Utah Statewide Master Person Index

NAHDO MPI Roundtable Oct 12, 2010

Scott Narus, PhDDepartment of Biomedical Informatics

University of Utah

Statewide MPI Project

2-year NIH GO grant, $2.7MStart: 30 September 2009Partners:• University of Utah

BMI, UPDB, HIM, IRB/RGE, Legal, IT Security

• Intermountain Healthcare• UDOH• UHIN – cHIE integration

Project Aims

Uniquely identify individuals who seek healthcare or public health services in Utah; Support research, operational & public health purposes

Establish guidelines for use of MPI

Develop MPI repository and supporting services

Test the MPI in a research setting

Develop integration strategy for cHIE

MPI Access

Repository

MPI Data Contributors

MPIrecord

MPI Data Consumers

?

ResearchersAdmin Users

LocalMPI

EDW

UPDB /UPDBL

MPI

sMPI AHRMPI

MPI(s)

KR

FURTHeR

Biospec.DB

PHDBs

EpicCerner

Research DBs

Researchers / Domain Experts

OtherClin.

OtherAdmin

TS /MDR

BI /BDS

Local Biospec. DBs

Biospecimen Mngrs

BiospecDB

= Intermountain

= University

= UDOH

= Global

= Data load

= Data access

= proposed

Key

cHIE

ERICA(IRB)

CHPC(Homer)

Important Concepts

“Master of Masters”• Matching vs. Linking vs. Merging/Resolve• Master/Golden Record

“Slave of Masters”• Not an originator of person records• Rely on local matching/linking/merging

Open architectureNo clinical data storage

Important Issues

ConsentResearch vs. Operational use policiesSustainability• Ownership / Governance• Management

Central vs. Distributed

• Financing

Project Milestones

Policy DevelopmentRequirements analysisMarket surveyBuy vs. Build DecisionDevelop / PurchaseLoad local MPI data

Internal (closed) testingInterface developmentSystem testingImplementationcHIE InterfaceSustainability Plan

Status

Policy Committee meeting 2x/monthTechnical Committee meeting weeklyLinking variablesInstitutional data collection completeTechnical staff hiredRequirements development completeEstablish success criteriaRFI releaseDevelopment Plan

Utah Statewide MPI Project

Questions?

Scott Narus (scott.narus@hsc.utah.edu)