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22 july 2010
2010 OSCON
Building the Redwood
MedNet HIE with Mirth
Open Source Tools
Will RossProject Manager
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WHAT IS REDWOOD MEDNET? A community based health information exchange
(HIE) founded in Ukiah, California in 2004.
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Redwood MedNet
•7,000 square miles in Northern California (25% larger than Connecticut)
•600,000 population
•1 to 4 hours north of San Francisco
•14 hospitals, with 1,200 beds
•10 FQHCs, 12 RHCs, 4 IHS clinics 1 VA satellite clinic
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WHAT IS A HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE?
A health information exchange (HIE) is a secure
data service that utilizes data standards to
enable the electronic transfer of clinical information among health care facilities.
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2009 eHealth Initiative HIE Survey
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Startup Capital
$1.2 million
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HIEs are Needed for the Network Effect
Immunization
Public health
Medicaid
Health Plans
Hospitals
Pharmacies
Labs
Clinicians
Consumers
Clinician EHR
Radiology clinics
Immunization
Public health
Medicaid
Health Plans
Hospitals
Pharmacies
Labs
Clinicians
Consumers
Clinician EHR
Radiology clinics
Clinician EHR
HIE
Consumers
Payers
Government/ Medicaid
Labs Hospitals
Pharmacies Radiology
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Redwood MedNet uses open source tools totransport electronic laboratory test resultsfrom a rural Critical Access Hospital (CAH)
to a Chronic Disease Management System (CDMS)
at a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC).
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Redwood MedNet June 2010
23,000 inbound laboratory test results
6 sending laboratories
49 separate healthcare providers (MDs, NPs and PAs)
10 separate practices in Mendocino and Sonoma
Counties
