On 12 Dec 2004, at 7:34 PM, Bruce Slater wrote:
To the List:
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We have a grant to study the feasibility of connecting a state-wide group of hospitals, clinics, private offices and labs. The grant is a planning grant (<200K US)�for an implementation�grant (<2M US) to�make the system happen. The goals of the system would be:
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A�patient from any entity would be recognized at any of the other entities and identified from others of similar name, age and demographic characteristics.
A provider could request, with proper authentication and permission from the patient, any information at a linked facility for electronic delivery to the providers facility.
A provider could order tests, imaging and consults to be done at any linked entity for their patient.
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Constraints:
The entities have completely unrelated commercial vendors (none open source) and some have no electronic infrastructure.
The entities have local customization expertise across the spectrum from none to a team of experts.
Bandwidth is variable from fiber to dial-up.
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I searched back over the last�year or so�in the list and picked out some posts referring to MPI and like subjects.
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So, the opportunity are�a couple at least:�
An open source patient identifier functionality
An open source record exchange system
An open source EHR to be distributed to facilities currently without such.
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We are currently surveying the participating facilities (less than a 100) for their level of automation and data availability.
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We have a consultant named Neal Neuberger of Health Tech Strategies, LLC. who organizes the monthly meetings which have just started.
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Appreciate any thoughts about next steps, reference documents, implementation consultants.
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Thanks
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Bruce Slater, MD, MPH
Medical Director Computerized Decision Support
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
Bruce,
You are not alone. We've been playing in a very similar place for the past year. We've met a couple other projects looking for a similar solution. In August we launched a portal to kick up the collaboration a notch. Take a look at it (Open Health Records Exchange) and give me a call.
http://openhre.org/
With best regards,
[wr]
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