Clinical Information Technology Oversight Committee

Contacts

Administration:
Co-Chairs:  Stephen Borowitz, M.D. and Reid Adams, M.D.

Charge

The Clinical Information Technology Oversight Committee (CITOC) is charged with providing clinical oversight for the continued development of a comprehensive, integrated clinical information system for the University of Virginia Medical Center.  CITOC will make recommendations about the use and functionality of all current and future information systems that support clinical care. This will include but not be limited to Epic applications, MedHost, PACS and other clinical information systems.  This oversight will assure that system change requests, enhancement requests and deployment across systems promotes integrated work and information flows throughout the clincial areas.  The Committee will lead the design of processes and programs which strategically use clinical information systems to transform and continually improve the way clinical care is rendered with the primary purposes of enhancing patient safety, improving the quality of care and outcomes, facilitating clinical education and clinical research. 

Scope of Activities:

• The committee will provide guidance and oversight of the development of high level requirements for a comprehensive integrated healthcare information management system
• The committee will review requirements developed by process teams to ensure they are representative of needs across the UVA Health System Clinical Enterprise
  
• The committee will review requested changes to existing information systems that support clinical care as well as potential solutions submitted to meet identified system and process requirements
• The committee will provide recommendations to the UVA Health System Clinical Enterprise for implementation of alternative information system solutions

Meetings: The Clinical System Oversight Committee will establish a standing meeting schedule.  The chair will coordinate agenda items.

 Committee Members