Minnesota e-Health Initiative
Privacy, Legal and Policy Workgroup
2011-2012
Workgroup Charge (PDF 106KB/1 pg)
Complete Workgroup Charge, Tasks, and Deliverables
Upper Midwest HIE Consortium Interstate Exchange Project
Through 2010-2011 Minnesota’s e-Health Privacy, Legal and Policy Workgroup has provided stakeholder input on the Upper Midwest Health Information Exchange (UM HIE) project which is charged to create concrete solutions to barriers affecting HIE for treatment purposes between the UM HIE states which include Minnesota (serving as lead state), Illinois, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Below are the draft preliminary report materials that were reviewed by the workgroup on July 26, 2011. Additional comments are being sought on the report through August 2, 2011. Please provide feedback by email to MN.eHealth@state.mn.us.
Upper Midwest HIE Consortium Preliminary Report Summary
(pdf 144Kb/2 pgs)
Upper Midwest HIE Consortium Draft Preliminary Report
(pdf 1.57Mb/84 pgs)
Workgroup Co-Chairs
- Laurie Beyer-Kropuenske, JD
Director, Public Information Policy Analysis
Minnesota Department of Administration
- LaVonne Wieland, RHIA, CHP
Director of Information Privacy
HealthEast Care System
- Bob Johnson, MPP
Project Consultant, Office of Health Information Technology
651-201-4856 bob.b.johnson@state.mn.us
- Donna Watz, JD
Director of Privacy, Security and Health Information Exchange Oversight Programs
651-201-3598 donna.watz@state.mn.us
Resources
- e-Health Privacy and Security Resources Page
- Glossary of Terms and Acronyms Related to e-Health
- National e-Health Resources (PDF 46KB/3 pg)

