Health Care Vision 2020
WMHIE

Clinical Work Group
 Charter

DRAFT

 Chairpersons:   Greg Forzley, MD & TBD 

Staff:   Bridget White & Gary Newell

Reports To:  HCV 2020 Governance Board 

Purpose:  The exchange of health data can improve the quality, safety and efficiency of healthcare.  There are imperatives that drive the formation of health information exchange networks (both regional and statewide) to equally serve the provider, payer and consumer communities.  Establishing clear priorities and articulating benefits for each community within the West Michigan Medical Trading Area (MTA) encourages active participation and gain sharing by all participants. 

Charge: 

• Review MiHIN Conduit to Care report findings and recommendations
• Investigate EMR usage/penetration within the West Michigan community
• Identify current practices for clinical information exchange
• Determine clinical HIE processes to be enabled
• Develop clinical outcome success factors
• Identify specific data elements needed to assess outcomes
• Determine analytical and reporting requirements
• Determine source of needed data elements
• Prioritize key clinical HIE processes
• Define criteria (such as reach, feasibility and impact) to prioritize key process flows (such as clinical care, public health, ePrescribing, etc.)
• Identify and prioritize the key process flows
• Define use cases (‘real world examples’) that are appropriate for the first key process flow identified
• High level of collaboration with the technical work group in the selection criteria for vendors

• Identify key barriers to adoption and recommend strategies for working with the  community to clear those barriers
• Recommend a process, inclusive of appropriate groups and organizations, to establish design guidelines for technology, including compliance with national standards to ensure health data exchange state wide and nationally

• Coordinate with and give input to the Performance Measurement, Public Reporting, Consumer Engagement, Quality Improvement, Legal, Technical and Financial work groups
• Present findings, analysis and project priorities and recommendations at appropriate Governing Board meetings

Expectations of work group members: 

• Duration of committee appointment—a 1, 2, or 3-year term of appointment; maximum of 3 terms.
• Attendance at work group meetings—will meet as needed, with meeting frequency expected to range from bi-weekly to monthly.  Three successive absences constitute resignation.
• Additional work

Membership 

• 12-16 members

• To be selected so as to achieve  appropriate balance/diversity on gender, race/ethnicity, and geography, such as
  • Organized labor
  • Religious group/association representative
  • Employers
  • Rural perspective, e.g., northeast portion of the region
  • Public health dept representative