Health Information Technology Council Meeting

August 5, 2019
Agenda

Vote: Approve minutes

MOTION: That the Health Information Technology Council hereby approves the minutes of the council meeting held on May 6, 2019 as presented/amended

HIway connection requirement phased in over four years
Progressive HIway connection requirements
   Year 1 	Send or receive HIway Direct messages for at least one use case
	   ○   Can be from any use case category listed below
   Year 2	Send or receive HIway Direct messages for at least one use case
	   ○   Must be a provider-to-provider communications use case
   Year 3	Send HIway Direct messages for at least one use case, and 
	Receive HIway Direct messages for at least one use case
	   ○   Both must be provider-to-provider communications use cases
   Year 4 	Meet Year 3 requirement or be subject to penalties if requirement is not met
	   ○   Penalties go into effect in the applicable Year 4 (e.g., January 2020 for acute care hospitals)
Additional ENS requirement for acute care hospitals only
   Send admission, discharge, and transfer notifications (ADTs) to ENS framework

HIway connection and 
attestation requirement
Improvements to attestation process
•	Last fall, the HIway analyzed how the attestation forms could be improved:
o	Ease of use/convenience for provider organizations
o	Quality of submitted data

•	Supplemental instructions were fleshed out, confusing questions were clarified, and new questions were added

•	A save and continue function was added to the online webform, providing convenience for submitters

•	New this year: POs may not submit PDF forms  
2019 Attestation Update
August/September attestation outreach
Estimating universe of medium & large medical ambulatory practices 
Universe of medium/large medical ambulatory practices 

HIway 2.0 migration status
HIway 2.0 achievement graph by quarter
HIway 2.0 transaction volume growth and progression of participant migrations
HIway 2.0 client engagements
Process and support for new HIway onboarding

ENS initiative: History
ENS initiative: Framework
ENS initiative: Regulatory and certification process
ENS regulation and certification timeline
Certification: Process
ENS Initiative discussion

Tufts Medical Center – External Provider Communications and the Mass HIway
August 5, 2019
Tufts MC began Automated External Provider Communication with AutoFax & Secure Email
Tufts MC External Provider Communication
Technical Architecture – 2012
Tufts MC Internal Provider Directory
Tufts MC External Provider Communication 
by the numbers…
Tufts MC External Provider Communication
Technical Architecture – 2016
Tufts MC External Provider Communication
Updated Architecture with Mass HIway
Tufts MC Mass HIway – External Provider Communications
by the numbers…
Tufts MC Mass HIway – External Provider Communications
by the numbers – Post-Acute…
Mass HIway Use Case 1: 
Tufts MC to Provider on eClinicalWorks
Mass HIway Use Case 1: 
Tufts MC to Provider on eClinicalWorks

Conclusion 
Undersecretary Lauren Peters

Appendix: HIway operations update
HIway participation 
April 21, 2019 – July 20, 2019
HIway connections 
April 21, 2019 – July 20, 2019
HIway transactions

Thank you!