Civitas Networks for Healthcare

In november of 2022, with funding from the robert wood johnson foundation, Civitas launched a project titled "national dissemination, implementation and scale of gravity project data standards and interoperability to advance public Health data." Civitas is partnering with the gravity project leadership, Health level 7 (hl7), and Civitas members to facilitate the dissemination and implementation of gravity project standards. Our efforts involve engaging with national, regional, and local partners as well as community members to gain insights from and provide assistance to the gravity pilots workstream. Through this project, Civitas is supporting four early-stage pilot projects addressing public Health and/or Health equity use cases by actively engaging with experts to deliver webinars, offering technical assistance, developing implementation guidelines and best practices, providing tools and resources, and creating opportunities for ongoing interaction and support.civitas supports the office of the national coordinator for Health information technology (onc) immunization data exchange, advancement, and sharing (ideas) program intended to improve partnerships and data sharing between Health information exchanges (hies) and immunization information systems (iiss). In 2022, along with technical assistance partners american immunization registry association (aira), association of immunization managers (aim), mathematica, and guidehouse, Civitas supported the association of state and territorial Health officials (astho) in assisting five awardees in the development of hie and iis data sharing policy and technical implementation. Civitas also supported development a comprehensive environment scan exploring the factors influencing iis and hie data sharing.in partnership with the Maryland Health care commission (mhcc), and a national advisory council comprised of Civitas members, Civitas lead development of an issue brief and an interactive framework for Health data utility (hdu). The hdu framework is intended to guide states, regions, hies, and community partners in the design and implementation of an hdu that provides deeper integration of health-related data to support public Health and care delivery.hdus represent a new paradigm to support multi-stakeholder, cross-sector needs by serving as a data resource for use cases beyond clinical care delivery through multi-directional exchange.covid-19 vaccine learning initiative Civitas served as a lead partner on an institute for healthcare improvement (ihi) covid-19 vaccine learning initiative. In phase 1, this project undertook a rapid innovation cycle to learn from early experiences, scan emerging best practices and challenges, and develop a model for mounting a rapid local response to the us vaccine crisis. Initial research conducted by ihi, the Health collaborative, parkland center for Health innovation (pcci), and cincinnati children's hospital medical center produced a vaccine implementation and delivery model as well as a set of change ideas for testing and scaling vaccine distribution in defined local populations. The rapid innovation cycle identified key objectives to guide efforts at the local level. In phase 2, the initiative engaged in qualitative interviews with Health departments and hies (including Civitas members in Nebraska, north carolina, Maryland, and Indiana) to better understand how data has been used to support public Health efforts during the covid-19 pandemic. Through the work done in phase 1 and phase 2, a prototype tool has been developed to support data sharing. Results from this project were be shared at the ihi forum and in a publication in the learning Health systems journal.in early 2022, Civitas completed deliverables for its quality payment program (qpp) small, underserved, & rural support (surs) program, funded by centers for medicare & medicaid. In partnership with two of its members, comagine Health (formerly healthinsight) and mountain-pacific quality Health, the program provided technical assistance to small practices in Utah, Oregon, Nevada, Montana, Wyoming, and Alaska. Nrhi was 1 of 11 organizations chosen by the centers for medicare & medicaid to provide technical assistance and support to eligible individual or small group practices of 15 or fewer to support their transition of medicare payments from a fee-for-service system to one based on performance and patient outcomes under the qpp program.