are generally not are starting to be have been analyzed Policies, documented today. documented and and developed. procedures, and analyzed and a plan Examples include protocols for development is in information access necessary for place. rights, medical record EHR and correction, IT contingency planning, processes… and record printing. have not been have been discussed have been designed EHR and evaluated. but no specific plan and requirements exists. included in the referrals, and planning process. other has not yet been is recognized as an is currently being Chart addressed. issue to be addressed planned for, including conversion… and there is some preparation for data understanding of pre-load. options. are non-existent with are primarily handled Exist and have Technology IT total reliance on by an administrative experience with outsourcing staff member with system integration, some outside support. data conversion and managing expert resources to fill internal skill or knowledge gaps. has not been is generally has been IT staffing for analyzed. understood but is not documented and EHR and HIE documented in the requirements have implementation, planning process. been included in the maintenance, planning process. infrastructure and ongoing user support… is generally has been performed has been performed An assessment understood to be but not documented in and requirements of hardware needed but has not the planning process. included in the necessary to been evaluated. planning process. support EHR and HIE use… is not in place; is being developed is in place and will be A plan for a infrastructure will be and will be standards-compliant, technical upgraded according for including those for a infrastructure to vendor interoperability. statewide health using a recommendations. information exchange. platform, upgraded to be standardized, scalable, and easily maintained….
Policies, procedures, and protocols necessary for EHR and processes… are generally not documented today. are starting to be documented and analyzed and a plan for development is in place. have been analyzed and developed. Examples include information access rights, medical record correction, IT contingency planning, and record printing. EHR and referrals, and other have not been evaluated. have been discussed but no specific plan exists. have been designed and requirements included in the planning process. Chart conversion… has not yet been addressed. is recognized as an issue to be addressed and there is some understanding of options. is currently being planned for, including preparation for data pre-load. Technology IT are non-existent with total reliance on outsourcing are primarily handled by an administrative staff member with some outside support. Exist and have experience with system integration, data conversion and managing expert resources to fill internal skill or knowledge gaps. IT staffing for EHR and HIE implementation, maintenance, infrastructure and ongoing user support… has not been analyzed. is generally understood but is not documented in the planning process. has been documented and requirements have been included in the planning process. An assessment of hardware necessary to support EHR and HIE use… is generally understood to be needed but has not been evaluated. has been performed but not documented in the planning process. has been performed and requirements included in the planning process. A plan for a technical infrastructure using a platform, upgraded to be standardized, scalable, and easily maintained…. is not in place; infrastructure will be upgraded according to vendor recommendations. is being developed and will be for interoperability. is in place and will be standards-compliant, including those for a statewide health information exchange.