1. Massachusetts Health Data Consortium, Inc. Slide #1 The Planets are aligning…. …for improving our health information infrastructure

2. Massachusetts Health Data Consortium, Inc. Slide #2 MA-SHARE First Steps CIO Forum initial catalyst to formation of MA-SHARE Simplifying Healthcare Among Regional Entities Through administrative simplification and secure, appropriate sharing of clinical data. $615K Year 1 funding secured – BCBSMA Cornerstone Grant Advisory Committee and Executive Sub-Committee established Mission, project priorities, governance & operating procedures defined Seven projects approved MedsInfo-ED – Diane Stone, MA-SHARE Project Manager Credentialing – Audrey Shelto, MA-SHARE Project Manager Secure E-mail – Ben Littauer, MA-SHARE Project Manager Pathology Database Query System – Paul Cleary, PhD, Project Manager Electronic Health Records – David Bates, MD, Project Manager Electronic Patient-Centered Communications – Daniel Sands, MD, Project Manager Bioterrorism Syndromic Surveillance – Ken Mandl, MD, Project Manager

3. Massachusetts Health Data Consortium, Inc. Slide #3 MA-SHARE “Faster, Cheaper, Better” Strategy How can we “add value” to market initiatives? “Faster, Cheaper, Better” Strategy Focus MA-SHARE resources on development of services/technologies common to the success of most clinical connectivity initiatives Matching patients to available clinical data sources…Master Patient Index Aggregation and distribution of clinical data Development of community standards for privacy and security Build service/support/education infrastructure to make these shared services available to all market players Develop and test models for evaluation of clinical connectivity projects to measure the “costs/benefits” of each application

4. Massachusetts Health Data Consortium, Inc. Slide #4

5. Massachusetts Health Data Consortium, Inc. Slide #5 Pharmacies MA-SHARE Clinical Connectivity Vision

6. Massachusetts Health Data Consortium, Inc. Slide #6 Standards needed for MA-SHARE Medication history inquiry & response Laboratory results Radiology findings Syndromic Surveillance Data Set Master Patient Index Master Provider Index

7. Massachusetts Health Data Consortium, Inc. Slide #7 Role of PHDSC Encourage Public Health & Private Sector Collaborative Applications Examples: More timely Syndromic Surveillance More timely Cancer Registries Care Mgt.(Rx history?) for the Dually Eligible STD lab results could “piggyback” on ALL lab transmissions