HIMSS: InterSystems provides platform for NHIN standards-based HIE demo
ATLANTA—InterSystems participated in a demonstration that simulated state-to-state health information exchange (HIE) for the duration of the HIMSS10 conference this week.
The Cambridge, Mass.-based company has joined a team comprised of the New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC), the Brooklyn Health Information Exchange (BHIX), CGI Group and the CareSpark regional HIE in an initiative that sought to illustrate the most recent implementation of the standards specifications that have been released by the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN).
The implementation was a “practical example of how a community can link with other communities in remote locations to exchange critical patient health information,” said Paul Grabscheid, InterSystems’ vice president of strategic planning.
“The new federal regulations require data exchanges for provider-to-provider summary sharing, e-prescribing, public health reporting and patient engagement. Having an integration engine which supports all of the HL7, NCPDP and X12 standards eases the glide path to certified HIE," said John Halamka, MD, chief information officer of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, who commented on the demonstration.
InterSystems said its HealthShare allows for the sharing clinical data across multiple organizations and communities. Three of the regional health information organizations (RHIOs) that comprise the SHIN-NY—BHIX, the Healthcare Information eXchange of New York and the Long Island Patient Information eXchange—are using HealthShare as their information exchange platform.
The demonstration used scenarios that “typify patient issues that require regional healthcare connectivity,” according to the company, including:
• A 20-year-old male Tennessee resident who is on vacation in New York, experiences a severe asthma attack and must be treated in a local emergency department;
• A 61-year-old female from New York, with a history of diabetes and congestive heart failure who faints while visiting relatives in Tennessee, is treated in a Tennessee Emergency Department, and returns to New York and her primary care physician for a further exam; and
• A 34-year-old male “drug seeker” who is targeting both the New York and Appalachian regions to obtain prescription drugs which he intends to resell on the black market.
The virtual communities shared patient summary information using technology standards that comply with the specifications and integration profiles of NHIN, the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) consortium and the Healthcare IT Standards Panel (HITSP).
The Cambridge, Mass.-based company has joined a team comprised of the New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC), the Brooklyn Health Information Exchange (BHIX), CGI Group and the CareSpark regional HIE in an initiative that sought to illustrate the most recent implementation of the standards specifications that have been released by the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN).
The implementation was a “practical example of how a community can link with other communities in remote locations to exchange critical patient health information,” said Paul Grabscheid, InterSystems’ vice president of strategic planning.
“The new federal regulations require data exchanges for provider-to-provider summary sharing, e-prescribing, public health reporting and patient engagement. Having an integration engine which supports all of the HL7, NCPDP and X12 standards eases the glide path to certified HIE," said John Halamka, MD, chief information officer of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, who commented on the demonstration.
InterSystems said its HealthShare allows for the sharing clinical data across multiple organizations and communities. Three of the regional health information organizations (RHIOs) that comprise the SHIN-NY—BHIX, the Healthcare Information eXchange of New York and the Long Island Patient Information eXchange—are using HealthShare as their information exchange platform.
The demonstration used scenarios that “typify patient issues that require regional healthcare connectivity,” according to the company, including:
• A 20-year-old male Tennessee resident who is on vacation in New York, experiences a severe asthma attack and must be treated in a local emergency department;
• A 61-year-old female from New York, with a history of diabetes and congestive heart failure who faints while visiting relatives in Tennessee, is treated in a Tennessee Emergency Department, and returns to New York and her primary care physician for a further exam; and
• A 34-year-old male “drug seeker” who is targeting both the New York and Appalachian regions to obtain prescription drugs which he intends to resell on the black market.
The virtual communities shared patient summary information using technology standards that comply with the specifications and integration profiles of NHIN, the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) consortium and the Healthcare IT Standards Panel (HITSP).