Mr O'Byrne is the State Coordinator of the New Jersey Office for the Development, Implementation and Development of Health Information Technology (NJe-HIT), Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI). In this position, Mr Byrne works with the New Jersey Health Information Technology Commission, Department of Health and Senior Services to create a New Jersey state wide electronic health information network. He seeks to coordinate all necessary local, state and federal departments and appropriate resources to establish a statewide economically self sufficient interoperable health information exchange (HIE).
Since January 2006, he has also served as the NJ Project Manager of the health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration (HISPC) a group of 43 states and territories funded by AHRQ and the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to identify and resolve barriers to interoperable HIE. Mr O'Byrne founded the NJ DOBI HIPPA/HINT in 2002. This group of HIE stakeholders created the first HIPAA Implementation Guides in 2003 and lead to the smooth transition of the NAtional Provider Identifiers in New Jersey.
Mr O'Byrne has demonstrated his acuity to understand complex legislative and regulatory issues as they relate to HIT development and to bring divergent groups of stakeholders together. His new assignment as State Coordinator for NJ e-HIT places him in an ideal position to help implement laws, regulations and policies that will advance HIT development in New Jersey and other areas.