Bryan signs letter of intent for U.S. Virgin Islands health information exchange pilot

Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. signed a letter of intent with CRISP Shared Services during an Office of Health Information Technology summit in the week before June 21, 2023, to join a data and interoperability pilot program for the U.S. Virgin Islands' planned Health Information Exchange.

Government House said CRISP Shared Services would operate the pilot with federal funding from multiple federal health agencies.

The pilot was described as the initial phase of the territory's Health Information Exchange, intended to allow health information to be shared among doctors' offices, hospitals, federally qualified health centers, the Department of Human Services Medicaid Division, Department of Health clinics, labs, radiology providers, community-based organizations and other health-care entities.

Government House said Bryan had discussed CRISP during a February 2023 trip to Washington, D.C., including meetings with D.C. Deputy Mayor Wayne Turnage and other district public-health officials.

The release said the pilot would build technical infrastructure for health-care institutions and government agencies to test the data elements needed for secure workflows across the territory's health system.

Government House also said Bryan established the Office of Health Information Technology in 2021.

Official source: https://www.vi.gov/governor-bryan-signs-agreement-with-crisp-shared-services-to-participate-in-health-information-exchange-pilot-program/