Health Information Technology Initiative NSF FIU-FAU Industry / University Cooperative Research Center Executive Brief http://hit.fiu.edu Naphtali David Rishe, PhD Tom M. Gomez April 16, 2010

Pending Applications – RFA-HS-10-003 FOA Recovery Act 2009 Limited Competition: AHRQ Clinical and Health Outcomes Initiative in Comparative Effectiveness (CHOICE) Grants (R01) RFA-HS-10-003 Project Title “Peer Based and Automated Coaching for Self Management Support in Chronic Disease” Sponsor – Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ); Total Budgeted Amt - $10 MM; FIU - $2.4 MM Collaborators American Academy of Family Physicians National Research Network (AAFP NRN), University of North Carolina, FIU, LANet – University of Southern California, University of California San Francisco; 2 CCs with 24 Clinical Sites (FIU -10 Clinical Sites)

Pending Applications – FRA-RM-09-022 FOA Roadmap Transformative Research Projects Program (R01) RFA-RM-09-022 Project Title “Developing and Implementing a National Infrastructure for Translational Research” Sponsor – National Institutes of Health (NIH); Total Budgeted Amt - $50 MM; FIU - $3.9 MM Collaborators American Academy of Family Physicians National Research Network (AAFP NRN), FIU, University of Chicago, University of Washington, Northwestern, Tufts University, University of Michigan, University of Utah, University of Minnesota, University of North Carolina, Center for Healthcare Research (Kaiser); 11 CCs and over 85 Clinical Sites (FIU -10 Clinical Sites)

FIU Practice-Based Research Network FIU Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) is a group of Ambulatory Care Practices devoted to improving primary care for patients. Founders – Tom M. Gomez & Naphtali David Rishe, PhD Goals for the FIU PBRN Enhance Translational Research capabilities in Ambulatory Care Settings Advance Evidence-Based Practice Model Improve quality of care by enabling better decision support at point of care Develop programs for supporting Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) Create technology platforms for advancing the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH)

HIT Innovations Lab HIPAA-compliant “infrastructure and services” “Workbenches” for advanced research & development Health Information Exchange (HIE) Data Extraction Clinical Messaging Clinical Data Repositories (CDR) Disease Registries Bio-Surveillance Remote Patient Monitoring Patient Communication

Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) A set of standards, services and policies that enable secure Health Information Exchange (HIE) over the Internet Provide a foundation for the exchange of health information across diverse entities in communities across the country; critical part of National Health IT Agenda CONNECT Implements NHIN standards and governance Built by 20 federal agencies - managed by Federal Health Architecture (FHA) Open source software gateway Supports Health Information Exchange (local & national). Ensures HIEs are compatible with other exchanges NHIN and CONNECT are managed by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT) in the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS).

CONNECT Code-a-Thon http://connectopensource.org Hosted by FIU When: April 28-29, 2010 9 AM EDT – 5 AM EDT Where: Florida International University 11200 S. W. 8 Street Miami, FL 33199 CONNECT Code-a-Thon Organized by Federal Health Architecture 200 participants – industry, students, and federal agencies Collaborate, share ideas and best practices

NHIN-CONNECT Code-a-Thon CONNECT Code-a-Thon Challenge Co-hosted by FIU, OHT & AAFP NRN Innovative stylesheets for display of CCD to Physicians Smartphones, Netbooks, Full Size Displays Participants - students, faculty, and professionals Contribute copyrights to CONNECT Open Source Details here HIE Executive Sessions Co-hosted by FIU, OHT & AAFP NRN Limited seating – must register to attend Speakers- HHS, DoD, SSA, AAFP NRN, Oracle, MOSS Topics – NHIN-DoD, NHIN-SSA, NHIN-Disease Registries Open Source HIE Panel Discussion on “HIE – Privacy & Security” Audience – CIOs, CMOs, Privacy Officers, Faculty, Technologists Details here

Contacts Dr. Naphtali David Rishe, PhD Director NSF FIU-FAU I/UCRC Director FIU HIT Initiative rishe@fiu.edu 305-348-1706 Tom M. Gomez Entrepreneur-in-Residence, NSF FIU-FAU I/UCRC Director of Program Management, FIU HIT Initiative gomezt@cs.fiu.edu 917-304-7149