Minnesota e-Health Updates

Minnesota

Join Health Care Homes for Learning Days!

Are you registered for Learning Days 2023? Are you interested in Health, Redesigning Care? If so, then you need to attend! This year will be live and in person on May 18, 2023, from 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at River’s Edge Convention Center in St. Cloud, MN. The event will feature two keynotes and nine breakout sessions. This also includes a special networking workshop led by Health Care Homes Practice Improvement and Integration Specialists. Learning Days is open for all Health Care Homes and Behavioral Health Homes service providers, public health, and community partners to attend. Register today!

National

ONC Seeks Input New Rule for 21st Century Cures Act

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is seeking comments on a proposed rule to further implement the 21st Century Cures Act. The new rule also seeks to enhance the ONC Health IT Certification Program to advance interoperability, improve transparency, and support the access, exchange, and use of electronic health information. The proposal also:

• Modifies exceptions to health information blocking rules,
• Makes implementation of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Reporting Program a condition of certification for health IT,
• Adopts version 3 of the US Core Data for Interoperability within the certification program,
• Revises Certification Program criteria for clinical decision support, patient demographics and observations, electronic case reporting, and application programming interfaces,
• Updates standards and implementation specifications to advance interoperability, support enhanced health IT functionality, and reduce burden and costs.

Additional provisions are recommended in the proposal. The rules would define algorithm-based, predictive decision support interventions and would require EHRs to enable clinicians to review information about source attributes, including health equity.

The proposed rule will be published in the Federal Register on April 18, 2023. Public comments are due by June 20, 2023. The ONC will be hosting an overview session on April 27, 2023. Information is available at healthit.gov/proposedrule.

ONC Shares Three FAQs on Information Blocking

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) posted three FAQs that highlight how information blocking regulations work in tandem with HIPAA Privacy Rule and other current privacy laws.

• If an individual requests that their EHI not be disclosed, is it information blocking if an actor does not disclose the EHI based on the individual’s request? | HealthIT.gov
• Would it be information blocking if an actor does not fulfill a request to access, exchange, or use EHI in order to comply with federal privacy laws that require certain conditions to have been met prior to disclosure? | HealthIT.gov
• If an actor, such as a health care provider, operates in more than one state, is it consistent with the information blocking regulations for the health care provider to implement practices to uniformly follow the state law that is the most privacy protect | HealthIT.gov

Further information on how the information blocking regulations and HIPAA rules work together is available on the information blocking webpage of the ONC’s website. Healthit.gov (4/12)

Did You Know?

Artificial Intelligence Potential to Ease Physician Burnout

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is gaining attention within healthcare for potential uses. Current uses being explored diagnosing specific diseases, improving communication between caregivers and patients, and to alleviate physician burnout, to name a few. A recent study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings shares that 3 in 5 physicians reported burnout in 2021. Burnout due to tasks involving electronic health record (EHR) documentation, charting, and patient notes. AI tools are currently being tested to help reduce these tasks for physicians. Thus, allowing more time for them to interact with their patients. Implementation of AI would still require physician oversight to ensure accuracy, ethics and any other issues that may arise. Forbes (4/12)

Minnesota

Don’t Miss the Final Session of the 2022 MN HIMSS and Minnesota e-Health Initiative Virtual Series

Join us today as Dr. David Satin weaves together the content of the first three session through the bioethics lens. Dr. Satin is currently Associate Professor, Compliance Officer & Risk Management Leader, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health Faculty Advisor, Director of Courses in Ethics & Law, Public Health & Policy, Quality Improvement & Patient Safety, University of Minnesota Medical School.

Today’s Panelists include:

• Jim Brady, PhD, CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CHCIO, CDH-E, PMP, FHIMSS, Vice President & CISO, Cybersecurity and Risk Management, M Health Fairview
• Roli Dwivedi, MD, Chief Clinical Officer and Interim CEO, Community-University Health Care Center (CUHCC), Vice Chair for Community Engagement and Advocacy, Associate Professor, Dept of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School
• Dave Harvey, MS, Director, IT Risk & Compliance Management, M Health Fairview
• Ashok Kallam, MCA, Director, Cybersecurity & Associate Chief Information Security Officer, M Health Fairview
• Jennifer Lundblad, PhD, MBA, President & CEO, Stratis Health

Still time to register! Session starts at 12:00 p.m., CT.

Thank you 2022 sponsors for helping us make this event happen!

Visit our event page for updated session details, speaker bios, and session recordings.

Minnesota

Don’t Miss Session Three of the 2022 MN HIMSS and Minnesota e-Health Initiative Virtual Series

Please join us today as Jim Brady), PhD, CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CHCIO, CDH-E, PMP, FHIMSS, Vice President & CISO, Cybersecurity and Risk Management, M Health Fairview, discusses Cybersecurity: How Are You Safeguarding Patient Data?

Co-Presenters:

Dave Harvey, MS, Director, IT Risk & Compliance Management, M Health Fairview
Ashok Kallam, MCA, Director, Cybersecurity & Associate Chief Information Security Officer, M Health Fairview

Panelists:

• Shawn Kammerud, Chief Information Security Officer, Minnesota IT Services, Partnering with Minnesota Department of Health
• Jim Roeder, Vice President of Information Technology, Lakewood Health System

Register for today's session that starts at 12:00 p.m., CT.

*Please note that this week’s presentation WILL NOT be available after the session.

And one more Session next week!

Week 4 – Wednesday, November 16, 2022, Noon-1:30 p.m. CT
Navigating Ethical Considerations in the Next Normal: Where Do We Go From Here?

David J. Satin, MD, Associate Professor, Compliance Officer & Risk Management Leader, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health Faculty Advisor, Director of Courses in Ethics & Law, Public Health & Policy, Quality Improvement & Patient Safety, University of Minnesota Medical School

Panelists:

• Jim Brady, PhD, CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CHCIO, CDH-E, PMP, FHIMSS, Vice President & CISO, Cybersecurity and Risk Management, M Health Fairview
• Roli Dwivedi, MD, Chief Clinical Officer and Interim CEO, Community-University Health Care Center (CUHCC), Vice Chair for Community Engagement and Advocacy, Associate Professor, Dept of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School
• Dave Harvey, MS, Director, IT Risk & Compliance Management, M Health Fairview
• Ashok Kallam, MCA, Director, Cybersecurity & Associate Chief Information Security Officer, M Health Fairview
• Jennifer Lundblad, PhD, MBA, President & CEO, Stratis Health

Thank you 2022 sponsors for helping us make this event happen!

Visit our event page for updated session details, speaker bios, and session recordings.

Minnesota

There’s still time to register to attend the second session of the 2022 MN HIMSS and Minnesota e-Health Initiative Virtual Series

*Please note that his week's presentation WILL NOT be recorded.

Join us today as Raj Harapanahalli, MS, Vice President, Innovation and Insights, Medtronic, discusses Digital Transformation: Applying Data to Improve Health.

Today’s Panelists include:

• Christopher Kunney, Senior Vice President of Digital Acceleration, Divurgent
• Vino Shelumiel Raj MD, MBA, Clinical Research Informatics Scientist, CommonSpirit Health
• Andrew Rosenau, AAS, Solutions Engineer, CloudCover

Register for today's session starting at 12:00 p.m., CT.

Sessions still to come!

Week 3 – Wednesday, November 9, 2022, Noon-1:30 p.m. CT
Cybersecurity: How Are You Safeguarding Patient Data?
Jim Brady, PhD, CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CHCIO, CDH-E, PMP, FHIMSS, Vice President & CISO, Cybersecurity and Risk Management, M Health Fairview
Dave Harvey, MS, Director, IT Risk & Compliance Management, M Health Fairview
Ashok Kallam, MCA, Director, Cybersecurity & Associate Chief Information Security Officer, M Health Fairview

Panelists:

• Shawn Kammerud, Chief Information Security Officer, Minnesota IT Services, Partnering with Minnesota Department of Health
• Jim Roeder, Vice President of Information Technology, Lakewood Health System

Week 4 – Wednesday, November 16, 2022, Noon-1:30 p.m. CT
Navigating Ethical Considerations in the Next Normal: Where Do We Go From Here?
David J. Satin, MD, Associate Professor, Compliance Officer & Risk Management Leader, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health Faculty Advisor, Director of Courses in Ethics & Law, Public Health & Policy, Quality Improvement & Patient Safety, University of Minnesota Medical School

Panelists:

• Jim Brady, PhD, CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CHCIO, CDH-E, PMP, FHIMSS, Vice President & CISO, Cybersecurity and Risk Management, M Health Fairview
• Dave Harvey, MS, Director, IT Risk & Compliance Management, M Health Fairview
• Ashok Kallam, MCA, Director, Cybersecurity & Associate Chief Information Security Officer, M Health Fairview
• Jennifer Lundblad, PhD, MBA, President & CEO, Stratis Health

This year’s theme is Using Health Information for Community Impact: Where Have We Been, and What is the Next Normal?

Occurring at noon on four consecutive Wednesdays from October 26 through November 16, each 90-minute session in the series is free to attend and will highlight relevant topics intended to advance e-health thinking in Minnesota and beyond. The sessions will feature keynotes by national or local leaders followed by Minnesota respondents or facilitated discussion. Register now for this four-part series.

Thank you 2022 sponsors for helping us make this event happen!

Visit our event page for updated session details, speaker bios, and session recordings.