Breakout Session Details

3:00 p.m.-3:45 p.m. Breakout Session - A

Concurrent Session 1:

• Leadership
  Best Practice: The project has an executive sponsor, a high level official who advocates for the project, and a champion, someone who is willing to devote a significant effort to see the project succeed.
  
  
• Project Governance
  Best Practice: The project is guided by a steering committee representing all key stakeholders. The steering committee develops the integration strategy, based on clearly defined business processes.
  
  
• Evaluation
  Best Practice: The project has some form of qualitative and/or quantitative monitoring or evaluation that is performed regularly.
  

Concurrent Session 2:

• Project Management
  Best Practice: The project has formalized management strategies and project management methodologies designed to assure consistent communications, accountability, and resource constraints.
  
  
• Stakeholder Involvement
  Best Practice: Frequent communication with stakeholders and involvement of stakeholders in the integration project throughout the life cycle of the project.
  
  
• Evaluation
  Best Practice: The project has some form of qualitative and/or quantitative monitoring or evaluation that is performed regularly.
  

Concurrent Session 3:

• Organizational/Technical Strategy
  Best Practice: The project has a strategy that takes into consideration local issues such as funding, the political environment, organizational structure, the strengths of the organization, and stakeholder beliefs and values.
  
  
• Evaluation
  Best Practice: The project has some form of qualitative and/or quantitative monitoring or evaluation that is performed regularly.
  

3:45 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Breakout Session - B

Concurrent Session 1:

• Technical Support and Coordination
  Best Practice: Technical information systems support and coordination is organized centrally to assure consistent support and a robust infrastructure capable of maintaining and complying with standards.
  
  
• Evaluation
  Best Practice: The project has some form of qualitative and/or quantitative monitoring or evaluation that is performed regularly.
  

Concurrent Session 2:

• Financial Support and Management
  Best Practice: The project is adequately funded and has multiple funding sources.
  
  
• Policy Support
  Best Practice: Rules, regulations, legislation, and policy advisory or policymaking bodies are supportive or are at least neutral to the integration of health information systems.
  
  
• Evaluation
  Best Practice: The project has some form of qualitative and/or quantitative monitoring or evaluation that is performed regularly.