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 familycentered 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
providers and
patients
Personal Health
Records (PHR)
Improved health
delivery
Providers can
access new
patients EHRs from
other hospitals or
clinics

Health care
quality, access
and safety
improved
Empowers
patients to
manage their
own health

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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