement and business planning process to determine what further Health Information Exchange (HIE) services would be appropriate for Oregon. This process will result in a framework for Oregon’s next stage of statewide HIE services to support Coordinated Care Organizations (CCOs) and other payers and providers engaged in transforming care in Oregon.  In Spring, initial meetings with stakeholders will seek to identify priorities and needs related to exchanging clinical health information. OHA plans to convene a task force over the summer to prioritize the information needs based on information gathered in the initial meetings, determine what HIE infrastructure will be required to support these needs, and of that infrastructure, what is the state government role to provide and what should be facilitated at the local and/or provider level.   The task force will include representation from HITOC.
     
    This stakeholder work is consistent with Oregon’s Strategic and Operational Plan that envisions a Phase 2 of HIE services, pending critical decisions on the scope and timing, governance and financing – questions that Oregon stakeholders via HITOC have wrestled with.  The stakeholder process will seek to build off the extensive work HITOC and its workgroups on these issues, and result in a clear path forward for Oregon’s next phase of HIE.
  • National EHR Adoption Continues to Rise, CDC Data Show
    OregonOregon ranks sixth for physician adoption of EHRs
    Oregon is among the top states for physician adoption of electronic health records according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released in mid-December. The mail survey of office-based physicians found state rates of adoption of any EHR system ranging from 40 percent (Louisiana) to 84 percent (North Dakota). Oregon, at 74.7 percent, ranked sixth, behind North Dakota, Utah, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Washington.
     
    The survey found a national average EHR adoption rate of 57 percent. It also found that between 2010 and 2011, the percentage of physicians reporting having a basic system increased by 36 percent.
     
    Also, 44 percent of Oregon physicians told surveyors they intended to participate in the EHR incentive payment program, compared with a national average of 52 percent.
     
    Among physicians planning to apply for EHR incentive payments, the percentage with systems that would allow them to meet eight Stage 1 Core Set meaningful use objectives exceeded the national average (43 percent) in eight states (Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin). The percent in Oregon was 65.5 percent.
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The Health Information Technology Oversight Council is a statutory body of Governor appointed, Senate confirmed citizens, tasked with setting goals and developing a strategic health information technology plan for the state, as well as monitoring progress in achieving those goals and providing oversight for the implementation of the plan. The HITOC is currently coordinating Oregon's public and private statewide efforts in electronic health records adoption and the eventual development of a statewide system for electronic health information exchange. The HITOC will help Oregon meet federal requirements so that providers may be eligible for millions of federal health information technology stimulus dollars. The HITOC builds on the past work of the Health Information Infrastructure Advisory Committee (HIIAC) and the Health Information Security & Privacy Collaborative (HISPC). 
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