HITOP Goals Align with NHIN Use Cases.

1. Health Information Technology Ontology Program (HITOP)Semantic Interoperability Leads Transition from NHIN-AHIC Pioneering to Next StepsReview & Recommendations for ONC-FHA Health Information Technology Ontology Program

2. HITOP Goals Align with NHIN Use Cases. • Accelerate Adoption of Electronic Health Records. • Ensure Security & Privacy in Biosurveillance. • Provide for Consumer-Driven Healthcare. Health Information Technology Ontology Program

3. HITOP Goals Drive Pragmatic Solutions through Semantic Interoperability that • Improves Efficiency Throughout Healthcare System. • Improves Accuracy of Diagnoses. • Improves Timeliness of Treatment. • Increases Prompt Payment by Reducing Billing Questions. Health Information Technology Ontology Program

4. HITOP Suggests Next Steps • Semantic Interoperability (SI) Working Group. • Tasked with Reporting on State of HIT Improvement. • Tasked with Overseeing Pilot Projects Aimed at Specific Measurable Objectives. • Two Semantic Interoperability Pilot Projects. • Extend Existing Northrop Grumman NHIN SI Terminology Services Bureau. • Extend Existing SI Service-Oriented Architecture Collaboratory. Health Information Technology Ontology Program

5. HITOP Suggests Next Steps • Extend Northrop Grumman NHIN SI Component: Terminology Services Bureau (SI TSB) Health Information Technology Ontology Program

6. HITOP Suggests Next Steps • Extend Northrop Grumman NHIN SI TSB Health Information Technology Ontology Program

7. HITOP Suggests Next Steps • Extend Northrop Grumman NHIN SI TSB Health Information Technology Ontology Program

8. HITOP Suggests Next Steps • Extend SI Service-Oriented Architecture Collaboratory: Web Services Registry (SI-SOA Registry) • Emergency Management & Health Informatics Domains • Registry of Existing & Emerging Standards • Registry of Standards Development Organizations (SDOs) • Registry of Product/Service Providers whose Products/Services Implement Standards • Semantic Services Interface for: • Advanced Search; • Data Model Comparison; • Authoritative Guidance for Implementation; • Pre-Implementation Terminology Remediation; and, • Paid Services such as Object Libraries for Standards Health Information Technology Ontology Program

9. HITOP Suggests Next Steps • Extend SI Service-Oriented SI-SOA Registry Health Information Technology Ontology Program

10. HITOP Suggests Next Steps • Extend SI Service-Oriented SI-SOA Registry Health Information Technology Ontology Program

11. HITOP Suggests Next Steps • HIT Investment as % of Total Shows Gap. Health Information Technology Ontology Program

12. HITOP Suggests Next Steps • Opportunity to Advance to Level 4 Quickly. Health Information Technology Ontology Program

13. HITOP Suggests Next Steps • Opportunity to Advance to 3rd Order Organization. Health Information Technology Ontology Program

14. HITOP Suggests Next Steps • Opportunity to Do Both AND Save on Future Costs! Health Information Technology Ontology Program

15. HITOP Goals Drive Pragmatic Solutions through Semantic Interoperability that • Improve Efficiency Throughout Healthcare System. • Improve Accuracy of Diagnoses. • Improve Timeliness of Treatment. • Increase Prompt Payment by Reducing Billing Questions. Health Information Technology Ontology Program

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