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14 Healthcare IT News ■ February 2008 industry news www.HealthcareITNews.com Pennsylvania community to serve as dod testbed for HIe By paTTy eNraDo, Contributing Editor JoHnStoWn, Pa – Northrop Grumman Corp.’s information technology sector, Conemaugh Health Systems and the Department of Defense are partnering to launch the Military Interoperable Digital Hospital Testbed here. The program will develop a health information platform upon which military and civilian healthcare providers will be able to share electronic health records of military personnel. One of the biggest issues facing returning servicemen and women today is being released at home and becoming lost in the system, oftentimes with no access to their records, said Robert Cothren, division director for Northrop Grumman’s clinical IS practice. The result is the loss of military personnel’s continuum of care. Phase 1 of the project, which will conclude in September 2008, will establish the demonstration and capability of the partners to build the exchange of information platform between private sector physicians and the military site. Phase 2 of the pilot project, will involve a richer set of data and will be rolled out to a larger num- ber of physicians from the end of 2008 through 2009. Northrop Grumman will study the impact on workflow and how the system works. The Johnstown, Pa., location is critical, said Cothren, because it is a good representation of rural America. “So much of healthcare is delivered in rural areas,” he said. Pennsylvania has more National Guard personnel and reservists on active duty in Afghanistan and Iraq than any other state in the union, according to Bruce Walker, director of strategic planning for Northrop Grumman IT’s Civilian Agencies group. “Johnstown is the perfect testbed,” he said. “There is a lot of synergy.” In developing the interoperable prototype, the partners will ensure TesTBeD see page 16 Indiana HIe to create link in evansville By rICHarD pIzzI, Associate Editor eVanSVille, in – The Indiana Health Information Exchange has been selected to build an HIE network in the Evansville area. The project will be funded by a $1.3 million grant from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The federal funds supporting the project come via the Family and Social Services Administration. The FSSA received the money from CMS. “We are extremely excited about developing this pilot in the Evansville area,” said Medicaid director Jeff Wells, MD. “By improving the speed and accessibility of information to providers about the patients they serve, we are not only able to cultivate an environment that allows for improved quality and safety of care, but are also able to eliminate unnecessary costs resulting from duplicate testing.” The Evansville pilot is one of the first in the United States that is focused on aligning Medicaid goals with an operating health information exchange effort. The Deaconess Health System, St. Mary’s Health System, the Vanderburgh County Health Department and the Welborn Clinic have agreed to participate in the project. ■ More at HealthcareITNews.com e Connect: evaNSvIlle 0208 ● BrooKlyN Continued from page 10 improvements in providing care.” BHIX is expected to be operating by late July 2008 and will encompass Maimonides Medical Center, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Rutland Nursing Home, Elderplan, First to Care Home Care, MJCG Home Care, Metropolitan Jewish Geriatric Center, Shore front Je wish Geriatric Center and Home Care, Sephardic Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Visiting Nurse Service of New York and the 1199 SEIU National Benefit Funds. ■ More at HealthcareITNews.com e Connect: BrooklyN 0208 ● e ● Connect: INNerWIreleSS 0208 http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=8599 http://www.innerwireless.com http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=8594 http://www.innerwireless.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/eConnect.cms?id=8677

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