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. 2013 Jul 1;5(2):210.
doi: 10.5210/ojphi.v5i2.4669. Print 2013.

A focus area maturity model for a statewide master person index

Jeffrey Duncan  1 , Wu Xu, Scott P Narus, Stephen Clyde, Barry Nangle, Sid Thornton, Julio Facelli
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A focus area maturity model for a statewide master person index

Jeffrey Duncan et al. Online J Public Health Inform. .

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 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.

Keywords: (MeSH): Medical Record Linkage; Confidentiality; Organizational Policy; Systems Interoperability.

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Utah statewide Master Person Index
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Focus areas and capabilities for policy development
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Focus area maturity model for a statewide Master Person Index
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Current level of maturity of the sMPI
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