Nevada Health Information Exchange Selects Orion Health HIE to Enhance Care Coordination Across the State

Orion Health, a leader in eHealth technology, the Nevada Health Information Exchange (NV-HIE) and Nevada’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), today announced that the NV-HIE Board of Directors selected the Orion Health HIE to power and enable a statewide electronic health information exchange. Orion Health HIE was selected to provide the technology that will support NV-HIE services and programs that advance trusted information exchange for the coordination and continuity of health care for all Nevadans – anywhere, anytime.

Orion Health was chosen after an extensive two-part competitive selection process involving the review of multiple HIE solutions and public demonstrations by three finalists. Orion Health HIE was selected because of its powerful information sharing capabilities, its ability to easily integrate with various technology platforms utilized by government agencies and health care organizations across the state, and its experience with statewide HIE initiatives. NV-HIE plans on deploying Orion Health HIE as a SaaS (Software as a Service) offering.

“The ability to bridge health care providers and payers across various technology platforms, both within and outside of state borders, is extremely important for clinical care coordination,” said David LaBarge, CEO, NV-HIE. “The enhanced state-of-the-art features of Orion Health HIE and Orion Health Direct Secure Messaging will allow providers and payers to have access to the most current patient information, and they will have the ability to securely communicate data quickly, while supporting a trusted HIE environment.”

“Orion Health is proud to have been selected to power the NV-HIE’s statewide operations,” said Suzanne Cogan, vice president, Orion Health North America. “By deploying Orion Health’s globally proven platform, NV-HIE has underscored the importance of providing clinicians with tools that help enable the sharing of patient information which may ultimately result in more effective care coordination, population health management and clinical decision support.”

DHHS is responsible for the State HIE Cooperative Agreement grant* awarded to Nevada as part of the 2009 federal stimulus bill. Under a grant sub-award from DHHS, the NV-HIE is utilizing state HIE grant funds to establish core HIE services that facilitate the trusted electronic exchange of personal health information, support the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs), and enable intra-state, interstate, and nationwide HIE.

DHHS is already offering Orion Health Direct Secure Messaging, as Nevada DIRECT (NV DIRECT), which enables fast, secure, standards-compliant communications between various health care providers and organizations. NV DIRECT will transition to NV-HIE and become part of its core HIE service offerings by the end of 2013.