The National Institutes of Health All of Us Research Program has launched an innovative pilot to inform U.S. healthcare interoperability leaders in translational science on the use of health information exchanges (HIEs) and health information networks (HINs) in participant-consented research studies. The panel will share perspectives on the technical and policy challenges of acquiring electronic health record (EHR) data for research by leveraging trust frameworks established to support other purposes. The team will compare its HIN/HIE data acquisition approach and data quality to typical data warehouse approaches. The pilot is a proximal use case to inform the use of the emerging Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) framework for research purposes. The panel will discuss challenges such as validation of the participant’s authorization to share EHR records, identity proofing, data restrictions in state laws, C-CDA and FHIR OMOP mapping, and exploration of novel implementations of FHIR.
Learning Objectives
- Articulate the value of health information exchange and health information networks for provisioning research participants' electronic health record data for research.
- Recognize the technical, legal, and regulatory challenges required to make the connections and acquire the data and their solutions.
- Understand the applicability of the solutions to the All of Us Research Program and how they might benefit other research studies.
Moderator
- Melissa Haendel, PhD (University of North Carolina)
Speakers
- Christopher Chute, MD DrPH (Johns Hopkins University)
- Jay Nakashima (eHealth Exchange)
- William Hogan, MD (Medical College of Wisconsin)
- Josh Lemieux, BA (OCHIN)
Continuing Education Credit
Physicians
The American Medical Informatics Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Medical Informatics Association designates this online enduring material for 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1™ credits. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Claim credit no later than March 10, 2028 or within two years of your purchase date, whichever is sooner. No credit will be issued after March 10, 2028.
Nurses
The American Medical Informatics Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
- Approved Contact Hours: 1.25 participant maximum
- Nurse planner for this activity: Jenna Thate, PhD, RN, CNE
- Jenna Thate discloses that she has no financial relationships with ACCME/ANCC-defined ineligible companies.
Upon completion of each video and corresponding evaluation portion of this activity, all learners will be able to download the appropriate credit certificate, or a certificate of participation.
Claim credit no later than March 10, 2028 or within two years of your purchase date, whichever is sooner. No credit will be issued after March 10, 2028.
ACHIPsTM
AMIA Health Informatics Certified ProfessionalsTM (ACHIPsTM) can earn 1 professional development unit (PDU) per contact hour.
ACHIPsTM may use CME/CNE certificates or the ACHIPsTM Recertification Log to report 2025 Summit sessions attended for ACHIPsTM Recertification.
Claim credit no later than within three years of the release date or within two years of your purchase date, whichever is sooner.