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Checkup! A MedBiquitous Progress Update. Peter Greene, MD Executive Director, MedBiquitous April 17, 2006. MedBiquitous Mission. To advance healthcare education through technology standards that promote professional competence, collaboration, and better patient care.
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Checkup!A MedBiquitous Progress Update Peter Greene, MD Executive Director, MedBiquitous April 17, 2006
MedBiquitous Mission To advance healthcare education through technology standards that promote professional competence, collaboration, and better patient care. Non-profit, member-driven, standards development organization
ANSI Accredited Technology Standards Developer • Healthcare education and training • Healthcare professional competence assessment, certification, and licensure • Healthcare professional and scientific publications • Healthcare professional online communities and portals
Fast Facts Professional Profile LearningObjects • 65 member organizations • 7 working groups • ANSI process • Openness • Transparency • Consensus • Due Process • Work with leading organizations that can drive adoption (AAMC, ABMS, ACCME, NBME, FSMB, AMA, AAFP, VA) ActivityReport Metrics Virtual Patient Competency Point of Care Learning
Standards Development Work POCLearning E-portfolio Activity Report Virtual Patients Metrics SCORMfor Healthcare ProfessionalProfile HealthcareLOM Competency
Time for a Checkup! How do we know that we are a healthy standards development organization?
Growth • 65 members • 51% growth since last year • Lower member fees • Growth target: 100 members by 2009 • Broader input • Critical mass
Balance • Technical and pedagogical expertise • Learning technologies and data interchange • Non-profit and commercial interests
Rosalyn Scott, M.D. • Co-Chair Competency Working Group • Cardiothoracic surgeon at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine • Great networker of competency experts
Regular Cycles • Through standards development process! • Professional Profile completed public review • Healthcare LOM in public review
Gabrielle Campbell • Chair, MedBiquitous Standards Committee • Director of Business Development, AAMC • Ensures proper process for development of MedBiquitous/ANSI standards
Plays Well With Others • Professional Medicine • ACCME • NBME • FSMB • AAMC • AMA • ABMS • SDOs • HITSP • ADL • HL7 • HR-XML • IMS
Review of Systems • Are your members happy? • Do they participate? • Are you financially sound? • Are people using what you develop? • Are you having an impact on healthcare education?
A Look at Two Standards • Virtual Patient • Activity Report
Virtual Patients • E-learning resources that simulate clinical scenarios • Developed in isolations, but very similar • Standards necessary to enable sharing across systems • Most active working group in MedBiquitous
Rachel Ellaway, Ph.D. • Co-chair Virtual Patient Working Group • E-Learning Manager, University of Edinburgh College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine • Created component-based virtual patient architecture
Terry Poulton, Ph.D. • Associate Dean for E-learning, St. George’s University of London • Project Director, eViP • eViP participants • St. Georges • Karolinska Institute • LMU Munich • U of Edinburgh • Maastricht • Heidelberg • Warwick • Jagiellonian University • University “Iuliu Hatieganu” Cluj-Napoca
Susan Albright • Director, Tufts University Science Knowledgebase • Hewlett Foundation grant to create an open source VP Player to support open courseware
Activity Report Licensing Board CME Provider E-Portfolio System • John Doe’s Portfolio • CME • Course 1 • Course 2 • Course 3 Certifying Board • Standard format for digital CME certificates • E-portfolio systems receive data from providers • Supports Maintenance of Certification and Licensure • XML can be embedded in PDF for printable certificate document
Reporting Journal CME Data • Using MedBiquitous Activity report to send Journal CME data to providers Utah & Lorena Hitchens
Making it Easier to Find CME: CMEOhio • Common CME portal for Ohio medical schools • Leveraging SCORM and Healthcare LOM
The VITAL Project • Collaboration for healthcare education • VA, Navy, Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Indian Health Service • Leveraging SCORM and Healthcare LOM
Setting Goals for Better Health • Standardization of other specifications • Research into best practices • Development of implementation guides • Development of conformance tests
Standards are a Design Challenge • Do we need a standard? • Who are the users? • How will they use it? • Is it fit for purpose? • How can I tell if something is conformant?