Monday, Feb. 21, 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM

Description:
Existing regional health information exchanges (HIEs) play a major role in advancing statewide exchange. CareSpark and BHIX discuss how their experience, political influence, policies and architecture have been leveraged by their states.

Speaker Information:

• Irene Koch, JD, Executive Director, BHIE, Brooklyn Health Information Exchange (BHIX)
• Randall Sermons, JD, Attorney, Randall E. Sermons, Attorney at Law

Objectives:

• Identify how regional HIE success accelerates growth of a statewide exchange.
• Employ a scalable, standards-based architecture to support ongoing statewide growth and evolution.
• Develop strategies for governance and consent based on existing models that work.
• Identify strategies to build a sustainable HIE with funding, subscription-based services and value-based reporting.
• Outline federal activities to monitor priorities, policies and standards to ensure compliance and promote sustainability.