A Focus Area Maturity Model for a Statewide Master Person Index

Authors

  • Jeffrey Duncan Utah Department of Health
  • Wu Xu Utah Department of Health
  • Scott P Narus Intermountain Healthcare and University of Utah Department of Biomedical Informatics
  • Barry Nangle Utah Department of Health
  • Sid Thornton Intermountain Healthcare
  • Julio Facelli University of Utah Department of Biomedical Informatics and Center for High Performance Computing

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v5i2.4669

Abstract

Objective: The sharing of personally identifiable information across organizational boundaries to facilitate patient identification in Utah presents significant policy challenges. Our objective was to create a focus area maturity model to describe and evaluate our progress in developing a policy framework to support data a statewide master person index (sMPI) for healthcare and public health operations and research in Utah. Materials and Methods: We used various artifacts, including minutes from policy guidance committee meetings over a span of 18 months, a report from Utah’s Digital Health Services Commission, and a draft technical requirements document to retrospectively analyze our work and create a focus area maturity model describing the domain of policy needed to support the sMPI. We then used our model to assess our progress and future goals. Conclusions: The focus area maturity model provides an orderly path that can guide the complex process of developing a functional statewide master person index among diverse, autonomous partners. While this paper focuses on our experience in Utah, we believe that the arguments for using a focus area maturity model to guide the development of state or regional MPIs is of general interest.

Author Biography

Jeffrey Duncan, Utah Department of Health

Jeffrey Duncan, MS Public Health Informatics Project Manager Utah Department of Health

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Published

2013-06-30

How to Cite

Duncan, J., Xu, W., Narus, S. P., Nangle, B., Thornton, S., & Facelli, J. (2013). A Focus Area Maturity Model for a Statewide Master Person Index. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 5(2). https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v5i2.4669

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