Governance

The Clinical Committee reviews and provides guidance surrounding CRISP’s plan for exchange service implementations. This includes providing a clinical perspective on CRISP activities and helping to prioritize HIE service deployments. The committee also assists in gathering information and perspectives from the broader stakeholder community pertaining to HIE services. It also assists in garnering support and use of HIE services, and assists in assessing the value associated with various CRISP service offerings in terms of clinical relevance and service value in various care settings.

The Committee reviews and provides guidance on CRISP revenue and pricing models, financial statements and metrics, and annual budgets. The Committee’s work includes refining and modifying assumptions associated with the CRISP revenue model, evaluating how federal funding requirements impact existing revenue planning, evaluating how funding opportunities tie into CRISP financing, and assessing specific HIE services with regards to financial sustainability.

The Committee provides guidance on privacy and security issues related to clinical data managed through CRISP and works regularly with the Privacy & Security Officer (PSO) who is responsible for all such matters as they pertain to CRISP’s daily operation. Additionally, the Committee serves as a resource for best practices and recommended policies for HIPAA data security, data use, and data sharing, and provides continual guidance on internal and external HIPAA audits as well as any HIPAA security-related incidents that may occur within CRISP.

The Committee develops, guides, and prioritizes reporting and analytics services designed to support statewide efforts of improving care and reducing costs under the Total Cost of Care Initiative. Additional Committee responsibilities include assessing the value and relevance of reports for a wide array of users, providing guidance on data tools for report dissemination, such as user guides and other information to enhance understanding of the analysis, and to provide direction and vision in short, mid, and long-term planning of services. The Committee also provides guidance on the suite of CRISP reports developed to support hospital and ambulatory reporting requirements as well as a variety of statewide public health initiatives.

CRISP consults with its Consumer Advisory Council to get opinions and feedback of Maryland healthcare consumers on issues relevant to health information exchange in Maryland. These issues include patient opt-out, data privacy protections, consumer education, and new uses of patient data to improve the health and wellness of Marylanders. The Council meets three times annually to discuss these and other topics and provide feedback to leadership on current and future policies. For more information, click here.