Community Call: Creating a Health Information Exchange

A core benefit of electronic health records (EHRs) is the ability to capture data related to patient care and then sift through that data for patterns and trends. Searchable data is a necessity for generating best practices and improving existing workflows. Of course, the benefits to a single hospital are greatly expanded when data is collected among several facilities, including clinics. Regional health information exchanges (HIEs) enable administrators, care providers, and other personnel to make decisions with a knowledge of what works, thereby improving patient care.

Join us for the monthly community call to hear about how to create an HIE. Come prepared to talk about past experiences and share questions about future projects.

What: Creating a Health Information Exchange
- Welcome (Edmund Billings - Medsphere)
- The Importance of HIEs in Achieving Meaningful Use (Edmund Billings)
- What is an HIE? (Kelley Malott - Vangent)
- Best Practices in Creating an HIE (Kelley Malott)
- Roadblocks: What you should be aware of (Kelley Malott)
- A Practical HIE Example (Kelley Malott, Bernie Thuman, Eric Pupo - Vangent)
- What does CCHIT mean to an open source HIE? (Eric Pupo)
- HIE Funding sources (Kelley Malott)
- Q&A

Work group/Project Updates:
- Behavioral Health WG (Debbie Daspit, Medsphere)
- OpenVista/GT.M Integration Project (Jon Tai, Medsphere)
- CCR/CCD Gateway Project (George Lilly/Fay Struble, Medsphere)

When: October 29, 12:30 - 2pm Pacific
Where: Dial-in: (888) 506-8565 // Participant Code: 6597197 Web conference: http://medsphere.com/infinite/

Speakers:

Edmund Billings, Medsphere's chief medical officer, was a pioneer in the development of electronic medical records (EMR) and is a seasoned healthcare information technology (IT) entrepreneur.

Kelley Malott, DHS Biodefense and Civilian Health Business Development Director for Vangent Healthcare Solutions, has over a decade of healthcare, business development and sales experience.

Bernie Thuman is vice president and chief technology officer for Vangent Healthcare Solutions and has more than 25 years experience in the information technology and services industry.

Erik Pupo is the principal of health information technology at Vangent Healthcare Solutions, where he is engaged in work at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT) as part of the Federal Health Architecture (FHA) program.

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