UC Davis Medical Center

Davies Enterprise/Organization Award 2013

Case Study- Health Information Exchange

Mariah Delaire
HTM 680
Dr. Sary Beidas
 UC Davis Health
System

 Located in Northern California

 Mission: Improve lives and

transform healthcare

 Vision: A healthier world

through bold innovation

 Goals: Person and family-

centered care, social
responsibility and leadership,
education, research, excellence,
and strategic use of technology.
Background
 UC Davis Health System (UCDHS) has diverse patient encounters

 The diversity of the patient encounters requires the use of Health

Information Exchange (HIE)

 Failed attempts at a California Wide HIE

 However, UCDHS has been able to share more than 3.7 million
records since 2008

 Naming them “Most Wired Healthcare Organization” and “Most

Connected Hospital”
Federal Health IT Strategic Plan
Goal 2- Advance Secure and Interoperable Health
Information  Priority for UCDHS: Deployment of the
EHR and the required HIE connections
 Intersystems’ Ensemble Interface
Engine
 Many specialized HIE technologies
deployed:
 OnBase, PACSGEAR, PACS to PACS,
eHealth Global Technologies
 Enabled sending, receiving and finding of
patient information through EHRs
 It takes multiple specialized systems to
exchange specific patient information
 Goal 3&4: Strengthen Health Care
Delivery & Advance Health and Well-Being
 Data sharing with  Health care
providers and quality, access
patients and safety
 Personal Health improved
Records (PHR)
 Improved health  Empowers
delivery patients to
 Providers can manage their
access new own health
patient’s EHRs from
other hospitals or
clinics
Collection & Sharing of
Health Information
 Collection results in improved care
coordination
 Assists with decision making
 It takes many technologies to collect and
store information

 Sharing information improves quality and

safety
 Implementation of a PHR system allows
patients to access information
Using Health
Information
 Strengthens the delivery of
health care

 Improves quality, safety, and

outcomes

 Using information
 eliminates paper workarounds
 Increases internal efficiencies
 The value of the EHR increases
 HIE MUST be a priority

 The ability to deliver starts with choosing the technology

 Design and develop technology to support data sharing

and patient care transactions

 Partnerships are essential

 Clinical processes and workflows must be adjusted

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