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Western NC Regional Health Care Data Link Project AHEC CIO/ITG Meeting September 15, 2005

Western NC Regional Health Care Data Link Project AHEC CIO/ITG Meeting September 15, 2005. Alliance of all 16 WNC hospitals Initiatives: Group purchasing, quality of care, health professional shortages, benchmarking Affiliate members include: Mountain AHEC

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Western NC Regional Health Care Data Link Project AHEC CIO/ITG Meeting September 15, 2005

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  1. Western NC Regional Health Care Data Link Project AHEC CIO/ITG Meeting September 15, 2005

  2. Alliance of all 16 WNC hospitals Initiatives: Group purchasing, quality of care, health professional shortages, benchmarking Affiliate members include: Mountain AHEC All WNC county health departments Hospitals outside WNC for group purchasing WNC Health Network

  3. Electronic Linkage • Desire to access and transmit electronic patient medical records across the region. • Disparate information systems: MediTech: 6 CPSI: 5 Cerner: 2 HBOC: 1 RPMS: 1

  4. Project Goals • Long range goal • Longitudinal electronic medical record that can be accessed and updated real time by authorized health care providers. • Short term goal • Transmission of electronic information between WNC hospitals

  5. Project Technology Options • Secured Message Management • Database/Repository • Database/Warehouse • Document Management • Portal Platform

  6. Key Project Parameters • Consensus: • No central repository. • Each hospital retain its chosen information system. • Build a foundation that can be expanded to meet long-range goal. • Portal platform chosen • Received $2.5m in HRSA funds

  7. Identify Vendors and Systems • Unsure what technology was available • Conducted RFI process • Conducted RFP process of selected vendors • Selected IBM and AccessPt to develop the system.

  8. Phased-in Approach • Phase I • 16 WNC hospitals • 13 months • Phase II • WNC physician offices, health departments, clinics, other providers

  9. Concerns • Implementation costs • $2.5 m+ • Ongoing costs • $500,000/year • EMR adoption • Hospitals • Physicians

  10. Western NC Regional Health Care Data Link Project Gary.Bowers@wnchn.org

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