Welcome to the Mississippi Health Information Security and Privacy Center
The loss of health information in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita demonstrated nationwide the critical need for interconnected health information systems. These natural disasters disrupted medical care to thousands of people who were displaced from their homes and from their regular health care providers. Professionals and consumers became aware of the need for a secure and private exchange of health information.
This Web site is the result of Mississippi's work in the Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration (HISPC), a national initiative to study the secure and private exchange of health information
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HISPC Action Implementation Manual (AIM)
Between April 2008 and April 2009, the Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration (HISPC) completed its third phase to develop state-level solutions to the privacy and security challenges presented by electronic health information exchange. The third phase focused on multistate collaboration, which resulted in the formation of seven multi-state privacy and security teams focused on developing tools and strategies to educate and engage consumers; developing a toolkit to educate providers; developing tools to help harmonize state privacy laws; studying intrastate and interstate consent policies; analyzing consent data elements in state law; developing interorganizational agreements; and recommending basic security policy requirements. Each multistate collaborative was charged with developing common, replicable solutions that have the potential to reduce variation in and harmonize privacy and security practices, policies, and laws.The AIM’s purpose is to serve as a guide to the use of all of the tools, materials, and processes developed as part of HISPC Phase III. Many products discussed in this guide are the result of 3 years’ worth of participation in HISPC and represent the collective effort and wisdom of 42 participating states and territories. Click here for the Action Implementation Manual.
Dr. Jason Dees of New Albany conducted a teleconference Jan. 21 at the IQH offices on the Health Information Security & Privacy Provider Education Toolkit pilot.  Dr. Dees shared information about electronic health exchange and Mississippi's efforts to help providers understand the related privacy and security benefits and challenges. The Web- based toolkit, available at www.Secure4Health.org, provides physician-to-physician advice, resource links, and answers to frequently asked questions about electronic health exchange. Click here for Dr. Dees' PowerPoint presentation. Click Here for the video presentation.
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HISPC Extension Announced
Information & Quality Healthcare (IQH) represents Mississippi in the Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration (HISPC), a multi-year project launched in 2006 by the US Department of Health and Human Services. A four month extension of HISPC began in April and extends through July 31. In the extension phase of HISPC, IQH will work in a multi-state collaborative focused on outreach and education of healthcare providers and consumers on the benefits of Health Information Technology and Health Information Exchange. The participating states include Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri,Mississippi, and Tennessee.
IQH will use materials from a virtual toolkit developed by the Provider Education Toolkit (PET) Collaborative under the previous phase of HISPC found at www.secure4health.org . These materials introduce electronic health information exchange (HIE) to providers and consumers, increase their awareness of the privacy and security benefits and challenges of electronic HIE and address any privacy and security concerns they might have. The multi-state collaborative plans to work with professional medical and nursing associations, societies, and consumer- oriented organizations to reduce or eliminate identified barriers to interoperable exchange of health information identified during previous HISPC initiatives.
A state-specific web site for additional tools and information can be found at www.mshispc.com. If you have questions or need additional information, contact Mary Helen Conner at 601-957-1575 ext. 219.
Dr. James S. McIlwain, President of Information & Quality Healthcare, co-chairs the Mississippi Health Information Technology Infrastructure Task Force. After Hurricane Katrina destroyed the medical records of thousands of evacuees, the state of Mississippi decided to create networked electronic records. The Mississippi Coastal Health Information Exchange (MSCHIE) was established to restore the medical information system within the area of our state most devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Because of this restoration effort, medical records will now be stored and exchanged between providers electronically as opposed to using an out-dated paper-based system which is vulnerable to natural disasters such as hurricanes. The six coastal counties of Pearl River, Stone, George, Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson that were devastated by Hurricane Katrina are the focus of the health information exchange.
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