2011 Oregon Revised Statutes
ORS Volume 10, Chapters 366 - 430
ORS Chapter 413
413.308 Duties of council.

The duties of the Health Information Technology Oversight Council are to:

(1) Set specific health information technology goals and develop a strategic health information technology plan for this state.

(2) Monitor progress in achieving the goals established in subsection (1) of this section and provide oversight for the implementation of the strategic health information technology plan.

(3) Maximize the distribution of resources expended on health information technology across this state.

(4) Create and provide oversight for a public-private purchasing collaborative or alternative mechanism to help small health care practices, primary care providers, rural providers and providers whose practices include a large percentage of medical assistance recipients to obtain affordable rates for high-quality electronic health records hardware, software and technical support for planning, installation, use and maintenance of health information technology.

(5) Identify and select the industry standards for all health information technology promoted by the purchasing collaborative described in subsection (4) of this section, including standards for:

(a) Selecting, supporting and monitoring health information technology vendors, hardware, software and technical support services; and

(b) Ensuring that health information technology applications have appropriate privacy and security controls and that data cannot be used for purposes other than patient care or as otherwise allowed by law.

(6) Enlist and leverage community resources to advance the adoption of health information technology.

(7) Educate the public and health care providers on the benefits and risks of information technology infrastructure investment.

(8) Coordinate health care sector activities that move the adoption of health information technology forward and achieve health information technology interoperability.

(9) Support and provide oversight for efforts by the Oregon Health Authority to implement a personal health records bank for medical assistance recipients and assess its potential to serve as a fundamental building block for a statewide health information exchange that:

(a) Ensures that patients health information is available and accessible when and where they need it;

(b) Applies only to patients who choose to participate in the exchange; and

(c) Provides meaningful remedies if security or privacy policies are violated.

(10) Determine a fair, appropriate method to reimburse providers for their use of electronic health records to improve patient care, starting with providers whose practices consist of a large percentage of medical assistance recipients.

(11) Determine whether to establish a health information technology loan program and if so, to implement the program. [2009 c.595 1171]

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