Utah HealthUtah Health Information Information NetworkNetwork

Working with the Community for Improved HealthCare

UHIN-Who Are We?UHIN-Who Are We?

•Coalition providing Statewide coverage

•Not-For-Profit (501c3)

•Standards Development Organization

•EHNAC Accredited

•Compliant with all Federal/State Laws and Regulations

UHIN’s MissionUHIN’s Mission

…to provide the consumer of health care services with reduced costs, improved health care quality and access…

cHIEcHIE

Creating and managing a network for clinical Health Information Exchange

All providers connect to a single hub

Delivery of clinical data electronically

Ability to create a “Virtual” Health Record

Quality Improvement-Quality Improvement-cHIE cHIE

Statewide collaboration between medical entities in Utah

Allows authorized personnel access to:•Labs •Referrals•Medication History•Allergies•X-Rays•Discharge summaries

cHIE FeaturescHIE Features

•Patient Index

•Provider Directory

•Record Locator Service

•Federated Clinical Data Repositories

•Interoperability

HIE DriversHIE Drivers

Medical Community

Governor and State Legislature

Community Leaders

Medicaid and Public Health

The Perfect StormThe Perfect Storm

ARRA Incentives to change

Federal Grants for Implementation

Meaningful Use

Data ConnectionsData Connections

Data SourceGeneral

LabMicrobiolog

yRadiology Reports

Transcription Reports

Brigham City Community Hospital

Central Utah Clinic Lakeview Hospital Moab Regional Hospital Mountain View Hospital Ogden Regional Hospital Timpanogos Hospital St. Marks Hospital University Hospital

EHR UpdateEHR UpdateEHR Interfaces• Timelines• Where are the EHRs Now?

Allscripts – Connected GE Centricity – In TestingAmazing Charts – In Progress Greenway – Building

HubCaduRx – Connected Meditech – In ProgressChart Logic – In Progress Nextgen – In ProgresseClinical Works – Building Hub Practice Partner – In

Progress

Office Involvement• Your office is the key to motivating your EHR to connect

Patient ConsentPatient ConsentConsent Status

All are defaulted to “Not Participating” – patients are in control of their information Choices:

Participating Limited Not - Participating

Patient Education CampaignUHIN will begin reaching out to patients in

the coming months - your office may get questions! (community events, radio, billboards, social

media, websites)

VHR DemoVHR Demo