UWPHI: Wisconsin eHealth Initiative

Wisconsin eHealth Initiative

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services contracts with the UW Population Health Institute Health Policy Unit to support the work of Governor Doyle's eHealth Quality and Patient Safety Board and advance the Wisconsin eHealth Initiative.

Institute activities in this arena include the following:

Produce the annual Wisconsin eHealth Implementation Summit
Lead staff, in partnership with WI DHS, on Health Information Privacy and Security Collaborative, focusing on matters relevant to the exchange of electronic health records.
Consult on measurement and reporting of ehealth technology adoption and information exchange
Supported the initial eHealth Action Plan process
- Staff the committees and prepared the final reports of the Financing Work Group and of the Consumer Interest Work Group
Summits & Colloquia
- June 12, 2008 Summit
  - eHealth Summit Agenda Detail
  - Governor's Letter
  - Speaker biographies
  - Participant roster
  - Plenary Keynotes:
    - Kevin Hutchinson's ppt
    - J. Marc Overhage's ppt
  - Breakout sessions:
  - Plenary Leadership Panel:
  - View webcast on DHFS webcast directory
  - Wisconsin eHealth Board
- March 15, 2007 Summit
  - Conference Announcement
  - Event Registration
  - Conference Agenda
  - Public Health Breakout Session Materials
  - RHIO Breakout Session Materials
    - PowerPoint Presentation
  - Other Materials
- May 5, 2006 Summit
- Feb. 7, 2005
  Health Data Colloquium: Models for Public-Private Partnerships
  UW-Madison Campus
  - Post-event viewing of Live Broadcast
  - Visiting Speakers
    - Al Prysunka, Executive Director, Maine Health Data Organization (powerpoint presentation)
    - Nancy Vorhee, COO, Inland Northwest Health Services, Spokane, Washington http://www.inhs.info/ (powerpoint presentation)
    - Jonathan Handler, MD, FACEP, Dir. of Development, Nat. Center for Emergency Medicine Informatics, Dir. Section of Informatics, Northwestern Univ. Emergency Medicine.
  - Panel PowerPoint presentations
  - Questions Submitted to Leadership Panel
    Questioner: Jeff Grossman, UW Med. Foundation (pdf)
  - Papers Specific to the Colloquium
    - DHFS Compendium Health Information Assets (pdf)
    - State & Regional Experience in Health Information Collection, Sharing & Reporting. Wisconsin Public Health & Health Policy Institute, Univ. of Wisconsin, Feb. 7, 2005. (pdf)
  - Commentary Submitted in Response to Colloquium
    Chapin, J, Health Data in a Banana Republic, Unpublished Document, Madison, WI. Feb. 1, 2005. (pdf)
  - Related National Event
    Cost, Quality, Access: Balancing the Health Policy Triumvirate. National Health Policy Forum, March 4, 2005. Washington DC (pdf)
  - References