1. Secondary Use of Healthcare Data
Randy L. Thomas, FHIMSS
VP, Premier Inc.
An educational update to the
HIMSS Enterprise Information Systems Steering Committee
November 9, 2007

2. “The Most Valuable Commodity that I know of is Information”.
-Gordon Gekko’s character from Wall Street

3. “Data Rich, Information Poor…”
Challenges
Volume and complexity of data
Integrating massive volumes of disparate data
Need for sophisticated analytics
Growing collaboration across ecosystem

4. We Often Get Lost in the Weeds…

5. “There are many questions, questions that need answering…”
Administrator – How can I use information management techniques to help us become an Informatics Leader ?
Clinician – What can I learn about my patients?
IT Leader – How does clinical and genomic
information relate within the my organization?
Researcher –
How do I advance my research and increase publications/grants through a standards based process?

6. Aggregate Disparate Data and Re-purpose Appropriately
CMO, CQO, ICP, Patient Safety, Operations
Cohort Segmentation
Risk Stratification
Access Portal
Analytic Tools
Data Aggregated, Translated from Disparate Sources
Common Vocabulary and Code Sets
If you build from the bottom up – you get another view of the IT environment.
Research
Financial/Administrative
Clinical Data $$

7. HIMSS Legislative Principles
Encourage the responsible use of data at the secondary level by those with access to such data consistent with the AMIA Recommendations on Secondary Use of Data, including but not limited to:
Transparent policies and practices for the secondary use of health data;
Focus on data control rather than data ownership per se;
Consensus on privacy policy and security;
Public awareness;
Comprehensive scope (beginning with a taxonomy); and
National leadership.

9. Thank you! For more information, please contact HIMSS Staff Liaison JoAnn W. Klinedinst, CPHIMS, PMP, FHIMSS at