Secondary Use of Healthcare Data

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Secondary Use of Healthcare Data

• Randy L. Thomas, FHIMSS
• VP, Premier Inc.
• An educational update to the
• HIMSS Enterprise Information Systems Steering
  Committee
• November 9, 2007

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The Most Valuable Commodity that I know of is
Information. -Gordon Gekkos character from Wall
Street
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Data Rich, Information Poor

• Challenges
• Volume and complexity of data
• Integrating massive volumes of disparate data
• Need for sophisticated analytics
• Growing collaboration across ecosystem

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We Often Get Lost in the Weeds
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There are many questions, questions that need
answering
Administrator How can I use information
management techniques to help us become an
Informatics Leader ?
Clinician What can I learn about my patients?
IT Leader How does clinical and genomic
information relate within the my organization?
Researcher How do I advance my research and
increase publications/grants through a standards
based process?
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Aggregate Disparate Data and Re-purpose
Appropriately

• Cohort Segmentation
• Risk Stratification

Access Portal
Analytic Tools
Data Aggregated, Translated from Disparate
Sources Common Vocabulary and Code Sets
Research
Financial/Administrative

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HIMSS Legislative Principles
Encourage the responsible use of data at the
secondary level by those with access to such data
consistent with the AMIA Recommendations on
Secondary Use of Data, including but not limited
to

• Transparent policies and practices for the
  secondary use of health data
• Focus on data control rather than data ownership
  per se
• Consensus on privacy policy and security
• Public awareness
• Comprehensive scope (beginning with a taxonomy)
  and
• National leadership.

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Thank you!For more information, please contact
HIMSS Staff Liaison JoAnn W. Klinedinst, CPHIMS,
PMP, FHIMSS at jklinedinst_at_himss.org