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Pharmacy e-Health Information Technology Collaborative
The Roadmap for Pharmacy Health Information Technology Integration in U.S. Health Care
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2. Objectives Pharmacy e-HIT Collaborative overview
Explain the Roadmap development and review process
Describe an overview of the goals, objectives and strategies of the Roadmap
Describe how pharmacists can get involved in ensuring the goals of the Roadmap are met
Describe how the Roadmap outlines the adoption of electronic health records (EHR) by pharmacists to facilitate safe and effective medication use

3. Collaborative Overview
9 Professional Pharmacy Associations
Represents over 250K members in all practice settings
Founding Organizations
AACP-ACCP-ACPE-AMCP-APhA-ASCP-ASHP-NASPA-NCPA
Members
Surescripts – NCPDP – RelayHealth – Medco – Mirixa - ScriptPro
Associate Members

4. Advisory Work Group
Each Collaborative Council organization appointed representatives to work on the Roadmap
Over 50 authors, contributors and advisors worked on the Roadmap
Roadmap was reviewed by over 100 key health care individuals and organizations

5. Milestones Oct 2010 May 2011 Aug 2011 Nov 2011 Dec 2011 Q1 2012
AWG started Roadmap work
Oct 2010
AWG completed 1st draft
May 2011
Review by key healthcare groups
Aug 2011
Collaborative approval, copyediting & publishing
Nov 2011
Roadmap outreach and Webinar
Dec 2011
Prioritize the work
F2F Stakeholders meeting
Q1 2012

6. About the Roadmap Goals are numbered by process and not by priority
The Collaborative will contribute to aspects within the Roadmap that are aligned with the scope, goals, objectives, and strategies of the Collaborative
Areas outside the scope of the Collaborative will be addressed by pharmacy organizations

7. Roadmap Goals
Ensure HIT Supports Pharmacists in Health Care Service Delivery-is to ensure that HIT enables pharmacists to improve public health through the safe, effective and appropriate medication use
Achieve Integration of Clinical Data with Electronic Prescription (e-prescribing) Information -is to foster forums that evaluate e-prescribing system safety, effectiveness, vulnerabilities, and opportunities for improvement

8. Roadmap Goals
Advocate Pharmacist Recognition in Existing Programs and Policies- is to promote pharmacist involvement in the health care delivery model in all practice settings in both state and national HIT policies and programs designed to expand the adoption and use the Pharmacist EHR
Ensure HIT Infrastructure Includes and Supports MTM Services - is to ensure that MTM principles and service models are incorporated into the national HIT infrastructure and that HIT systems support the pharmacist’s role in providing MTM

9. Roadmap Goals
Integrate Pharmacist-Delivered Immunizations into the EHR- is to ensure that the pharmacist’s meaningful use (MU) of the EHR includes pharmacist-administered immunizations and that this information is shared with other providers and public health organizations
Achieve Recognition of Pharmacists as Meaningful Users of EHR Quality Measures- is to promote the recognition of pharmacists as meaningful users of the EHR and as having impact on the MU quality measures of other eligible professionals and hospitals

10. Roadmap Goals
Advance System Vendor EHR Certification- is to establish recognition and approval of the Pharmacist EHR certification criteria and selection of a certification body to drive Pharmacist EHR certification beyond e-prescribing functionality
Promote Pharmacist Adoption and Use of HIT and EHRs- is to support pharmacists’ adoption of HIT and certified Pharmacist EHRs, including participation in HIEs for bidirectional exchange of medical information

11. Roadmap Goals
Achieve Integration of Pharmacies and Pharmacists into Health Information Exchanges- is to include pharmacy and pharmacist-provided services in HIEs by providing and receiving key clinical and medication information
Establish the Value and Effective Use of HIT Solutions by Pharmacists- is to establish the value of the pharmacist’s role in HIT by demonstrating the effective use of HIT by pharmacists

12. Immediate Priorities
Steps to ensure optimal integration of pharmacist-provided patient care services into the national HIT inter-operative framework
4 basic steps, critical for the pharmacy profession’s success in the national HIT plan
Promote the “Roadmap for Pharmacy HIT” agenda to stakeholders, change-agents, and policymakers
Engage stakeholders within and outside the pharmacy sector
Participate in national, regional, state, local, and private HIE initiatives and agendas
Educate pharmacist stakeholders to help assess and accelerate the Pharmacist EHR adoption by pharmacists

13. Objectives & Strategies
Roadmap details 2011– Pharmacy HIT objectives and strategies for each of the 10 goals
Rationale – background for each goal
Objectives
2011
Strategies identified as necessary for moving objectives forward

14. Next Steps A survey will be done to rank and prioritize the 10 goals
Convene a focus group centered around the top 3 goals
Work on action plans to achieve the objectives and strategies outlined in the Roadmap
Collaborative will begin to work on the objectives and strategies that fall under the Collaborative’s scope

15. Get Involved!
Discuss adoption of Pharmacist EHR functionality with pharmacy management system vendors
Get involved in State HIEs
Take an inter-professional team approach to EHR adoption in all practice settings
Participate in HIT initiatives with professional associations

16. Results

17. Questions Presentation Prepared by : Shelly Spiro
Director, Pharmacy e-HIT Collaborative