HIT Board
Nebraska Health Information Technology (HIT) Board
Improving the quality and collection of Nebraska’s healthcare data.
About the HIT Board
In 2020, the Nebraska Legislature passed LB 1183, the Population Health Information Act. This included the creation of the Nebraska Health Information Technology (HIT) Board. The Board is composed of seventeen members who are appointed by the Governor and then confirmed by the Legislature. The majority of members on the Board are credentialed healthcare providers, enabling them to use their clinical experience and expertise to make the most informed decisions about the health data that they help govern.
As the statutorily designated statewide health information exchange, CyncHealth is tasked in statute with administering the HIT Board.
The purpose of the HIT Board is to:
- Establish criteria for data collection and disbursement by the statewide health information exchange and the prescription drug monitoring program to improve the quality of information provided to clinicians;
- Evaluate and ensure that the statewide health information exchange is meeting technological standards for reporting of data for the prescription drug monitoring program, including the data to be collected and reported and the frequency of data collection and disbursement;
- Provide the governance oversight necessary to ensure that any health information in the statewide health information exchange and the prescription drug monitoring program may be accessed, used, or disclosed only in accordance with the privacy and security protections set forth in HIPAA;
- Provide recommendations to the statewide health information exchange on any other matters referred to the board.
For more information, the Population Health Information Act & the enacting statutes can be found beginning here.
Agendas are typically posted here a week in advance of upcoming meetings. View the most recent HIT board meeting agenda here:
HIT Board Roster
Dr. Kevin Bagley
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Payor Representative
Manuela Banner
Memorial Community Hospital and Health System
Hospital CEO
Dr. Jessika Benes
Mid Plains Mobile Vet
Veterinarian
Dr. Aimee Black
Nebraska Total Care
PDMP Delegate
Dr. Jaime Bland
CyncHealth
HIE Representative
Senator Robert Clements
NE Legislature
Chair of Appropriations Committee
Dr. Anna Dalrymple
Gothenburg Clinic
Physician (Family Practice)
Lynn Edwards
Gothenburg Health
HIM Representative
Dr. Douglass Haas
UNMC College of Nursing – Kearney Division
Nurse Practitioner
Senator Ben Hansen
Chair of HHS Committee
NE Legislature
Chair of HHS Committee
Dr. Kimberley Haynes-Henson
UNMC
Pain Medicine Physician
Dr. Mark Latta
Creighton University School of Dentistry
Dentist
Dr. Monalisa Mcgee-Baratta
Salvation Army
Substance Abuse Professional
Ashley Newmyer
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
DHHS Representative
Felicia Quintana-Zinn
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Individual with experience in operating the PDMP
Dr. Stephen Salzbrenner
UNMC
Physician (Psychiatry)
Dr. Phillip Vuchetich
Arxsine
Pharmacist
Policies Approved by the HIT Board.
The following policies have been adopted by the Nebraska HIT Board. The policies are listed in chronological order, with the most recently adopted policy listed first.
- State of Nebraska Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Workflow Integration Policy
- State of Nebraska Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Zero Reporting Policy
- State of Nebraska Health Information Exchange Payor Data Standards Policy-Immunizations
- State of Nebraska Health Information Exchange Payor Data Standards Policy
- State of Nebraska Health Information Technology Board PDMP Patient Portal Policy
- State of Nebraska Health Information Technology Board PDMP Data Requests Policy
- State of Nebraska Health Information Exchange USCDI Standards Policy