The Center for Health Information Technology provides management support to the Task Force to Study Electronic Health Records (Task Force). The Task Force was established by the Maryland General Assembly during the 2005 legislative session (SB 251, now Chapter 291, Acts of 2005). This legislation required the Task Force to study electronic health records and the current and potential expansion of electronic health record utilization in the State. Specifically, SB 251 charged the Task Force with investigating the following aspects of electronic health information exchange in Maryland:
1. Electronic transfer of health information;
2. Electronic prescribing;
3. Computerized physician order entry;
4. The cost of implementing items 1-3;
5. The impact on school health records; and
6. The impact on patient safety.
In addition to the cost of wider use and adoption of electronic health records, the Task Force has also been requested to consider
• The benefits of their use, including the potential improvement of patient safety;
• Barriers or obstacles to expanded adoption of electronic health records;
• Risks and the potential for unintended consequences;
• Specific State-level policies that might accelerate or retard adoption; and
• The governance and financial organizational issues involved in expanding the use of electronic health records in Maryland.
Review of the 2007 Final Report Recommendations - June 2009 
Task Force Chronicles (winzip format)
• Members
• Schedule
Task Force Presentations and Background Information
Background Information
EHRs and HIE
Electronic Prescribing
NHIN Prototypes
School-Based Health Records
Task Force Background Information and Presentations
Health Information Technology in Maryland, Victor Plavner, January 18, 2006
Maryland Task Force to Study Electronic Health Records: A National Context
Maryland Task Force to Study Electronic Health Records: Proposed 2-Year Focus
Another Lesson from Santa Barbara, August 2007
Comments and recommendations on draft “Wired for Health Care Quality Act”,
June 2007
Companies, Government Push E-Prescribing, June, 2007
EMRs and EHRs, Potential Enablers of Health Care Transformation, Dr. Peter Basch, January 18, 2006
Health Information Exchange: ‘LexParsimoniae’, August, 2007
Health Information Technology: Are Long-Term Care Providers Ready? April, 2007
Hope, challenges in computerizing medical records, North Adams blazes a trail, January, 2007
It Takes a Region: Creating a Framework to Improve Chronic Disease Care, November, 2006
Paper still rules patient records, The Washington Times, March 5, 2007
Perspectives on the future of Personal Health Records, June 2007
Privacy, Security and the Regional Health Information Organization, June 2007
Study: EHR System Efficiencies Can Cover the Cost of Adoption, August, 2007
The Connecting for Health Common Framework, March 2007
The Santa Barbara County Care Data Exchange: What Happened?, August, 2007
Federal Regulations on E-Prescribing
New Developments for Electronic Prescribing, The Pharmacist’s Letter, April, 2007
PBMs and the Role of Electronic Prescribing
Physicians’ Experiences Using Commercial E-Prescribing Systems
RX Hub Presentation, J.P. Little, February 12, 2007
Accenture NHIN Prototype Architecture, July, 2007
CCHIT: A Catalyst for EHR Adoption, Sarah T. Corley, MD, October, 2006
CSC NHIN prototype Architecture, July, 2007
IBM NHIN Prototype Architecture, July 2007, Part 1
IBM NHIN Prototype Architecture, July 2007, Part 2
Northrup Grumman NHIN Prototype Architecture, July, 2007, Part 1
Northrup Grumman NHIN Prototype Architecture, July, 2007, Part 2
Summary of the NHIN Prototype Architecture Contracts May 2007
Confidentiality and Privacy of Student Health Information, June , 2006
Health At School, A Hidden Health Care System Emerges From The Shadows, May 2007