The Consortium for State and Regional Interoperability, the nation’s largest collection of nonprofit health data organizations, announced the CSRI Health Data Utility Maturity Model last week at the HIMSS23 conference and exhibition.
CSRI’s goal is to address the most pressing public health challenges facing states across the nation – including maternal health disparities, epidemics of drug use disorders, and outbreaks. infectious diseases like COVID-19 – with a stratified model of health data utility features and services. can be leveraged by the state and other healthcare stakeholders.
Services provided by health data utilities in the states can range from clinical data exchange and electronic health record integration, public health services, claims exchange , research and academic services as well as quality and public health reporting certifications.
The CSRI HDU Maturity Model is a tool the industry can use to standardize the HDU concept, communicate the concept with existing health data organizations, state governments, and other stakeholders, and guide Strategic guide to inform strategic planning and decision-making for the future of state health information exchange.
“The United States is a global technology leader, but our nation’s health and policy base has failed to realize the full return on its investments in health IT infrastructure.” us to improve the health and well-being of our communities,” Morgan Honea, CSRI president and executive vice president of Denver-based Contexture, said in the announcement.
“Every state should have a statewide health data utility,” said John Kansky, CSRI board member and president and chief executive officer of the Indiana Health Information Exchange. based in Indianapolis, added.
“Although most states have institutions and assets that help meet health data needs, we all have work to do and gaps to fill. I expect that model to be the chief model. This city will help guide all states towards a unified health data utility, whatever their starting point,” he said.
Founding CSRI health data organizations also include Baltimore-based CRISP, Omaha-based CyncHealth, and Emeryville, Calif-based Manifest MedEx.
Andrea Fox is the senior editor of Healthcare IT News.
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