Prescription+Drug+Monitoring+Program+-+S&I+Phases

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Each of the S&I Initiatives will follow a phased approach to achieve the key outcomes outlined for the Initiative. The phasing approach provides the ability to fail-fast, re-prioritize initiatives, and better understand the interoperability challenge. Learn more about the S&I Framework Processes & Guidelines and S&I Initiative Overview, Phases and Outputs.====== =Charter (Pre-Discovery)= An Initiative is defined in an Initiative Charter. The Initiative Charter includes:
 * The Challenge Statement: a statement of how a standards and interoperability challenge currently limits the achievement of a national health goal
 * The Initiative Goal and Scope: a statement of the value the Initiative will create, in specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound terms
 * The overall staff resource allocation for the Initiative (for Staff Assigned Initiatives)
 * The key Initiative Deliverables
 * Key timelines, including the timeline for the Call for Participation
 * Key risks for the Initiative
 * Key stakeholders for the Initiative
 * Alignment with Meaningful Use

=Use Case(s) (Discovery)= For more information about S&I Use Cases, click here.

Standards
During the Pre-Discovery and Discovery phases of an initiative, it is important to identify and document which standards are being considered as part of that initiative’s solution. The **Candidate Standards List** is an artifact designed to foster this activity.

The Candidate Standards List is generated by performing a full environmental scan and collecting input from the community members of the initiative while the use case and functional requirement efforts are going on in parallel. Once a standard is identified and gained community consensus as to its potential relevance, the corresponding SDO should be immediately engaged. This list should continue to grow as business requirements are defined and refined, and should hit its peak by the time the use case and requirements reach consensus and at this point the list in its entirety should go through a verbal consensus. However, the Candidate Standards List may be added to after this point if, for instance, there is a change in scope, change in requirements, or if a previously unidentified standard comes to light.

For more information on harmonization and standards, click here.

=Pilots= To date, many S&I Framework Initiatives have included a Pilots Workgroup (see S&I Framework Functions) throughout the lifecycle. The Pilots Workgroup (WG) organizes and guides the deployment of Pilot projects that will test the suitability of the Initiative specifications, standards, and technology in real-world settings. The types of members that have participated in Pilots Workgroups include EHR vendors, provider groups, HIT Integrators, etc. The Pilots WG will form Pilot Teams to deploy instances of the Initiative use case and establish the feasibility of implementing the Initiative’s outputs in real-world, production-grade environments.

For more information about S&I Pilots, click here.

=Evaluation= The reference implementation activity creates a fully instantiated software solution that is verified to be compliant with the standards and serves as a “reference” to other software developers of what an interoperable solution looks like. The reference implementation will be accessible as a public resource with compiled code, source code, and supporting documentation.

A reference implementation provides value to the community through a thorough assessment of the technology, support for established standards, and vetting within the S&I Framework.

For more information about S&I Evaluation and Reference Implementation, click here.

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