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Monday, August 25, 2008: 11:30 AM
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Too often, public health information systems have been developed in isolation from enterprise-wide goals and the needs of stakeholders. The need for integration and harmonization is even greater today with the President’s Executive Order to develop a Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) infrastructure that will facilitate the flow of reliable information among public health and clinical care systems. PHIN 2.0 requirements reflect the initiatives and standards needed to harmonize with NHIN. Compliance with PHIN 2.0 and NHIN initiatives so that data can be shared with health care partners at all levels requires a systematic, planned strategic approach. The objectives of this presentation are to provide NC PHIN best business practices for strategically approaching PHIN 2.0 and NHIN harmonization. The presentation will focus on business practices including governance, enterprise architecture, and infrastructure that enable interoperability, information security and assurance. The below topics will be addressed in the presentation:
Governance: The leadership and organizational structures and processes that ensure IT is aligned with NC PHIN strategies and objectives including PHIN 2.0 certification and NHIN Initiatives. Governance provides NC PHIN architecture direction.
Architectural Framework: The NC PHIN Architecture is the description of the current and/or future structure and behavior of processes that aligns information systems with the NC DPH's core goals and strategic direction. The NC PHIN Architecture Framework guides and describes the IT architecture. The Framework is a logical structure for classifying and organizing complex information.
NC PHIN Infrastructure: The descriptions of the hardware, software, networks and general services constituting the operating environment in which PH program applications operate and share data securely for PHIN compliance. The infrastructure is designed to consider new integration technologies such as SOA and Grids for efficient implementation.
Governance: The leadership and organizational structures and processes that ensure IT is aligned with NC PHIN strategies and objectives including PHIN 2.0 certification and NHIN Initiatives. Governance provides NC PHIN architecture direction.
Architectural Framework: The NC PHIN Architecture is the description of the current and/or future structure and behavior of processes that aligns information systems with the NC DPH's core goals and strategic direction. The NC PHIN Architecture Framework guides and describes the IT architecture. The Framework is a logical structure for classifying and organizing complex information.
NC PHIN Infrastructure: The descriptions of the hardware, software, networks and general services constituting the operating environment in which PH program applications operate and share data securely for PHIN compliance. The infrastructure is designed to consider new integration technologies such as SOA and Grids for efficient implementation.