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Department of Public Health Public Health Information Network. eHealth Workgroup Meeting January 9, 2008. DPH IT Management. Lois Bryant Oversees PHIN related activities and PHIN team. PHIN IT applications hosted at DOIT. Vanessa Kapral
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Department of Public HealthPublic Health Information Network eHealth Workgroup Meeting January 9, 2008
DPH IT Management • Lois Bryant • Oversees PHIN related activities and PHIN team. PHIN IT applications hosted at DOIT. • Vanessa Kapral • Oversees DPH located infrastructure and development/application activities and teams and applications hosted at DPH.
DPH PHIN Platform • Established under MOU December 2004. • Unix/Oracle and Windows/SQL platforms in place. • CT Electronic Disease Surveillance System first on Oracle platform, followed by CT Immunization Registry. • PHIN Messaging System first on Windows/SQL platform. • DPH mandated to “upgrade” surveillance applications to meet new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other federal requirements. • DPH-DOIT PHIN IT Working Group in place.
SDM at DPH • Governance procedures presented to DPH Executive Leadership Team (ELT) May 3, 2007. • Included IT Strategic Plan (Lois Bryant). • Governance example by Len Smith (DCF). • Assessment of current applications (criticality, EWTA compliance, IT support). • Overview of SDM presented to DPH Executive Leadership Team on November 29, 2008 by Lois and Vanessa. • DPH PHIN is using “pure” SDM for large projects; modified for smaller.
DPH PHIN Process • Project Management • MS Project • Best practices including strategic planning and procedures • Acquisition of IBM Rational Suite • Business Requirements capture • Traceability • Stress Testing • Version control • Change management
Applications pending PHIN platform migration • EVVE = Electronic Verification of Vital Events • NAPHSIS required • Pending call with vendor (NAPHSIS contracted) • Childhood Lead Poisoning • Current system at DPH unsupported • To be built into CT EDSS/CT EPHTN system • Newborn Screening • Split system: DOIT piece unsupported as of 9/08; DPH piece needs updating • To be built into CT EDSS/CT EPHTN system • CYSHCN = Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs • Assessment pending; functionality overlaps with Child Health Profile
Communication • ELT to receive monthly updates on PHIN IT projects. • Format to include SDM information, timelines, etc. • First update January 2008.