Disclosures
Don Vogt declares no conflicts of interest or financial interest in
any product or service mentioned in this program, including
grants, employment, gifts, stock holdings, and honoraria.
ASAP’s and NCPA’s education staff declares no conflicts of interest
or financial interest in any product or service mentioned in this
program, including grants, employment, gifts, stock holdings,
and honoraria.
PMIX National Architecture: A Foundation for PMP Choice
Don Vogt, Program Manager, Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics
ACPE #: 207-999-13-022-L04-P
Activity Type: Knowledge-based
Following this presentation, attendees should be able to:
1.  Identify the key elements of the PMIX architecture.
2.  Provided with a concise overview of how the National Information
Exchange Model (NIEM) and the Global Reference Architecture
(GRA) are used in PMIX.
3.  Describe the four pillars of PMIX and how the architecture is being
used in prescription monitoring systems today.
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Don Vogt (Chair) – Oklahoma
Joe Casar – Kentucky
Chris Baumgartner – Washington
Chad Garner – Ohio
Bob Slaski – Open Networks (Voted on Behalf of IJIS)
Robert Cowan – NABP
Josh Bolin - NABP
Jason Heath – Appriss
Todd Tincher – Appriss
Tom Beard – Health Information Designs
Frank Xavier – Optimum Technology
Scott Serich – IJIS (Non-Voting)
Chris Traver – BJA (Non-Voting)
Jim Douglas – Search (Non-Voting)
Jim Giglio – Alliance (Non-Voting)
Pat Knue – Alliance (Non-Voting)
PMIX Was Developed by the State PMP Systems
Direction and Control Should Stay with the States
A Centralized Governance Body is Critical to Sustainability
The Continued Use of Open Standards Reduces Costs
Creates a Common Standard for All Developers
Unique Relationship Between PMP Data Sharing and the Alliance
Approved Unanimously by the Alliance Board
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National Information Exchange Model (NIEM)
Global Reference Architecture (GRA)
Information Exchange Package Documentation (IEPD)
State to State Service Specification
Hub to Hub Service Specification
Execution Context Document
•  National Information Exchange Model
•  Facilitates the creation of automated information exchanges using uniform
data delivery in a reusable format
•  Key Concepts
•  Data Components
•  Core Components
•  Domains
•  Conformance Rules
•  Communities of Interest
•  IEPD – Information Exchange Package Documentation
•  Defines the type of information that will be exchanged
Security
•  When partners share information between systems, they
implement a “layer” of technology in between so that the
systems are “insulated” from one another
Open Standards
•  Information sharing follows accepted and well-established
open-industry standards rather than solutions and
approaches proprietary to particular vendors
Governance
•  Adopting a formal governance structure, partners strive for
a common approach and a common technology
infrastructure
Software interoperability standards are open when they are
developed in an open, transparent and collaborative process and
are freely available and implementable within any business model.
Open standards are typically made in global standards setting
organizations which practice due process and rough consensus. To
customers, on the other hand, open standards guarantee a high
degree of flexibility and choice. Open standards prevent single
vendor lock-in by facilitating interoperability.
•  End to End Security
•  Standards Based Exchange (GRA)
•  Common Exchange Data and Metadata (NIEM)
•  Hub Connections (Hub to Hub)
PMP
System
State Routing
Service (SRS)
PMP
System
PMP
System
SRS
Hub
PMP
System
Potential
In-state
Partners
Hub
PMP
System
PMP
System
PMP
System
Pharmacy
PMP
System
SRS
Emergency
Room
Hub
HIE
Hub
SRS
PMP
System
PMP
System
Directory
Public Key
Infrastructure
GRA service
standard
End-to-end
End-to-end
Security
Security
Hubs
SEAL
NIEM data
standard
NIEM data
standard
PMP
Hub
Hub
PMP
Engineering & Design
Engineering & Design
PMIX Compliant Hub
PMIX Compliant Hub
Management & Control
Management & Control
Optimum
PMP
System
SRS
Hosted
RxCheck
PMP
System
Internal
Data Sharing
HOSTED
SRS
PMP
System
HID
SRS
RxCheck
PMP
System
• Testing a Hub to Hub PMIX Exchange
• Certifying a Hub as PMIX Compliant
• Springboard Initiative
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Based on Open Standards
Flexible By Design
Developed by PMP Administrators
Secure
Supports Hub to Hub, State to State and Direct Connections
Recommended Unanimously by the Alliance Board
Supported by NABP and IJIS
Complies with Current Grant Requirements
PMIX Foundation Could be Utilized by HIE’s, ASAP and Other
Groups in Whole or in Part
•  Can be Certified