Current Committees and Workgroups
Partner engagement is essential for informing the state's health IT and health information exchange efforts. The following groups bring together individuals with unique knowledge and skills to help guide and inform our work.
The Health Information Technology Oversight Council (HITOC) is a committee of the Oregon Health Policy Board (OHPB). It is responsible for setting health IT strategies for Oregon that advance health equity and improve the health system. The Oregon legislature created HITOC in 2009 to ensure that health system improvement efforts were supported by health IT.
HITOC brings together partners across Oregon for
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centralized policy work
- strategic planning
- oversight of health IT efforts
- landscape assessments.
Council members are appointed by the Oregon Health Policy Board. HITOC members represent a broad range of partners that are impacted health IT, including but not limited to:
- Individuals (consumers/patients)
- Providers and clinic staff
- The Nine Federally Recognized Tribes of Oregon
- Community-based organizations (CBOs)
- Hospitals
- Health systems
- Coordinated care organizations (CCOs) and health insurance plans
- Technology partners
- State agencies
HITOC members represent organizations that use a wide array of health IT tools and systems and HITOC strives to represent the diversity of people living in Oregon.
Visit the HITOC web page for a list of Council members, meeting schedules and materials.
The CCO Health Information Technology Advisory Group (HITAG) provides input to OHA about Coordinated Care Organizations' (CCO) health information technology needs and efforts and informs OHA's work on the Oregon Health Information Technology Program. Each CCO is encouraged to send a representative to HITAG.
OHA works with HITAG to:
- Gather input on ongoing health IT efforts so that OHA’s work supports and aligns with CCOs’ efforts and provides some accountability back to CCOs
- Raise awareness of OHA’s health IT efforts and progress to inform CCOs as they plan their own technology efforts
- Identify challenges and opportunities from CCO perspectives to inform OHA’s planning for health IT efforts
- Provide a forum for CCOs to learn from each other and from presenters sharing information of value to CCOs
Visit the
CCO HITAG webpage to see additional background, as well as the group's charter and roster.
Recent Past Committees & Workgroups
The Community Information Exchange (CIE) Workgroup was formed by the Health Information Technology Oversight Council (HITOC) as directed by House Bill 4150 (2022). The CIE Workgroup's role was to provide recommendations to the legislature, HITOC, and the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) on strategies to accelerate, support, and improve statewide CIE in Oregon. Recommendations were submitted to the Oregon legislature in a draft report in September 2022, and a final report on January 31, 2023. Recommendations will also be used to inform HITOC's Health IT Strategic Plan for Oregon and OHA efforts.
The Workgroup met monthly March through November 2022 and was comprised of representatives from Oregon's diverse landscape of community, health care, and social services partners.
Visit the CIE Workgroup website for the charter, member roster, House Bill 4150 draft and final reports, Workgroup recommendations and considerations, and meeting materials and recordings.
For more information on CIE please see the CIE Overview Website.
At its December 2021 meeting, the Health Information Technology Oversight Council (HITOC) identified the need for a Health Information Exchange (HIE) Workgroup.
The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) and HITOC need to hear from individuals and organizations from across the state that are impacted by HIE to identify how to better support and facilitate HIE in Oregon. The HIE Workgroup was chartered in April 2022 to recommend strategies to accelerate, support, and improve HIE across the state.
The Workgroup met monthly between May 2022 and August 2023. For more information on HIE please see the HIE Overview. Visit the HIE Workgroup website for more information.
In 2017, the Office of Health Information Technology conducted a Behavioral Health HIT Scan to gain a better understanding of the HIT/HIE landscape among behavioral health organizations, including their adoption and use of electronic health records (EHRs) and health information exchange (HIE). In 2018, HITOC chartered the Behavioral Health HIT Workgroup to prioritize the recommendations identified in the Behavioral Health HIT Scan report.
The Behavioral Health HIT Workgroup has been on hiatus since 2020 and there are no current plans to reconvene. For a list of former members, meeting schedule, and materials, please visit the Behavioral Health HIT Workgroup page.