Better Communication for Better Healthcare (Text Version)

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On September 16, 2009, Gina Perez made this presentation at the 2009 Annual Conference. Select to access the PowerPoint® presentation (1.67 MB).

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Better Communication for Better Healthcare

DHIN Customer Profile Webinar

September 25, 2009

Gina B. Perez, MPA
DHIN Executive Director
Advances in Management, Inc.
 

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About DHIN

• Created statutorily in 1997 as a public instrumentality of the State of Delaware
• The Nation's First Statewide Clinical Health Information Exchange
• State Designated Entity
• Public - Private Partnership
• Funded by Federal, State and Private Resources (beginning in 2005)
• Went live in May 2007

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DHIN Vision

Develop a network to exchange real-time clinical information among all health care providers (office practices, hospitals, labs and diagnostic facilities, etc.) across the state to improve patient outcomes and patient-provider relationships, while reducing service duplication and the rate of increase in health care spending.

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DHIN's Success

• Critical Mass
  • Over 50% provider adoption
  • Distributes more than 85% of lab tests in DE
  • 648,000 unique patient records
  • 40 million transactions per year (and growing)
• Only HIE with both LabCorp and Quest Diagnostics Participating
• Improved efficiency and quality of care

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Data Senders

• Christiana Care Health System
• Bayhealth Medical Center
• LabCorp
• Doctors Pathology Services
• Quest Diagnostics
• Beebe Medical Center

• DuPont Hospital for Children
• VA Hospital (FedCONNECT)
• Nanticoke Memorial Hospital

• St. Francis Hospital

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DHIN Functionality

• Secure Results Delivery with Standard Result Format (since 2007)
  • Lab and Pathology Results
  • Radiology Reports
  • Admission Face Sheets
• Patient Record SearchInquiry(Live June 15th)
• Medication History Pilot (planned)
• Public Health Reporting
  • Real-time reporting of data from hospitals to the Division of Public Health's DERSS system (Delaware Electronic Reporting and Surveillance System)

Secure Inbox (68%)*
Auto-Print/Fax (12%)
EMR Interface (20%)
*Pending EMR Connection (26%)

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EMR Connectivity

• DHIN Certified EMRs
  • Allscripts
  • Misys
  • STI Computer Services
  • eClinicalWorks
  • Varia
  • MediNotes/Eclipsys
• EMR Vendors in Negotiations (expected to go live in 2010)
  • NextGen
  • GE/Centricity
  • Cerner
  • McKesson
  • Advanced Data Systems Corp
• Negotiated Discounts

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Meaningful Use: How HIEs Can Help

• Electronic Order Entry
• Incorporate Lab Results into EHRs as structured data
• Maintain an Active Medication List
• Perform Medication Reconciliation
• Implement Drug-Allergy, Drug Formulary, Drug-Drug Interactions
• Standards-Based Transactions

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Meaningful Use: How HIEs Can Help

• Electronic Insurance Eligibility Verification
• Electronic Claims Submission
• Maintain an up-to-date "problem list" of current and active diagnoses based on ICD-9 and SNOMED
• Record Demographic Data (preferred language, insurance type, gender, race and ethnicity)
• Quality Reporting
  • Generate List of patients by specific conditions for outreach and quality improvement

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Meaningful Use: How HIEs Can Help

• Patient Access to Electronic Information
  • Provide Access to Patient-Specific Education Resources
  • Send Reminders to Patients for Preventative and Follow-Up Care
• Exchange Key Clinical Information
  • Clinical Summary
• Public Health Reporting
  • Immunization Registry
  • Electronic Syndromic Surveillance
• Proof of Compliance with HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules