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Interoperability and Orion Health James Hardacre May 25 th 2011. Outline. Orion Health: what we do Our 3-pronged approach to interoperability Our ITK Proof of Concept experience NHS Trust experience: Heart of England. Orion Health Overview.
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Interoperability and Orion Health James Hardacre May 25th 2011
Outline • Orion Health: what we do • Our 3-pronged approach to interoperability • Our ITK Proof of Concept experience • NHS Trust experience: Heart of England
Orion Health Overview • Specialists in Healthcare Integration for 18 years • Technology is important, experience ensures success • We integrate best-of-breed health information systems… • Between health IT systems • Between health organizations • On the desktop • With functionality and ease • Mission “Provide Universal Access to Patient Information”
Global presence demands a comprehensive approach to interoperability • 1993: Founded in New Zealand • First HL7 project: 1994 • 2011: 8 offices in 6 countries, clients in 30 countries, 470 employees 2
Our 3 approaches for interoperability • Native support for standards • Support for international efforts • Eg. IHE www.ihe.org, HL7 • Local ITK cooperation
Native support for standards • Health-specific integration products • Native libraries of common protocols • HL7 2.x & 3.x , XML, etc. etc. • Re-useable communication points • Exportable interface configurations
Support for international efforts • Rhapsody: now an FDA Class I medical device • IHE • Connectathons in Europe and USA • IHE profiles now in use in France for the national EHR interoperability standard
ITK Activities • 2009 - ITK Discharge Summary PoC • ITK Spine Mini-Services Project • Currently Underway
ITK PoC – Discharge Summary Profile 3 source systems: Orion Health Clinical Portal System C MediSec SRC BlueWire Generating CDA XML discharge documents Receiving Systems: PCTI & Liquid Logic
But now, over to the real world… David Hextell, Head of Systems Development Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust