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Unlocking data in the Indiana

Network for Patient Care through


FHIR (Fast Healthcare
Interoperability Resources)
Titus Schleyer, DMD, PhD and the
FHIR-on-INPC Implementation Team
VA Work-in-Progress 9/29/2017
Youve got chest pain
The why
Health information
should flow like water
fast, slow, around
obstacles
but, ultimately,
unimpeded.

Omni Homestead, VA, T. Schleyer, 2016


Where does information not flow
like water?
between healthcare
systems
within healthcare
systems
between care settings
(eg EDprimary care)
pretty much
everywhere
Wade Tregaskis, Flickr, 2016
Project 1: Helping manage chest pain
System architecture
App Developer
2nd year computer science
undergraduate
10 week summer Xtern with Techpoint
Amherst College, Boston, MA
Project 2: Patient-driven medication
reconciliation

help patients create a


unified, current
medication list from
multiple lists spread
across several health IT
systems

T. Schleyer, Regenstrief Institute, 2016


Main data sources
sandbox
sandbox (Indiana Network for Patient Care)
largest and oldest health information exchange in US
12+ million patients
6+ billion observations
traditional modes of data exchange
HL7 V2 messages
CCDs
PDFs
granular data exchange challenging
Demo time!

https://github.com/bmamlin/org.regenstrief.fhirmedlistweb
Technical details
AngularJS application
out of scope: login, patient search
Data sources:
medications: 2 instances
medication images:
indications:
FHIR on the
Indiana
Network for
Patient Care
(INPC)

Anderson Valley, California, T. Schleyer, 2016


FHIR on the INPC
FHIR access layer on top of IHIE data
repository
permits
standardized way to request and receive
clinical data
fine-grained data access (ask for only what
you need)
accessible to any FHIR-based application
Opportunities
Research Analytical
Apps Apps

Clinical
State Apps
Apps

Public Health Insurance


Apps Apps
Challenges
authentication (who you
are)
authorization (what you
can do)
FHIR a moving target
content standardization
(profiles will help)
scalability (to be
determined)
Grand Tetons T. Schleyer, 2016
FHIR-on-INPC
Implementation Team
IHIE Cerner
Regenstrief
/IU

Katherine Mathena Titus Schleyer Keith Kelley David McCallie


Robert Parr Matthias Jack Evans Jennifer
Steve Clark Kochmann Brian Lawson Neddenriep
Phillip Cadle Doug Martin Julie Pinkins Kevin
Jason Schaffer Jeff Stroup Patrick Meehan Shekleton
Rex Marling David Taylor David Fifer
Akeem Williams Becky Learn
Kristina Knapp Abhishek Venkat
Tony French
Thank you! Questions, comments?
Regenstrief Institute This talk:

@titusschleyer, @RCBMI

schleyer@regenstrief.org

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