North Dakota Information Technology Department

This document outlines the objectives and key tasks for Statewide IT Planning for the fourth quarter of 2025. Key objectives include business strategy planning and refresh, application inventory review, current state-future state assessment for the Application Roadmap, and re-alignment of priorities. The plan emphasizes five statewide IT initiatives: reducing technical debt, rationalizing applications, leveraging the ND Citizen and Business Gateway, maximizing statewide IT security, and data modernization. The overall aim is to ensure IT initiatives align with agency and statewide goals, improve IT systems, optimize software portfolios, enhance citizen services, strengthen cybersecurity, and modernize data management.

The North Dakota Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Plan is a five-year action plan designed to enable all North Dakotans with affordable, reliable, high-speed internet access. The plan outlines four key goals: promoting universal access by deploying broadband infrastructure to all locations by 2028, expanding the availability of low-cost internet options, supporting economic growth through digital skills and business connectivity, and increasing overall broadband adoption. It aims to connect approximately 10,000 remaining unserved and underserved locations, align with the State's Digital Equity Plan, and unlock employment, health, social, and financial benefits for all residents.

This document, Volume II of North Dakota's Initial Proposal for the BEAD Program, details the state's strategy for broadband expansion and digital equity. It outlines the approach for subgrantee selection for deployment and non-deployment activities, including scoring criteria and qualifications. The plan is guided by four long-term objectives: promoting universal access for all by deploying reliable, high-speed broadband infrastructure, expanding the availability of affordable internet options, supporting economic growth through digital skills and business access, and increasing overall broadband adoption across the state. The ultimate goal is to close the digital divide and achieve 100% broadband coverage by 2028.

This five-year business plan for the North Dakota Health Information Network (NDHIN) outlines a strategy to significantly expand its health information exchange (HIE) services and participant base. The plan focuses on four key initiatives: enhancing administrative capacity, upgrading to the Amadeus platform for improved infrastructure, broadening its footprint by connecting with a diverse range of healthcare providers and state/federal agencies, and expanding services to include statewide applications such as population health analytics, care coordination, provider credentialing, and an Advance Directive Registry. The overarching goal is to leverage federal funding to transform healthcare delivery, improve patient care, reduce costs, and enhance population health across North Dakota.

This document, a Future State Brief, outlines recommendations for the expansion of the North Dakota Health Information Network (NDHIN) over a five-year period, aiming to establish a comprehensive and robust health information exchange and strategic, state-wide healthcare application toolset. Key strategic areas include upgrading infrastructure to the Amadeus platform for advanced features and applications, significantly expanding connectivity to a wide array of providers, registries, and payer organizations, and implementing strategic state-wide applications such as a centralized Advanced Directives Registry, population health analytics, and a comprehensive care coordination solution. The plan also emphasizes enhancing patient engagement through accessible personal health records and data contribution, and growing administrative and support services. The overarching vision is to deliver lower cost, higher quality healthcare to North Dakota citizens by providing real-time, patient-centric views of diverse health and social data.