Implementation Geographies Workgroup Adoption and Implementation Stage Archive
Background
When originally formed, the Implementation Geographies Workgroup (IGW) was intended to support initial pilot projects using Direct standards by assisting with implementation/operational issues through a collaborative, community-based exchange of ideas and experiences. In doing so, the IGW sought to both demonstrate the potential for Direct, as well as to provide some of the experiential knowledge required to ultimately ensure its long-term success as a means of simple, secure, and scalable health information exchange.
Having addressed this initial charter through a series of successful pilots, the Implementation Geographies workgroup has continued to exist as a community of practice, sharing and exchanging ideas, issues, and experiences in an open and collaborative environment. Participants have found these robust discussions helpful to their own projects, and the IGW believes that its collective experiences continue to positively influence the future course of the Direct standard, as well as associated policies and best practices.
At the same time, Direct has begun to enjoy more widespread adoption in HIEs at the state, regional, and local levels. In the case of many of these organizations, project leaders have reached out to IGW participants for guidance and feedback. To that end, the IGW has restructured itself to enable new Direct Project implementations to participate in our collaborative workgroup.
All documents related to the IGW's initial pilot stage remain linked and available at the IGW Pilot Stage Archive (2010-2011) wiki page, which contains a bounty of useful information and historical context on the initial 'real-world' implementations of the NwHIN Direct standards.
Operating Model
Meetings follow a format for topical discussions (as outlined above) and may also include special presentations from an Implementation Geography, other Direct Project / S&I Framework workgroup, governmental agency, or invited industry speaker(s), as appropriate.
Discussions will include topics such as:
- Implementation issues / challenges
- Establishing operational policies and procedures
- Launching Direct to the provider community
- Operational issues / challenges
- Driving adoption of Direct at the provider level
- Innovations in the use of Direct
- Benchmarking / success metrics
IGW participants are expected to maintain a wiki page for their respective implementation(s)/project(s), which shall include at least monthly status updates
Deliverables up for Consensus
None at this time.
Consensus Approved Deliverables
- Certificate Pilot Recommendations Discussion WG Consensus Achieved
- Implementation Guide for Direct Edge Protocols v1.0 Consensus Achieved [Word] [PDF]
- Implementation Guide for Direct Edge Protocols v1.1 Consensus Achieved [[[file/view/Implementation%20Guide%20for%20Direct%20Edge%20Protocols%20v1.1.docx/557962569/Implementation%20Guide%20for%20Direct%20Edge%20Protocols%20v1.1.docx|Word]]] [[[file/view/Implementation%20Guide%20for%20Direct%20Edge%20Protocols%20v1.1.pdf/557962589/Implementation%20Guide%20for%20Direct%20Edge%20Protocols%20v1.1.pdf|PDF]]]
Other Works / Documents
Several sub-workgroups were created as a result of the Direct Scalable Trust Forum held in November, 2012. These workgroups concluded their work in 2013.
- Trust Bundle Sub Work Group
- Scalable Trust Community Framework Sub Workgroup
- In the Meantime Sub Workgroup
View 2010-2011 IGW Pilot Stage Working Documents
Active Implementation Geographies
Several Direct Project implementations are starting up or operating across the country. Each is explained below using a briefing document template (also linked below). The Implementation Geographies Workgroup uses its weekly conference call to receive updates from these implementations and collaborate in order to help each initiative achieve maximum success.
To enroll your implementation, create a new wiki page using the Implementation Brief Template as a guide and create a link to the new page below.
Pilot Project Brief - Rhode Island Quality Institute (shared documents)
Pilot Project Brief - MedAllies (Shared Documents)
Pilot Project Brief - Health Information Partnership for Tennessee/Veterans Affairs
Pilot Project Brief - Redwood MedNet
Pilot Project Brief – Cerner Corporation
Pilot Project Brief - MEDfx
Pilot Project Brief - Arizona NW-HIN Pilot
Pilot Project Brief - Gorge Health Connect Pilot
Project Brief -- Florida HIE
Members
Workgroup Lead: Paul Tuten
| Name |
Organization |
Implementation Geography represented (if any) |
| Richard Elmore |
Allscripts |
|
| Dave Monic |
Amedisys |
|
| Michelle Del Guercio |
Atlas Medical (Atlas Development Corp.) |
|
| Amber Broadwater-Martinez |
Precyse |
|
| Francois Andry |
Axolotl |
|
| Jonah Frohlich |
California Health and Human Service Agency |
|
| Chris Voigt |
CareSpark/MobileMD (HIE Tech) |
TN / VA |
| Susan Torzewski |
CareSpark |
TN / VA |
| Douglas Arnold |
Clinical Groupware Collaborative |
|
| David C. Kibbe, MD |
Clinical Groupware Collaborative |
|
| Douglas McLeod |
Community Choice PHCO |
|
| Bhawna Batra |
eClinicalWorks |
|
| Vidit Saxena |
eClinicalWorks |
|
| Julie Maas |
EMR Direct |
|
| Luis Maas |
EMR Direct |
|
| John Williams |
Garden State Health Systems |
|
| Michael Firriolo |
Garden State Health Systems |
|
| Susan Johnston |
GSI Health |
|
| Noam Arzt |
HLN Consulting, LLC |
|
| Jeff Cunningham |
ICA |
|
| Pat Pyette |
Inpriva |
Rhode Island Quality Institute |
| Bruce Schreiber |
MaxMD |
|
| Lee Jones |
MedAllies |
|
| Parag More |
MedAllies |
MedAllies - Hudson Valley - NY |
| Mark Bamberg |
MEDfx |
MEDfx - MedVirginia - Verizon - Dominion |
| Frank Clark |
Medical University of SC, South Carolina Research Authority |
|
| Eric Heflin |
Medicity |
|
| Mark Stine |
MedPlus, Inc./Quest Diagnostics |
|
| Tom Wagner |
MedPlus, Inc./Quest Diagnostics |
|
| Marla Kouche |
MedPlus/Ques |
|
| Umesh Madan |
Microsoft |
|
| Chris Voigt |
MobileMD - CareSpark HIE Tech |
|
| Robert Barker |
NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc. |
|
| Yvan Charpentier |
NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc. |
|
| Chris Harris |
NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc. |
|
| Brian Ahier |
Gorge Health Connect |
Gorge Health Connect/Medicity |
| Will Ross |
Redwood MedNet |
Northern California |
| Gary Christensen |
Rhode Island Quality Institute |
Rhode Island Quality Institute |
| Greg Chittim |
Arcadia Solutions |
Rhode Island Quality Institute |
| Didi Davis |
Serendipity Health, LLC |
Health Information Partnership for Tennessee |
| David Tao |
Siemens |
MedAllies - Hudson Valley - NY (Albany Med Ctr) |
| Sri Koka |
Techsant Technologies |
|
| Paul Tuten |
Consultant, State HIE Program ONC |
|
| Bob DeAnna |
Recursion Software |
|
| Vaibhav Bhandari |
Optum |
Meeting Agendas / Notes
Geographies Meeting 2015-08-19
Geographies Meeting 2015-07-15 -- Not held. See 2015 Meeting Schedule above for details.
Geographies Meeting 2015-06-17 -- Canceled
Geographies Meeting 2015-05-20
Geographies Meeting 2015-03-18
Geographies Meeting 2014-11-19
Geographies Meeting 2014-08-20 -- Canceled
Geographies Meeting 2014-07-16 -- Not held (summer break)
Geographies Meeting 2014-06-18
Geographies Meeting 2013-12-18
Geographies Meeting 2013-11-13 -- Did not hold due to logistical problems
Geographies Meeting 2013-10-16 -- Did not hold due to govt. shutdown
Geographies Meeting 2013-09-18
Geographies Meeting 2013-08-21
Geographies Meeting 2013-07-17
Geographies Meeting 2013-05-29
Geographies Meeting 2013-04-17
Geographies Meeting 2013-03-20
Geographies Meeting 2013-02-20
Geographies Meeting 2013-02-06
Geographies Meeting 2012-12-05
Geographies Meeting 2012-11-14
Geographies Meeting 2012-10-17
Geographies Meeting 2012-10-02
Geographies Meeting 2012-09-19
Geographies Meeting 2012-08-22
Geographies Meeting 2012-08-08 -- Did not hold due to logistical problems
Geographies Meeting 2012-08-01 -- Cancelled due to recombining Pre- and Post-Implementation Tracks (next meeting on 8/8/12)
Geographies Meeting 2012-07-25 -- Post-Implementation Track
Geographies Meeting 2012-07-18 -- Pre-Implementation Track
Geographies Meeting 2012-07-11 -- Post-Implementation Track
Geogrpahies Meeting 2012-07-04 -- Cancelled due to Independence Day holiday
Geographies Meeting 2012-06-27 -- Post-Implementation Track (Note: this meeting was cancelled)
Geographies Meeting 2012-06-20 -- Pre-Implementation Track
Geographies Meeting 2012-06-13 -- Post-Implementation Track
Geographies Meeting 2012-06-06 -- Pre-Implementation Track
Geographies Meeting 2012-05-23 -- Pre-Implementation Track
Geographies Meeting 2012-05-16 -- Post-Implementation Track
Geographies Meeting 2012-04-25 -- Pre-Implementation Track
No Meeting on 2012-04-11 due to S&I F2F
Geographies Meeting 2012-04-04 -- Post-Implementation Track
Geographies Meeting 2012-03-28 -- Pre-Implementation Track
Geographies Meeting 2012-03-21 -- Post-Implementation Track (Note: this meeting was cancelled)
Geographies Meeting 2012-03-14 -- Pre-Implementation Track
Geographies Meeting 2012-03-07 -- Post-Implementation Track
Geographies Meeting 2012-02-29 -- Pre-Implementation Track
Geographies Meeting 2012-02-15 -- Pre-Implementation Track
Geographies Meeting 2012-02-08 -- Post-Implementation Track
Geographies Meeting 2012-02-01 -- Pre-Implementation Track
Geographies Meeting 2012-01-25
View 2010-2011 IGW Meeting Agendas / Notes