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- The Information
Resources Management Administrations consists of the following
Divisions:
Director's
Office
Art Thacher, Director
The Director's Office oversees all of the
Divisions within the Information Resources Management Administration and
is also responsible for the Department's Privacy and
Security. The Director also
serves as the Chief Information Officer for the Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene
- Computer
Operations Division (COD)
Dorothy
Rice, Division Chief
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The Computer
Operations Division provides a variety of mainframe-based Data
Processing customer services to all DHMH units.
These services include: data
entry, electronic billing, production control, laser/impact printing
and distance learning support. This
Division also provides operational support to the Hospital Management
Information System (HMIS) and both operational and data entry support
to the Maryland Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program.
The Computer
Operations Division is currently operating a Xerox 4635 and a Xerox
DocuPrint 96 in the Laser Printing Center, which provides DHMH with
appropriate printer backup ability to meet all mainframe printing
needs formerly provided by the Annapolis Data Center.
- Information
Technology Support Division (ITSD)
Michael Bilbo, Division Chief
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The Information
Technology Support Division (ITSD) provides comprehensive Information
Technology (IT) customer services to all DHMH units.
Responsibilities include IT project planning, network systems
analysis, local and wide area network implementation and support, data
communications support, Internet and Intranet access, software,
hardware, and equipment purchasing and allocation, technical support
of installed hardware/software, PC/printer repairs, virus repairs and
equipment transfers/moves. Other
responsibilities include departmental microcomputer policies,
standards and procedures. Technical
support to remote headquarters, facilities and to local health
departments is limited to the Internet; Intranet and wide area routed
frame relay communications and consultation.
The ITSD provides IT
support to the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
and eGovernment initiatives.
The Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene Health Information Coordinating Council (HICC)
has developed a plan for infrastructure enhancements for all programs
within DHMH and to provide the programs with access to the DHMH
network; and to maintain the network.
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- Policy,
Planning and Administration Division (PPAD)
Tammy K. Balzano, Division Chief
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- The Policy, Planning and
Administration Division is responsible for fulfillment of a variety of
administrative functions including: DHMH information resources
procurements; Internet and Intranet services; distance learning
activities; information technology training; information technology
strategic planning and policy development.
The Division is also responsible for IRMA's fiscal management,
personnel transactions, records management, physical inventory,
performance excellence activities, Managing for Results requirements,
telecommunications and special projects.
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- Information
Systems Division (ISD)
J. Michael Compton, Division Chief
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The Information
System Division provides system analysis; design and programming
support for automated applications installed on the mainframe and
midrange computer systems. Some
70 administrative and programmatic systems and more than 4,300 batch
and on-line application computer programs covering accounting, human
resources, vital records/health statistics and other health related
program areas are maintained on the mainframe alone.
Electronic transfer of data files to and from DHMH facilities
and the Annapolis Data Center are also supported by the division
through the use of the attended and unattended communication polling
processes. In addition,
this Division designs, develops and implements reliable and secure
customized systems for the internet, intranet and client-server
environments for a growing number of DHMH administrations and
coordination of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act implementation within the Department.
This
project also includes the Hospital Management Information System (HMIS),
which is an integrated network of ten IBM midrange systems supporting
20 State operated Inpatient Facilities.
HMIS provides a centralized billing module and distributed
admission/discharge/transfer (Census) module at each facility, as well
as on-line, real time Pharmacy order entry/dispensing module.
On a daily basis, census transactions from each facility are
formatted and subsequently transmitted to the central office for
processing with the statewide database used for centralized monthly
billing cycles and statewide patient tracking.
Strategies for development of an integrated electronic medical
record are underway based upon requirements for future fee for service
billing and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
compliance
Updated
01/22/2007
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