Joyce Beck MHA CEO Thayer County Health Service, Southeast Nebraska - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Joyce Beck MHA CEO Thayer County Health Service, Southeast Nebraska Health Information Exchange Hebron, Nebraska

 19 bed CAH in rural Nebraska  4 Physicians, 2 PA’s and one Nurse

Practitioner

 One Rural Health Clinic with 5 satellites  Heartland Home Health  Tertiary hospital Saint Elizabeth Regional

Medical Center in Lincoln, NE

 Connectivity made to EMS in Thayer County  Hospital electronic with e-mar, bar coding, CPOE  Clinics electronic  Connectivity to nursing homes, assisted living in

Thayer County

 Connectivity to pharmacy through e-prescribing  Connectivity to tertiary hospital  Interoperability through use of CONNECT

software on the Nationwide Health Information Network

 Information Technology sa

said d it would work

 Test data had only been sent on the NHIN

between facilities

 There were doubts from other HIE’s in

Nebraska about NHIN

 If NHIN was to be endorsed I had to see it

myself

 If our actions do not help a patient than all is

for nothing

 Dr. Bryan Hubl ordered lab test in Hebron for

wellness check

 Lab results obtained and placed in EHR in

Hebron

 Lab results then made available to Redwood

MedNet in California for actual wellness exam

 Information also available on USB to fulfill

meaningful use

 Wellness exam completed by Dr. Jeff Meckler

at Alliance Medical Center, Healdsburg, California

 Lab results from Thayer County retrieved by

Redwood MedNet via CONNECT gateway

 Results of labs and x-ray of left hip taken in

Healdsburg placed in Alliance Medical Center EHR

 Results could be placed on USB bracelet or

card at patient request

 This product available through 911 Medical

ID or Zaptag

 Returned to Thayer County Health Services to

be seen by Dr. Hubl

 Wellness exam as well as results of lab work

was available to Dr. Hubl via the NHIN therefore no duplication of testing necessary

 Dr. Hubl was able to recommend treatment

based on information gathered in both Hebron, Nebraska and Healdsburg, California

 Nationwide effort is being made using the

CONNECT software to accomplish nationwide interoperability.

 Use of CONNECT software is more affordable

for smaller facilities

 Allows nationwide interoperability eliminating

silos of information