Provider Education Toolkit (PET) Welcome

Welcome to the Florida Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration (HISPC) Provider Education Toolkit (PET) Website.

The Agency for Health Care Administration (Agency) launched a new initiative called the Health Information Security and Privacy Toolkit that will provide physicians with the information they need to participate in electronic health information exchange. The Agency is working with organizations in seven other states under a grant from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT.

“We are delighted to be able to work with providers on this new initiative that will help improve quality of patient care and access to care,” said Secretary Holly Benson.  “One of our goals this year is to make information about the care consumers receive more useful to them, and we hope this new tool will help us do just that.”

The Web-based toolkit focuses on safe, private and secure health information exchange for providers. It offers tools and resources to help physicians get connected electronically. Physicians can also earn continuing medical education credits while learning more about electronic health information exchange and electronic health record systems.

The goals of the Health Information Security & Privacy Toolkit include:

• Introducing physicians to the benefits of electronic health information exchange;
• Motivating providers to learn more about the advantages of electronic health information exchange for their patients and practices;
• Encouraging the adoption of electronic health record software so that the physician can connect to a local regional health information organization.

The initiative consists of a pilot project that will run from January to March 2009. Other states involved in the effort are Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee and Wyoming. 

The Health Information Security & Privacy Toolkit is the result of work completed by the Health Information Security & Privacy Collaboration (HISPC), a multi-year project launched in 2006 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The collaboration is composed of 42 states and territories and addresses issues pertinent to electronic health information exchanges through multi-state collaboration.

For more information about the Web-based toolkit, visit www.Secure4Health.org. 

The Agency for Health Care Administration is committed to better health care for all Floridians. AHCA administers Florida’s Medicaid program, licenses and regulates more than 32,000 health care facilities and 37 health maintenance organizations, and publishes health care data and statistics. For more information, please visit http://ahca.myflorida.com.