New Jersey Health IT Commission Proposed Resolutions
March 11, 2010
Update March 12, 2010: Both of these resolutions were discussed and tabled at the March 11, 2010 commission meeting to be rewritten and presented at a later meeting.
Proposed Resolutions for March 11 NJHIT Commission meeting.
From Implementation Committee:
“RESOLVED: The HIT Commission shall convene a special committee of Commission experts on EHR and HIE products, experts from the four HIEs that were forwarded to ONC for funding, and three hospital CIOs not on the Commission, to create a sophisticated methodology of evaluating software products to provide guidance for Regional Extension Centers and Curriculum Development Centers assisting health-care providers seeking to adopt and implement. This committee will develop lists of preferred vendors for various types of providers throughout the State of New Jersey.”
From ONC Requirements:
“RESOLVED: For the purposes of assisting the N.J. Health Care Facilities Financing Authority (HCFFA) in managing the HITECH ‘section 3013′ Health Information Exchange grant funds, the NJHIT Commission shall formulate and promulgate suggested standards, milestones, and implementation practices to the Community HIE recipient awardees within the State. Monies shall be dispersed by HCFFA to the Community HIE recipients (which were previously selected through a competitive Request-For-Applications process) with ongoing adherence to the recommendations by the NJHIT Commission, which will specify benchmarks delineated by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology in consultation with the Community HIE recipients. In the event that the NJHIT Commission has not recommended the necessary guidance in certain areas, HCFFA will employ accountability and interoperability standards from the Office of the National Coordinator. In the event that Community HIE recipient awardees violate 1) the accountability standards enacted by the NJHIT Commission and HCFFA, in either substance or time limit and/or 2) Violates the terms and conditions of funding of HITECH section 3013 through the Office of National Coordinator, HCFFA reserves the right to: 1) stop further funding to HIE Community Recipients until the issues are resolved and/or 2) Request that funds dispersed be returned by the Community HIE recipient(s) back to HCFFA.”
See e-Healthcare Marketing post for meeting agenda.
See NJHITCommission page:
http://www.state.nj.us/health/bc/hitc.shtml
