As discussed in the Call to Action, the Steering Committee is asking for volunteers to participate in task groups to provide input on key issues related to the road map.  The four task groups are identified below with brief descriptions of the issues the steering committee may ask them to address:

 

1)       Provider, Payers and Patients

a.       Payer to Provider data exchange

b.       Provider to Consumer data exchange

c.       Electronic Health Records and Continuity of Care Standards

d.       Adoption Barriers

e.       Clinical Information Application Deployment Readiness

 

2)       Technology

a.       Interoperable e-Health Infrastructure

b.       e-Health communities and data storage models

c.       Technical standards

 

3)       Governance, Financing and Regulatory Oversight

a.       Finance Model

b.       Governance

                                                               i.      Role of Public Sector

                                                             ii.      Role of Private Sector

c.       Legislative or Regulatory Support

 

4)       Information Privacy, Security and Other Consumer Issues

a.       Information Protection Standards

b.       Patient & Provider Information Sharing

c.       Public Health Information

d.       Personal Health Information Research 

 

To volunteer to participate in one of the above task groups, please fill out the attached form and e-mail to Chris Muir at cmuir@azgita.gov.