Members of the Integrated Child Health Information
Systems community of practice are are state and community health
agencies that share a commitment to integrating
two or more child health information systems and to actively
collaborating with their peers to accelerate development of these
systems. Members include health department directors, state health
information officers, local community health information systems
directors, community health department managers (i.e., immunization,
genetics, vital statistics, hearing, lead, etc.), systems programmers,
and technology consultants.)
Current members are: CalOptima, Kansas Integrated
Public Health System, Michigan Department of Community Health, Maine
Department of Human Services, Missouri Department of Health and
Senior Services, New York City Department of Health, Oregon Department
of Human Services, Rhode Island Department of Health, Santa Clara
County Health Department, and Utah Department of Health.
Participating agencies have executive level commitment
to integrating multiple child health information systems and programs.
They share a common goal of sharing health information not only
with other public health agencies, but also insurers and private
providers. They consider the impact of public health information
systems on the private health care community to be an important
aspect of system integration initiatives. They understand that services
covered by Medicaid are vital to attaining public health goals and
seek partnerships with those agencies.
