We care about what you have to say!
We need your input to shape Oregon's health information technology (IT) strategies and priorities! OHA is working to make health care more equitable and improve the health care system. Effective use of health IT is critical to support these efforts. Help us understand what's going well, what's not, and what you want to see in the next five years. Share your thoughts so Oregon's Health IT Strategic Plan reflects your needs.
Opportunities for feedback and input
HITOC and OHA are seeking input from communities, health care partners, and all partners interested in or impacted by health IT! Your input on where health IT is working well and where Oregon needs to change course is critical. There are several ways to provide your input.
Where HITOC needs your input: HITOC and OHA need your input on the developing vision, principles, goals, and strategies for health IT. Please see the
Call for Input and Overview
(Español) for more details on HITOC's developing strategic plan areas.
After reviewing input from the past five years, HITOC identified remaining gaps of who they need to hear from in this round of engagement. Those focus populations are:
- Providers
- Rural communities and critical access hospitals
- Criminal justice systems
- Long term care
- Organizations that serve culturally and linguistically specific populations
- Consumers, particularly those with limited English proficiency and/or low health IT literacy
The below opportunities are targeted at HITOC's focus areas. To see a summary of past engagement see: Community Engagement and Input Report 2018-2023.
Listening Sessions
Listening sessions were held in September 2023, and open to the public. They were designed to capture community feedback through open discussion with opportunity for questions and answers. HITOC and OHA hosted these events to hear from all people across Oregon on their experiences with health IT, and their thoughts on the developing health IT strategies.
OHA welcomes all participants. If you have any questions about accommodations or need any assistance to participate in a webinar please contact:
HITOC.INFO@odhsoha.oregon.gov or (503) 373-7859 (voice/text). All relay calls are accepted.
Written Comment
Submit written comment: Share your experiences with health IT by emailing
HITOC.INFO@odhsoha.oregon.gov before 10/1/23. Some examples of questions to consider are:
Organizational Meetings
HITOC prioritized several groups and topic areas for different types of engagement. Based on HITOC's identified gaps in prior engagement, OHA staff connected with these types of organizations in several meetings. These meetings included an overview of HITOC's developing strategic plan components and focused discussion relevant to these organizations. For these targeted meetings, HITOC identified gaps in hearing from:
- Behavioral health organizations
- Criminal justice systems
- Long term care organizations
- Organizations that serve culturally and linguistically specific populations
If your organization would like to provide feedback in a meeting with OHA staff, please reach out to
HITOC.INFO@odhsoha.oregon.gov.
Public Comment
HITOC and any workgroup meetings (i.e., HITOC, HIE Workgroup, HITAG) are open to the public, and public comment is always welcome at the meeting during the specified time or in writing up to 2 business days before the meeting. Public comment is an important part of OHA's committee work and is an opportunity for members of the public to provide input and feedback to the Committee or Workgroup. Comment to HITOC can be provided in two ways:
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Speak during a HITOC meeting: Typically, the public comment period is held at the end of each meeting. There may occasionally be more than one comment period. Members of the public are asked to comment or post in the chat only during this period, and to keep verbal comments to about 2 minutes. The public comment period is held solely for the public to share their thoughts with the Committee or Workgroup. Committee members are unlikely to ask questions or respond to public comment directly but give consideration to public comments during committee work. If you know before the meeting that you'd like to provide public comment, you can email
HITOC.INFO@odhsoha.oregon.gov to sign up. If you'd like to provide public comment during the meeting, you can message one of the hosts to sign-up. If you are unable to message, please speak up during the open public comment period.
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Written comment: You can also send written public comment to
HITOC.INFO@odhsoha.oregon.gov at any time. To be included in the meeting materials please submit the comment no less than 2 business days before the intended meeting. Written comment is emailed out and posted as part of meeting materials. Comment does not need to be on formal letterhead, and please remember that all feedback is available to the public.
HITOC meets on the first Thursday every even month. The full meeting schedule can be found here.
2020 Listening Sessions
In 2020, OHA staff hosted a series of public listening sessions to elicit input from people across the state regarding health IT strategies. To see a summary of past engagement see:
Existing Community Engagement and Input Report 2018-2022.
- Technology Partner Listening Session hosted by HCOP (2/11/2020)
- Oral Health Listening Session (2/25/2020)
- CCO Listening Session hosted by HITAG (3/4/2020)
- Consumer Listening Session (3/10/2020)
Everyone has a right to know about and use Oregon Health Authority (OHA) programs and services. For help please contact
HITOC.INFO@odhsoha.oregon.gov or (503) 373-7859 (voice/text). We accept all relay calls. Some examples of the free help OHA can provide are:
- Sign language and spoken language interpreters
- Written materials in other languages
- Braille
- Real-time captioning (CART)
- Large print
- Audio and other formats.