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New Sourcebook on Best Practices in
Integrating Health Information Systems
A new Sourcebook describing the key elements considered critical to the success of a public health information systems integration project is now available online at genes-r-us.uthscsa.edu/resources/HRSAMeeting2002/resources.htm. The Sourcebook was prepared by The Center for Innovation in Health Information Systems as part of a contract with the Genetics Services Branch, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration (GSB/MCHB).
The Center for Innovation, home to All Kids Count – a program funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to foster integration of child health information systems – was tasked with identifying and describing best practices in integrating newborn screening information with other early childhood information and systems. Center for Innovation staff gathered information through site visits to 7 of 17 states that had received GSB/MCHB grants to develop state genetics plans and integrated data collection and services systems: Colorado, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Utah. The site visits focused on identifying and understanding what factors, from the grantees’ perspective, were important for planning and implementation of the integration effort within their states.
The Sourcebook describes each of the nine cross-cutting Key Elements and the “best practices” in their implementation as demonstrated by the grantees: Leadership, Project Governance, Stakeholder Involvement, Organizational and Technical Strategy; Technical Support and Coordination, Financial Support and Management, Policy Support, and Evaluation.
The Sourcebook provides in-depth case studies of the integration projects underway in Missouri and Utah and presents five lessons learned – over-arching conclusions that states and government agencies should bear in mind as they consider implementing health information systems integration projects. The Sourcebook also contains relevant resources and a bibliography for information systems program managers engaged in planning, developing or implementing an integrated child health information system.
For information, contact: Ellen Wild, Center for Innovation in Health Information Systems, ewild@taaskforce.org.
Source: Terry Hastings, AKC