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Healthcare IT News ■ September 2007 industry news www.HealthcareITNews.com Louisville healthcare exchange launches research effort record banking system. – The Louisville The research, which will include Health Information Exchange, a Web-based and telephone surveys nonprofit community organization as well as focus groups, is a joint based in Louisville, Ky. is in the effort of LouHIE, the Noblis healthmidst of an eight-week e-health care division, and the University of research initiative intended to Louisville School of Public Health assess the readiness of 1.2 million and Information Sciences. consumers, their healthcare pro“We are excited about the opporviders and related health informa- tunity to have our local community tion product 8/15/07 4:17 to stakeholders, as well as leading MC4621 Faster Ad and services firmsPM Page 1 support a community-wide health health information vendors from By HealTHCare IT News eDITors LoUIsVILLe, Ky around the world, provide hospitals, physicians and input that will help us health professionals, govimprove healthcare for the ernment, employers, health citizens of our Louisville plans, Medicaid and public Metro community,”said health groups. At the state Miriam Paramore, chairlevel, the Kentucky Cabinet person of LouHIE’s board for Health and Family Miriam Paramore of directors and a member Services, with the Kentucky of the HIMSS board of directors. eHealth Network Board, will be The research will involve local, participating in and funding porstate and national leaders. Local tions of the research initiative. participants will include major Throughout the country, leaders from the eHealth Initiative, the Health Record Banking Alliance and other organizations will participate in focus groups with a national perspective. “Louisville’s e-health research has potential to add new perspectives to the national dialogue about how best to achieve improvements in health and healthcare through health information exchange across the U.S.” said Janet Marchibroda, executive director of the eHealth Initiative. Upon completion of the research, LouHIE plans to develop a business plan and issue a request for proposal for one or more vendors to build and operate the health record banking system. Vendors of interest for the project include providers of health record banking technology infrastructure that could link to patients’ healthcare information with plug-ins or add-ons such as EMRs, PHRs, handheld applications, disease management technologies, smartcards and financial management tools. “We anticipate that this robust, all-stakeholder research effort will provide the basis for developing a sustainable business model and outsourcing plan that can be embraced by the greater Louisville community and become a model for the nation,” said Alan Dowling, executive director of the Noblis healthcare division. ■ More at HealthcareITNews.com e Connect: LoUISVILLe 0907 ● INspeCTor Continued from page 7 With Welch Allyn flexible monitoring, all signs point to faster patient flow. 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These findings are based on a survey of all state Medicaid directors and structured telephone interviews with state Medicaid directors who reported that they have current or planned healthcare IT and HIE initiatives. OIG also reviewed documentation of state healthcare IT and HIE initiatives and interviewed officials from the CMS. OIG recommends in the report that CMS continue to support the goals of MITA, collaborate with other federal agencies and offices to assist state Medicaid agencies in developing privacy and security policies, and continue to work with the Office of the National Coordinator for HIT to ensure that state Medicaid initiatives are consistent with national goals. ■ More at HealthcareITNews.com e Connect: INSPeCtor 0907 ● © 2007 Welch Allyn MC4621 e ● Connect: WeLCHaLLyN 0907 http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=7664 http://www.welchallyn.com http://www.welchallyn.com http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=7663 http://www.healthcareitnews.com/eConnect.cms?id=7710

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Contents Alaska Sweep SiCKO Debate Data Exchange Rx EDITH knows Hold That Script IT in the Sun Breathing Easy IT on the Menu Ambulatory EMRs Identity Crisis

Healthcare IT News - September 2007

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