- Distribution Group: In progress
- Steward: David Staples
- Standing Meeting: 1st Thursday, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
- Materials: Request with IT Governance contact
- Co-Chairs: Russ Cucina, MD, MS
- Membership: Contact Committee Steward
Charge
The Care Technology Governance Committee (CTG) is a special committee of the Executive Medical Board (EMB), and also reports to the campus-wide IT Governance Steering Committee. The CTG is responsible for:
- Directing the appropriate use, support, and on-going enhancement of UCSF’s APeX Electronic Health Record.
- Setting high-level priorities, and resolving competing demands, for IT and Clinical Systems as they relate to clinical care.
- Set boundaries and criteria for the use of stand-alone EHRs (e.g. Reproductive Health) and other information technologies that touch the patient.
- Set standards for the use of the EHR by researchers and clinical trials, and integration with Clinical Trial Management Systems (CTMS) and the Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW).
- Policies and Procedures associated with Health System information technologies.
- Liaison relationship with the School of Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy and Medicine regarding care technologies.
- Reviews the Health System’s IT strategic plan (3-5 yr. horizon) to ensure alignment with strategic objectives of the Health System.
- Serve as liaison to the various Campus IT committees to identify touch points between Health System IT and Campus IT strategies.
- Reviews and approves all care technology proposals over $100,000 and/or affecting multiple departments.
- Regularly communicates its plans and the implications of its chosen direction to the rest of the organization.
- Oversees and directs the activities of the following sub-committees (See organization chart).