News

• AdvanceHIT Proposes Trustworthy Designs for a Nationwide Health Information Network
  We propose to formally model and analyze 6 architectural designs for the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) and 3 base case designs, and to then work with industry partners to experiment with 3 vetted designs in real-world settings of health information exchange. Additionally, we propose to produce scientific results from 6 critical crosscutting investigations and integrate results into the designs as appropriate. Outcomes of our work include a summary chart, where each row is a design, and each column is a qualified requirement, and the values in the cells are scientifically derived. Having scientific results to inform and educate discourse is the best assurance to America of a trustworthy NHIN. January 2010. (more)

• AdvanceHIT Proposes Configurable Teaching-Learning Tools for Premium HIT Training: The CAMEL System.
  We propose to construct leading-edge educational materials for training new HIT Professionals nationwide. The content will be based on presentations and materials prepared specifically for this purpose by the country's leading experts in each topical area. Our team members at Harvard's Medical School, School of Public Health, and Harvard College will both provide content and recruit content from top experts elsewhere. Our instructional design team members will work with content providers to assure consistency and appropriateness. Our criteria for teaching-learning materials are captured in our acronym, CAMEL: Configurable Active Multimedia Electronic Learning. January 2010. (more)

• ONC announces funding opportunities.
  
  • Curriculum Development for national program to train professionals for HIT jobs. (ONC Website)
  • Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects [SHARP] Program (ONC Website)
  December 2009.

• Harvard University becomes new host.
  AdvanceHIT was initially hosted by Carnegie Mellon University, but effective January 1, 2010, Harvard University becomes the new host of AdvanceHIT, colocating AdvanceHIT with Dr. Sweeney. December 2009.

• First paper in the AdvanceHIT design competition for the national health information infrastructure.
  Given the medical billing framework and proposed meaningful uses for the national health information infrastructure, this paper shows how the billing framework can strategically help achieve meaningful uses quickly. October 2009. (paper, competition).

• Testimony of Dr. Sweeney before the Federal HIT Policy Committee.
  Dr. Latanya Sweeney testified that her years of experience in the Data Privacy Lab showed that privacy problems are best solved through technology design, and proposed AdvanceHIT as a way to identify and resolve stakeholder problems with the national health information infrastructure. September 2009. (testimony)