Policy Committee

The HL7 Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) is a Board-appointed committee, evaluating HL7's role in the advocacy continuum. The PAC operates within the parameters identified in the Stance Document.

Work Group Meeting and Conference Call Agendas and Minutes

All agendas and minutes are posted to the HL7 Policy Committee Minutes page at http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/policy/minutes.cfm

Current Activity

The Policy Advisory Committee is currently accepting input on those topics listed in the Active status to develop responses to various entities seeking input on proposed policy specific to health information technology and standards. Work Groups may post their responses to the wiki or submit comments to any member of the Policy Advisory Committee.

Backlog

• Pending/Potential
  • Canada
    • Privacy & Security Considerations: Cloud, Mobile
  • Secondary Use of Data (October, 2012) - Too late?
  • EU
  • EU Legal Framework on the Protection of Personal Data
  • FDA
    • FDA UDI - Focus on 2015 Edition and drop this?
    • FDA Mobile Guidance
  • ONC
    • 2015 Edition NPRM
    • 10 Year Interoperability Roadmap
    • HIT-PC / HIT-SC testimonies
    • Blue Button - Focus on 2015 Edition and drop this?
    • S&I Initiatives - Focus on 2015 Edition and drop this?
  • OCR
    • PAC: HIPAA Privacy & Security Regulations
  • South America
  • eHealth Agenda for Latin America
  • Other
  • Privacy & Security for Mobile Devices
  • PAC: Business Plan, PAC, and International Policies
  • PAC: Learning Health System
  • Genomics
  • Quality
  • ITU and WHO eHealth Inititiatives

• Active
  • Standards Development Process
    • PAC: eHealth Specification Platform
  • Interoperability Architecture
    • http://healthit.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/a-robust-health-data-infrastructure.pdf JASON 1 A Robust Health Data Infrastructure]
  • [JASON 2 Data for Individual Health]
  • Privacy/Security
    • White House Big Data: Seizing Opportunities, Preserving Values
    • Privacy Pragmatism - Focus on Data Use, Not Data Craig Mundie MSFT
    • Centre for Information Policy Leadership, Big Data and Analytics: Seeking Foundations for Effective Privacy Guidance
    • World Economic Forum - Rethinking Personal Data: A New Lens for Strengthening Trust
    • - 2014-10-15.pdf AMIA Letter to Rep. Fred Upton advocating TPOR
    • The Relevance of Algorithms, Tarleton Gillespie,
    • The Black Box Society: The Secret Algorithm Behind Money and Information, Frank Pasquale
    • Texas Public Radio’s The Source, Frank Pasquale
    • Privacy Pragmatism - Focus on Data Use, Not Data, Craig Mundie MSFT
    • Analysis of Current Privacy Protections and Increased Need for Interoperable Provenance, Caspar Bowden
    • http://crypto.stanford.edu/portia/papers/RevnissenbaumDTP31.pdf Privacy as Context Integrity], Helen Nissenbaum

• • Suggest to move to closed (too late to address):
    • PAC: FDASIA Report
    • PAC: A Future Perspective on Interoperability
    • PAC: Senate Letter with request for ideas
    • PAC: House Letter with request for ideas

• Closed
  • PAC: Modifications to Meaningful Use NPRM
  • PAC: 2015 Edition NPRM
  • PAC: IPPS
  • Health IT Strategic Planning
  • Advancing Interoperability and Health Information Exchange
  • MU 3 RFC
  • FDA AAMI
  • Clinical Quality for Meaningful Use Stage 3
  • Medicare Physician Fee Schedule - Quality Reporting Initiatives
  • FDA Request for Comments on Study Data Exchange Standards
  • PAC: 2014 Edition Test Scripts
  • AHRQ RFI on Quality Measurement
  • Incorporation of Patient Generated Data for Meaningful Use Stage 3
  • Interoperability Information of Digital Products and Services
  • NwHIN Governance
  • Federal Participation in Standards Development - Position Statement
  • Meaningful Use Stage 2 - May 7, 2012
  • Data Segmentation for Privacy Use Case Consensus Statement - Feb 3, 2012
  • Meaningful Use Stage 1
  • Policy News Room

Other Documents

• Workgroup Feedback on Stance Document
• See the Policy Advisory Committee Documents page at http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/policy/docs.cfm for other documents and presentations.