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HISPC Phase 3.5 ~ April - July 2009

ONC has provided the opportunity for the Multi-State Collaboratives to take additional time to disseminate the valuable deliverables from their respective projects and importantly the education and engagement materials for the Consumer and Provider Collaboratives.
  • The Massachusetts HISPC Interstate and Patient Consent Requirements Collaborative is working under an extension to seek answers to the question:  Is it feasible to determine each state’s capacity to declare an official position regarding consent requirements for disclosure of a patient’s health information for treatment purposes?  The Project is seeking to understand the legal mechanism or other process that a participant state would use to provide answers to this question and officially confirm that those answers meet your state’s legal, regulatory and policy requirements.  The official position of a state is considered to be a defensible position on the interpretation of State laws and regulations that could be used to definitively guide disclosures of specific types of protected health information (PHI) by specific parties for specific purposes, e.g. treatment.  Such a clear position could be codified and used in automated consent management solutions in support of advancing electronic health information exchange on a broad scale as is envisioned in the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN).
  • The Massachusetts HISPC Consumer Education and Engagement Collaborative will present Phase 3 materials in a “how-to” format and will include a “Town Meeting” approach to reach and engage consumers.
  • The MA video, “Balancing Risks & Benefits: the Sharing of Sensitive Health Information” and the Oregon tools for creation of successful “Town Meetings” the MA project team will be used to obtain sponsorship from a local MA Board of Health and to plan a “Town Meeting” type of consumer event.  The MA HISPC team will provide panelists for introduction, Q&A and discussion.  A Public Service Documentary will be created that will include an introduction to the Town Meeting session, the MA video and the Q&A session. 
  • Dissemination of MA video, “Balancing the Risks and Benefits: Sharing Sensitive Health Information” will be accomplished via a local town cable station.  The video and introduction (to be developed) will then be uploaded to the state cable library with a description of the content for use by any Massachusetts community’s local cable station.
  • The creation of a “For Consumers” section of MA HISPC website will include consumer tools and resources in user-friendly formats.  The five (5) MA HISPC projects will be reviewed and re-formatted (where necessary) and placed on the site as well as links to other appropriate consumer resources.  


 
 

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