Marty LaVenture PhD, Director

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Minnesota e-Health Initiative Purpose and Charge
of the Steering Committee

• Marty LaVenture PhD, Director
• Public Health Informatics
• Minnesota Department of Health
• September 13th, 2004

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National Context Informatics and Information
Systems

• Key National Drivers
• Institute of Medicine (IOM) Other Reports
• National Health Information
• Infrastructure (NHII)
• Public Health Information
• Infrastructure (PHIN)

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Minnesota Context Calls for Action

• Electronic Health Record (EHR) Steering Committee
  
• (HF 2277 Article 7 section 7)
• State and Local Public Health Information System
  Strategic Plan
• (HF 2175 Article 11 Section 8)

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Minnesota e-Health InitiativeWhat is it? (1 of 3)

• Public - Private collaboration
• Designed to accelerate the use of Health
  Information Technology in all areas of the state
• Cornerstone technology - Electronic Health Record
  (EHR)
• Person focused (information across facilities)

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Minnesota e-Health InitiativeWhat is it? (2 of 3)

• C. Purpose is to
• Improve health and health care quality,
• Increase patient safety,
• Reduce health care costs, and
• Improve public health

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Minnesota e-Health InitiativeWhat is it? (3 of 3)

• D.Special Notes
• Not a warehouse of private medical data
• Designed to strengthen privacy and data
  protection
• Supports private innovation
• Focus is clinical not billing transactions
• E. Preliminary Report due December 2004

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Minnesota e-Health InitiativeWhat is it?

• MDH Approach is to
• Provide statewide leadership
• Focus on consumers and continuity of care
• Identify address barriers
• Seek / foster incentives
• Spread knowledge and best practices
• Leverage Minnesota resources
• Greater opportunity for federal funding
• Focus on community stakeholders
• Ensure support for medium and smaller communities

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Minnesota e-Health Initiative accelerating the
use of Health Information Technology in Minnesota
Minnesota Health Information Infrastructure
Consumer
Clinical (EHR)

• Initial Focus
• Electronic Health Record (EHR)
• MN Public Health Information Network (MN-PHIN)

Research/ Policy
Public Health (MN-PHIN)
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Thank You

• Marty LaVenture, Director
• Public Health Informatics
• Minnesota Department of Health
• martin.laventure_at_health.state.mn.us
• [phone]