Tom Vu

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Developing the HIMS SystemHow all LHJs can
benefit

• Tom Vu
• Alessandro Muti
• Tim Karren
• Sue
  Craven

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Agenda

• Overview of Serriform
• Case Snohomish Health District
• Solution Unified Health Information Management
  System (HIMS)
  
• Benefits of HIMS for all Local Health
  Jurisdictions (LHJ)

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Who Is Serriform

• Software Architecture experience
• Complex solutions for large clients
• Microsoft
• Nordstrom
• Snohomish Health District
• Unigard
• Technology expertise

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Why Serriform Is Here Today

• SHD Leadership recognized need to focus on core
  competencies to continue its successful mission
  
• SHD ? Public Health Expertise
• Knowledge of public health issues and directives
  
  
• Experience with previous solutions, challenges
• Vision for health information management
• Serriform ? Software Architecture Expertise
• Architecture of highly secure, integrated
  solutions
  
• Custom web-based software solutions to help LHJs
  enhance their IT systems and reduce costs
  
• Leverage of latest MSFT technology to increase
  impact of IT investments

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SHD Case ECAS and beyond

• Started with need for Emergency Contact Alert
  System
  
• SHD leadership also wanted to address
• The need to increase security for user access and
  HIPAA compliance
  
• Application integration
• Sharing of data
• Improving managing, tracking and updating data
• Establish standards across departments

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Solution HIMS platform

• Designed platform module solution
• Advanced data security
• Integrates different databases
• Allows system-wide data access
• Built on industry standards (XML, Web Services,
  Active Directory)
  
• Integrates with other modules and
  technologies/applications

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Solution HIMS platform modules
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HIMS Platform Benefits
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SHD Case DAVE issues

• Drain-field Awareness and Vital Education
• Issues were
• Fulfill manually hundreds of requests per month
  for environmental septic/wastewater data
  
• Resource intensive, backlogged, inaccurate
• Slow turn around time to provide information to
  citizens, real estate and sewer companies
  
• Small self-contained network
• Data not available outside network
• Difficult to maintain back-ups, security

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Solution DAVE Module

• Downloads information directly from Snohomish
  County Assessor office
  
• External users can retrieve own information,
  freeing up staff time
  
• Allows for resources to be applied more
  effectively
  
• Data shared across departments
• Data is secure and can be backup on network

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HIMS Proposed Modules

• Several SHD units and departments could benefit
  greatly from moving to HIMS platform
  
• Tuberculosis and Communicable Diseases
• Woman and Infant Care
• Community Health
• Food Restaurant Permits and Inspection
  Information
  
• Environmental Health Programs
• Clinical Health

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HIMS can rapidly help other LHJs

• Shared architecture is cost efficient and
  comprehensive
  
• Individual Districts can drive modules that have
  high priority to them
  
• Districts can share development of modules
• Smaller Districts can benefit from HIMS incurring
  only a fraction of the cost
  
• Flexible/Customizable
• Can be tailored to each LHJs unique processes
• Can integrate with existing packages using
  standard technology

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HIMS can rapidly help other LHJs

• Scalable
• Can handle high volume of transactions, thus
  working well for large and small LHJs
  
• Secure
• Enables full HIPAA Compliance- keeping private
  information protected across departments and
  across districts
  
• Accessible
• Appropriate authority can get instant, secure
  access to information across departments and
  districts
  
• Can be hosted as a service

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HIMS can rapidly help other LHJs

• Based on stable standards and state-of-the-art
  technologies
  
• Link fundamental IT industry standards (NET, XML,
  ASP) with
  
• Health Industry emerging standards (e.g. OMAHA)
• No architectural obsolescence
• Simpler to use, but also easier to support
• Easy to use browser based - No client software to
  install
  
• Unified security model
• Single log-on for end users
• Single back-up of critical data

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Questions
For questions please contact Tim Karren by e-mail
timk_at_serriform.com or by phone [phone] ext.
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