1. Preparing the Path to Connectedness
Bevan Baker, CHE, Milwaukee Health Dept.
Amy Helwig MD MS, eHealth Initiative
Debra Rislow, Gunderson Lutheran Hlth Syst
Fred Wesbrook MD, Marshfield Clinic
Seth Foldy MD MPH, Medical College of WI

2. Common Terms
Health
Information
Technology
Health
Information
Exchange

3. WHY NOW?
Why is now a good time to implement health information technology and health information exchange? What is different today than yesterday?

4. CHALLENGES
The vision is clear if the path is not: “Health information will be available at the point of care for patients, with electronic health records and decision support systems for evidence based medicine deployed in all medical care settings in the state.” What issues will be most challenging on the way to this goal?

5. GOOD NEWS
What recent successes in Wisconsin or nationally tell us we can succeed? What positive lessons we can learn from those successes?

6. KEY INGREDIENTS
Our goal requires diverse stakeholders to work together over several years. What are key ingredients for success in such an enterprise?

7. LOW-HANGING FRUIT
Describe an early success that might be achieved in a short period of time.

8. BIG CHANGES
Exchanging information will require change by many stakeholders: clinicians, hospitals, service providers like laboratories, payers, even patients themselves. Discuss a major change needed from one or more stakeholders

9. INSPIRATION
Something we should think of when the going gets hard