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• SFT has been selected by the Indiana State Department of Health to facilitate development of the state-wide health information exchange strategy for public health that is linked to community-based HIEs.

• SFT has contracted with the Maryland Health Care Commission (MHCC) to gather, analyze, and report the views of various health care sectors on privacy and security of electronically exchanged health information.

• SFT has contracted with Marion County Health Department in Indianapolis, Indiana, to launch, Community Health Information System, a quality of life indicators web site. The site is being developed in collaboration with Indiana University and WFYI Teleplex and cuts across health, safety, economy, arts and culture, education, and other areas.

• SFT has contracted with the Marion County Health Department in Indianapolis, Indiana under the three-year Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Common Ground Grant to facilitate external party dialog for the exchange electronic data around large-scale outbreaks and other public health emergencies.

• Camilla Hull Brown has been named as the Interim Executive Director of the Clark and Champaign Counties Health Information Exchange (CCHIE) in Springfield, Ohio, to launch their HIE.

• Camilla Hull Brown has been appointed as:
  • Member of eHealth Initiative’s Blue Print Committee on Improving Population Health. Focus is on using secure, electronic health information that supports public health, performance measurement, quality improvement, and research.
  • Member of the HIMSS HIE Steering Committee.
  • Member of the Indiana Grassroots Campaign for Healthcare Reform made up of 20 state-wide thought leaders in health care.
• Recent presentations include:
  • HIMSS and eHealth Initiative’s Connecting Communities Regional Forum, “Managing Stakeholder Transitions in a RHIO Environment,” December 14, 2006.
  • National Association for Public Health Information Technology, “An Emerging Strategy for Public Health and Health Data Exchanges in Indiana,” Webinar on January 17, 2007.
  • Bloomington e-Health Collaborative Regional Conference for Physicians and Their Staffs, “How do Public Health, Health Services and Indigent Care Fit with Electronic Care?”, January 27, 2007.
• A series of briefings and presentations on health care disparities and HIE in Maryland and Tennessee including the following:
  • Minority Health Disparities Subcommittee Legislative Briefing in Annapolis, Maryland, February 7, 2007.
  • Meharry Medical College, Grand Rounds, Nashville, Tennessee, February 22, 2007.
  • Disparities and HIE Forum for Prince Georges and Surrounding Counties, Beltsville, Maryland sponsored by Summit Health Institute for Research and Education, Inc., April 21, 2007.
  • Maryland’s 4th Annual Statewide Health Disparities Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, April 23, 2007.