Connecting Communities: Clinical Data Exchange with Physicians’ EMRs

1. Connecting Communities: Clinical Data Exchange with Physicians’ EMRs

2. Forward Advantage • MEDITECH solutions: • Data Express • Communication Director • Bed Ready for MEDITECH Bed Board • im-one solutions (identity management) • MDI (medical device integration)

3. Data Express • Data Express – developed with MEDITECH • HL7 data exchange with physicians’ ambulatory EMRs • Part of MEDITECH’s interoperability strategy • Solution partnership provides advantages now and in the future • Goals: • Simplify Complexity • Deploy Rapidly • Reduce Cost • Provide Flexibility and Longevity • Extend Your Resources

4. Data Express • Data Express & the Economic Stimulus Package • Promote adoption of interoperable health records • “Meaningful use” – electronic exchange of information • Strengthen HIPAA Standards • PHI disclosure audit trail

5. Data Express Hospital / Health System Physician Offices Lab Results HL7 Results ITS Results HL7 Orders And many other EMRs Orders

6. Data Express • Simplify Complexity • “One-to-many” solution • Using national standards  HL7 2.1-2.5 • Standardized set of MEDITECH interfaces • Lab, Micro, Blood Bank, Path & ITS • Standard and tailored output formats • Allscripts, NextGen, eClinicalWorks, many others • Provide both HL7 data streaming (MLLP) and/or HL7 file to a secure FTP site or network location

7. Data Express • Deploy Rapidly • MEDITECH provides rapid delivery of interfaces • Forward Advantage resources  deploy now, don’t wait to find time or delay other projects • Configured to immediately • receive HL7 results from MEDITECH • send HL7 results in HL7 2.1-2.5 formats • In minutes, send data to additional physicians once output format is in place • MEDITECH and Forward Advantage team up to provide rapid response

8. Data Express • Reduce Cost • MEDITECH Data Express results interfaces – bundled pricing model • Only one set of MEDITECH results interfaces (“one-to-many” model) • Built-in routing capability based on physician profiles • No “per connection” (per recipient) charges • Deliver the same output format to as many recipients as desired!

9. Data Express • Provide Flexibility and Longevity • Orders and ADT supported • MEDITECH’s streamlined approach to Orders • Extend input/output formats as needed • MEDITECH commitment to provide standards updates and market-driven updates • Streamlined update process due to Forward Advantage relationship with MEDITECH • MPI integration supported

10. Data Express • Extend Your Resources • Supplement your internal resources • Customer-acclaimed services and project expertise • Keep your other projects on track • Experience the advantage of our MEDITECH relationship • Move your project forward quickly • Meet your physicians’ demand for electronic exchange of information …now

11. Data Express • Successful deployments • Client/Server and MAGIC • EMRs deployed and evaluated • NextGen • Allscripts • GE Centricity • eClinicalWorks • Misys • eMDs • Wellogic • Greenway • And more…

12. Data Express & Communication Director • Shared Communication Director tools • SAM (activity monitor/audit trail) • Administration Tools • Routing Database • Data Express can be deployed on same or separate server

13. Getting Ready • Incorporate “meaningful use” into your Strategic Plans • Identify physicians’ EMRs • Interface specifications • Direct HL7 feed (MLLP) or HL7 file import • Evaluate connectivity • Currently available or needs to be implemented? • Important to test facility to physician/EMR connectivity (often different configuration than existing) • Determine roll-out plan • One practice/group • Expand based on EMR vendor, physician priority, other • Facility vs. physician cost

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