Overview of HITSC and S&I Framework Criteria to Evaluate Health IT Standard HL7 Clinical Quality Information Workgroup Walter G. Suarez, MD, MPH – Co-Chair, Clinical Quality Information Workgroup Executive Director, Health IT Strategy and Policy, Kaiser Permanente
HIT Standards Committee – NwHIN PowerTeam
In addition to Maturity and Adoptability, the S&I Framework considered: – Regulatory (MU, HIPAA, Other) – Usage Within S&I Framework For each of the core domains (Maturity, Adoptability, Regulatory, Usage w/i S&I), the standards were grouped into: – Content and Structure – Transport and Security – Cross-Category – Vocabulary and Code Set An S&I Framework Standards Evaluation Template was developed to identify candidate standards for an initiative and evaluate (score) candidate standards S&I Framework Additional Evaluation Domains
S&I Framework Standards Evaluation Template
Example of Consolidated Scores
Systematic review of candidate standards for S&I Framework Initiatives Offers a way to document identified standards and consistently evaluate them based on defined criteria Criteria depends on best assessment of reviewers; through review meetings, differences get resolved and a consensus rating achieved Started to be applied with Structure Data Capture, Health eDecisions, QueryHealth Initiatives Concluding Comments