1. Physician Office System Program VCUR dependencies
POSP/CHITTA VENDOR SESSION
May 8, 2003
A Joint Initiative
Alberta Health & Wellness – Alberta Medical Association

2. Background
VCUR
approved by POSP Subcommittee March 28th, 2003
published April, 2003
majority of requirements to come into force April 1, 2004
conformance testing scheduled for late Fall, 2003
several dependencies identified
majority of dependencies relate to EMR/EHR integration
most “owned” by Alberta Wellnet
some by regions, POSP

3. Background (cont.) Extract from VCUR Task Force final report:
“For the VCUR process to be realized, health system stakeholders must act now to ensure that the dependencies identified in Appendix Two are addressed. A mechanism to track performance relative to the dependencies timeline needs to be established, and any variances from that timeline brought to the attention of the Information Management/Information Technology Governance Council”

4. Background (cont.)
monthly status reports prepared on progress relative to dependencies timeline
status reports shared with CHITTA and CHITTA’s internal EMR/EHR working group
need ongoing dialogue to determine impact of slippage (relative to timelines) on coming-into-force of VCUR

5. Break-out questions
What are the “key” dependencies (i.e., those that have a “linear” relationship with VCUR coming-into-force date)?
How will vendors provide status/feedback on their progress relative to implementing VCUR?
What steps can we take together to ensure the process does not become adversarial?