Other - The NIC Collaboration Hub2024-03-29T15:04:51Zhttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/project-unify/resources/feed/category/OtherWhite House Office of Science & Technology Policy: Community Connected Health Stakeholder Engagement Summary Reporthttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/project-unify/resources/white-house-office-of-science-technology-policy-community-connect2022-05-12T13:20:05.000Z2022-05-12T13:20:05.000ZHub Adminhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/NIC<div><p>From January through April 2022, the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), in partnership with the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), solicited stakeholder input on the proposed vision for Community Connected Health through a Request for Information (RFI) and three formal roundtables. The RFI was open to the public and published on January 5, 2022 with an extended response period until March 31, 2022 to allow for broad stakeholder input. The roundtables were composed of plenary and breakout sessions. The roundtable plenary sessions were open to the public, during which speakers provided additional context for the RFI as well as real-time question submission and response. The roundtable breakout sessions provided opportunities for more expansive discussions with invited community health stakeholders on specific themes. Additionally, stakeholders provided individual input via meetings directly with OSTP staff. This is a summary document of the major themes that arose across all engagements.</p>
<p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10482135067,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank">View the report >></a></p></div>ONC Project: Advancing SDoH Health IT Enabled Tools and Data Interoperability Homehttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/project-unify/resources/advancing-sdoh-health-it-enabled-tools-and-data-interoperability-2021-05-29T13:24:20.000Z2021-05-29T13:24:20.000ZAmanda Taylorhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/AmandaTaylor<div><p>Advancing SDoH Health IT Enabled Tools and Data Interoperability: eCDS and Data Tagging Project Overview:</p>
<p>According to the World Health Organization, social determinants of health (SDoH) are the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, and the broader set of forces and systems shaping the conditions of daily life. The health care industry increasingly recognizes the importance and impact of these conditions on individual and community health and care.</p>
<p>Two important existing and emerging tools for advancing the use of SDoH data in clinical and community settings are data tagging and electronic clinical decision support (eCDS). Data tagging can help enable the movement of sensitive SDoH data. eCDS can enable the integration of SDoH decision-making data into clinical workflows, as supported by specialty practice guidelines, making it more likely that SDoH information will be utilized as a part of care delivery.</p>
<p>This ONC-led project aims to advance the interoperability of SDoH data by supporting stakeholder efforts to conduct data tagging and by assessing the feasibility of developing eCDS that incorporates SDoH data.</p>
<p><a href="https://oncprojectracking.healthit.gov/wiki/display/ASHIETDI/Advancing+SDoH+Health+IT+Enabled+Tools+and+Data+Interoperability+Home" target="_blank">View the site >></a></p>
<p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9019245658,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank">View the slides from the Part 1 meeting >></a></p></div>Project Unify Presentation at NHSDC Conference: Confidential, Targeted Community Exchanges - Alerts for COVID-19 and Beyond: using HMIS in standards-based real-time community exchangeshttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/project-unify/resources/confidential-targeted-community-exchanges-alerts-for-covid-19-and2021-05-05T16:09:30.000Z2021-05-05T16:09:30.000ZAmanda Taylorhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/AmandaTaylor<div><p>Project Unify presentation at the NHSDC Conference.</p>
<p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}8895730092,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank">View presentation >></a></p></div>Homeless Rehab COVID Dataflowhttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/project-unify/resources/homeless-rehab-covid-dataflow2021-04-07T14:34:21.000Z2021-04-07T14:34:21.000ZAmanda Taylorhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/AmandaTaylor<div><p>In the Homeless Rehab COVID demo we consider the challenges of Sarah Thomson, who as a result of an auto accident while under the influence of opioids has lost her license, her car is totaled, she lost her job delivering groceries, was evicted from her apartment, and her two children have been put in foster care with her mother. The court refers her to a homeless rehabilitation program to enable her to start rebuilding her life. A requirement of entering the facility is she must take a COVID survey, which stores a condition in her patient record that she is suspected of having COVID. But she has elected to exercise her 42 CFR part 2 rights to not have her substance use disorder shared with anyone. So, there is no way for the rehab center to retrieve the status of her COVID survey without revealing that Sarah has a substance use disorder. This COVID alerting demo involves a COVID survey app, an Electronic Health Records System (EHR), a Community Infectious Disease Alerts Service (CIDAS), a Homeless Management Information System, and a Rehab Shelter Management app. The COVID app uses the FHIR Questionnaire/QuestionnaireResponse Resources standard to create a clinical record Condition of Suspected COVID in Sarah’s medical record in the EHR. The CIDAS uses the FHIR Subscription API to learn of Sarah’s infectious disease condition from the EHR. The HMIS uses a FHIR Subscription API to subscribe to COVID alerts from the CIDAS on behalf of the Rehab Shelter Management app.</p>
<p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}8769555257,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}8769555257,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="710" alt="8769555257?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></p></div>Single Parent Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) Dataflowhttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/project-unify/resources/single-parent-social-determinants-of-health-sdoh-dataflow2021-04-07T14:32:30.000Z2021-04-07T14:32:30.000ZAmanda Taylorhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/AmandaTaylor<div><p>In the Single-parent SDOH demo we consider the challenges of Sarah Thomson, who is now a single mother of two children. This Food Insecurity demo involves a PRAPARE survey app, an Electronic Health Records System and a Case Management Referral System. The PRAPARE app uses the FHIR Questionnaire/QuestionnaireResponse Resources standard to create a clinical record Condition of Food Insecurity in Sarah’s medical record. The Case Management Referral System uses the FHIR Subscription service to learn of Sarah’s food insecurity condition, and then could use FHIR or 360X electronic referral standards, or a simple electronic fax or print and post to referral Sarah for for WIC and Child Care benefits to the appropriate community based organization or agency.</p>
<p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}8769550875,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}8769550875,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="710" alt="8769550875?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></p></div>Homeless / Case Management Social Determinants of Health Dataflowhttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/project-unify/resources/homeless-case-management-social-determinants-of-health-dataflow2021-04-07T14:24:34.000Z2021-04-07T14:24:34.000ZAmanda Taylorhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/AmandaTaylor<div><p>In the Homeless SDOH demo we consider the challenges of John Thomson, who is now homeless in NYC. This Chronically Homeless/Housing Insecurity demo involves a Shelter Management app, a Homeless Management Information System and a Case Management Referral System. The shelter management app uses a HUD HMIS standard API over HTTPS. The Case Management Referral System uses a publish and subscribe API similar to the FHIR Subscription service to learn of John’s housing insecurity issues, and then could use FHIR or 360X electronic referral standards, or a simple electronic fax or print and post to get a referral for housing to the appropriate community based organization or agency.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}8769533890,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}8769533890,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="710" alt="8769533890?profile=RESIZE_710x" /></a></p></div>Integrated Care for Kids: Working with Project Unify To Connect Health and Human Services, Improve Child and Family Outcomeshttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/project-unify/resources/integrated-care-for-kids-working-with-project-unify-to-connect-he2021-03-31T14:38:44.000Z2021-03-31T14:38:44.000ZHub Adminhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/NIC<div><p>Stewards of Change Institute is working with the federally funded Integrated Care for Kids (InCK) site in New Jersey to expedite that initiative’s work. Specifically, SOCI is working to develop, test and implement an innovative technical proof-of-concept solution/blueprint called Project Unify. Unify is designed to enable and accelerate the exchange of information across several systems and domains with which InCK interacts. Unify’s fundamental goal is to create an open-source, open-data and open-standards model that can be replicated and customized across the country.</p>
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<p> </p></div>HIPAA or FERPA? A Primer on Sharing School Health Information in Californiahttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/project-unify/resources/hipaa-or-ferpa-a-primer-on-sharing-school-health-information-in-c2021-03-04T16:06:34.000Z2021-03-04T16:06:34.000ZAmanda Taylorhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/AmandaTaylor<div><p>Introduction:</p>
<p>School-based health programs and providers bring a range of needed health care services to a school campus. These programs also provide an exciting opportunity to increase health care access for youth and improve care coordination and collaboration among providers and schools.</p>
<p>When developing school-based health programs, there are several legal considerations that the health provider(s) and education agencies should address early on. One of the most important is determining which confidentiality laws control access to and disclosure of the school-based health programs’ health care information. While there may be multiple laws to consider, the first question to address is whether the program’s information is subject to the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) or the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of<br />1996 (HIPAA).</p>
<p>Whether HIPAA or FERPA applies and how those laws interact with state confidentiality law will impact schoolbased health service operations in large and small ways:</p>
<ul>
<li>from framing how school staff and health<br />providers collaborate and share information;</li>
<li>to shaping policies about how to deal with<br />suicide threats and other emergencies;</li>
<li>to determining the content of required notices and consent forms<br />and other administrative issues.</li>
</ul>
<p>This Primer provides an overview of HIPAA, FERPA, and California state law. The goal is to provide sufficient information for health care providers and schools to be able to start important conversations with legal counsel about which law applies to their services.</p>
<p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}8631390670,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank">View the report >></a></p></div>InCK & NIC Presentation at 2020 National Opioid Summit: Tackling the COVID-19/Opioid Twindemic: The Urgent Need to Accelerate Responsible Data Sharing across the Spectrum of Health and Human Serviceshttps://hub.nic-us.org/groups/project-unify/resources/tackling-the-covid-19-opioid-twindemic-the-urgent-need-to-acceler2020-12-09T19:24:40.000Z2020-12-09T19:24:40.000ZAmanda Taylorhttps://hub.nic-us.org/members/AmandaTaylor<div><p>Dr. Kristine McCoy and Daniel Stein presented at the 2020 National Opioid Leadership Summit on December 8, 2020. The presentation titled, "Tackling the COVID-19/Opioid Twindemic: The Urgent Need to Accelerate Responsible Data Sharing across the Spectrum of Health and Human Services" was look into how the New Jersey Integrated Care for Kids (InCK) Initiative is breakingdown health and human services silos through a multi-generational approach and technological interoperability. Project InCK is developing a standards-based approach for enhancing information sharing interoperability across a range of programs and domains. </p>
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