Interfacing 101

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Interfacing 101

• Lauri Scharf
• September 24, 2009

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Health Information Exchange
PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS Practice Management
EMR
PATIENT Personal Health Records
OTHER HIE
LAB Results
Local Repositories
PAYERS Claim Data
PUBLIC HEALTH Registries
HOSPITAL 2 EMR/PMs Lab PACS Archive
PHARMACY/PBMs Rx History
SPECIALTY PRACTICE Practice Management EMR
HOSPITAL 1 EMR/PMs Lab PACS Archive
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Background

• VITL HIE Services
• Medication History Service
• Connectivity Services
• Lab results orders
• Radiology reports orders
• Vermont Blueprint for Health
• Integrated medical home
• Immunization Reporting (pilot phase)
• Advanced HIE (bi-directional document exchange)

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Background

• VITL HIE Services
• Medication History Service
• Connectivity Services
• Lab results orders
• Radiology reports orders
• Vermont Blueprint for Health
• Integrated medical home
• Immunization Reporting (pilot phase)
• Advanced HIE (bi-directional document exchange)

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Background

• VITL HIE Services
• Medication History Service
• Connectivity Services
• Lab results orders
• Radiology reports orders
• Vermont Blueprint for Health
• Integrated medical home
• Immunization Reporting (pilot phase)
• Advanced HIE (bi-directional document exchange)

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Background

• VITL HIE Services
• Medication History Service
• Connectivity Services
• Lab results orders
• Radiology reports orders
• Vermont Blueprint for Health
• Integrated medical home
• Immunization Reporting (pilot phase)
• Advanced HIE (bi-directional document exchange)

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Background

• VITL HIE Services
• Medication History Service
• Connectivity Services
• Lab results orders
• Radiology reports orders
• Vermont Blueprint for Health
• Integrated medical home
• Immunization Reporting (pilot phase)
• Advanced HIE (bi-directional document exchange)

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Background

• VITL HIE Services
• Medication History Service
• Connectivity Services
• Lab results orders
• Radiology reports orders
• Vermont Blueprint for Health
• Integrated medical home
• Immunization Reporting (pilot phase)
• Advanced HIE (bi-directional document exchange)

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What is this interface thing?

• Enables the EHR software to receive and
  understand information sent from elsewhere (or to
  send information out in a certain format)
• Part of the EHR software

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What it does

• Transport How the info is delivered
• Format How the info is structured
• Vocabulary What terms/codes are used

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Examples
Samples only!
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What it takes

• Software setup (EHR vendor practice staff)
• Testing (Practice staff)
• Software maintenance (EHR vendor)
• Management (Practice staff)

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How to interface with me

• Lauri Scharf
• [phone] x105
• lscharf_at_vitl.net