What Is HIE?
Goals of Redwood MedNet (2011)
Goals of Redwood MedNet (2005)
A Short History of Redwood MedNet
Board of Directors
Meetings
Contact
WHAT IS HEALTH
INFORMATION EXCHANGE?
DEFINITIONS
[ Noun -- defined by RWMN in 2008 ] A health
information exchange (HIE) is a secure data service that utilizes
national standards to enable the electronic transfer of clinical
information among health care facilities.
[ Verb -- ONC definition in 2008 ] Health information
exchange (HIE) is the electronic movement of health-related information among
organizations according to nationally recognized standards.
PERSPECTIVE [ Redwood MedNet in 2014 ]
Redwood MedNet asserts that the term "Health Information Exchange" (HIE)
may have outlived its usefulness. Over the past decade conventional wisdom
has held that a simple distinction between definitions of "HIE as a noun" and
"HIE as a verb" (see above) was sufficient to help users understand the
important role of HIE services in establishing clinical data interoperability.
Today (writing in 2014) the distinction between noun and verb seems inadequate
for three reasons. First, health care software vendors have consistently
conflated a user requirement to provision real time clinical data
interoperability among EHRs and other clinical software environments (i.e., HIE
the verb) with the opportunity to sell clinical data repository software
accessed via user portals. However, Redwood MedNet points out that our users do
not ask for a portal they can query for data; instead, Redwood MedNet users ask
for HIE as real time electronic clinical data supply chain messaging services
fully integrated with their EHR. Second, due to recent high profile
developments in the business side of health care, "HIE" as an acronym is now
conflated with "Health Insurance Exchange." Third, as described in a recent
research paper, "continuous collection of real-time, highly dynamic
environmental, genetic, and physiological data is now possible." Redwood MedNet
notes that the arrival of real time "exposome" data may be the tipping point
to help users demand next generation clinical software that does not strand
data in silos. [ quote from
Sanchez, Gray, et al.,
JAMIA, May 2014 ]
[ Link to Redwood MedNet HIE Services ]
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GOALS OF REDWOOD
MEDNET [ FEBRUARY 2011 ]
The purpose of Redwood MedNet is to investigate and support optimal workflow
solutions for the secure and appropriate sharing of electronic health files and
clinical data, and to develop, improve and assist in the implementation of
health information technology for health care providers, their business
associates, and health care consumers.
[ "Statement of Charitable Purpose" as filed with the IRS ]
GOALS OF REDWOOD
MEDNET [ AUGUST 2005 ]
To enhance the quality of health care for all residents of
Mendocino, Lake and Sonoma Counties
To facilitate the individual and collective
practice of medicine
To encourage adoption of Electronic Health
Records
To interconnect all participants in the local
health care community
To collaborate with regional, State and Federal
health information technology initiatives
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A Short History of Redwood
MedNet
[ JULY 2004 ] Carl Henning, MD, initiates a
monthly meeting to discuss local participation in the emerging
national health information exchange agenda. Participants in the
first meeting:
Peter Cho, MD Family Practice Physician
Robert Faulk Executive Director, Mendocino-Lake
County Medical Society
Carl Henning, MD Orthopedic Surgeon
Will Ross CTO, Alliance for Rural Community Health
Robert Rushton, MD Family Practice Physician
Greg Wenneson Project Manager, Alliance for Rural
Community Health
[ AUGUST 2004 ] Steering Committee begins
meeting monthly at the office of the Mendocino-Lake
Medical Society to investigate development of a local clinical messaging
service.
[ APRIL 2005 ] Steering Committee begins
formation of a new non-profit organization to acellerate local
adoption of health information technology; monthly
meeting moves to Ukiah Valley Medical Center
[ MAY 2005 ] Redwood MedNet chosen as name of
new organization
[ JUNE 2005 ] Funding for incorporation of
Redwood MedNet as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit provided by a grant from
the Foundation for Medical Care for Lake and Mendocino Counties [ Note:
the Foundation was closed and its assets dispersed in February 2016 ]
[ AUGUST 2005 ] Redwood MedNet Articles of
Incorporation filed with the State
of California; initial 501(c)(3) status granted to
Redwood MedNet
[ SEPTEMBER 2005 ] Founding Board of Directors
(BoD) seated, with all nine members from Ukiah;
Clinical Messaging grant received from
Blue Shield of California
Foundation
[ DECEMBER 2005 ] IRS
501(c)(3) Determination Letter received; BoD approves "dba" for Mendocino HRE
participation in the
NHIN
Prototype Architecture contract with
ONC
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[ OCTOBER 2006 ] Redwood MedNet and
Mendocino County Public Health submit feedback to the ONC Biosurveillance
Working Group
[ JANUARY 2007 ] Redwood MedNet Project
Manager participates in the HIE Business Model Plenary Session at
the ONC Third Nationwide Health Information Network Forum
[ APRIL 2007 ] Pilot testing of electronic
laboratory result data stream begins at
Healdsburg District Hospital
using the Mirth open
source health data integration engine
[ JULY 2007 ] First annual
Redwood MedNet Conference
on interoperability of electronic clinical data presented in Ukiah
[ JANUARY 2008 ] HIE expansion grant received
from UnitedHealth Group / PacifiCare
[ APRIL 2008 ] Production delivery of electronic
laboratory results begins from the outpatient laboratory at Healdsburg
District Hospital to Alliance
Medical Center, an FQHC in Northern Sonoma County
[ JULY 2008 ] Second annual
Redwood MedNet Conference
on interoperability of electronic clinical data presented in Ukiah
[ NOVEMBER 2008 ] Public Demonstration
of the Redwood MedNet clinical messaging service at Healdsburg
District Hospital; launch laboratory results delivery from
Quest Diagnostics
[ JUNE 2009 ] Public demonstration of
CONNECT Federal NHIN
Gateway (v2.0)
[ JULY 2009 ] Third annual
Redwood MedNet Conference
on interoperability of electronic clinical data presented in Healdsburg
[ SEPTEMBER 2009 ] Begin production delivery of
radiology reports at Healdsburg District Hospital
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[ FEBRUARY 2010 ] Production
demonstration
of NHIN-enabled CONNECT gateway (v2.1) exchanging patient data with
Thayer County Health
Services in Nebraska
[ MARCH 2010 ] Demonstration of NHIN-enabled
CONNECT gateway (v2.3) at HIMSS Interoperability Showcase in Atlanta
[ JULY 2010 ] Fourth annual
Redwood MedNet Conference
on interoperability of electronic clinical data presented in Santa Rosa,
featuring a demonstration
of the then current NHIN Direct data exchange protocols.
[ FEBRUARY 2011 ] Demonstration
of Direct Messaging protocol in HIMSS Interoperability Showcase; HIE
expansion grant received from Cal
eConnect.
[ JULY 2011 ] Fifth annual
Redwood MedNet Conference
on interoperability of electronic clinical data presented in Santa Rosa
[ DECEMBER 2011 ] Redwood MedNet invited to
exchange data with the Veterans
Administration, and approved by the Coordinating Committee of
the Nationwide Health Information Network.
[ FEBRUARY 2012 ] Redwood MedNet participates in a
demonstration of intra-state clinical data exchange among HIOs in the
HIMSS
2012 Interoperability Showcase.
[ JULY 2012 ] Sixth annual
Redwood MedNet Conference
on interoperability of electronic clinical data presented in Rohnert Park.
Redwood MedNet launches a YouTube
Channel.
[ NOVEMBER 2012 ] The first of four HIE Expansion grant
awards received from the California Health eQuality (CCHeQ) program at the
Institute for Population Health
Improvement.
[ MARCH 2013 ] Redwood MedNet participates in a
demonstration of interstate clinical data exchange in the
HIMSS
2013 Interoperability Showcase.
[ JULY 2013 ] Seventh annual
Redwood MedNet Conference
on interoperability of electronic clinical data presented in Santa Rosa
[ JULY 2014 ] Eighth annual
Redwood MedNet Conference
on interoperability of electronic clinical data presented in Santa Rosa
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Board of Directors
Mark Apfel, MD [ Secretary ]
Family Practice, Anderson Valley Health Center
Jedidiah Smith [ Treasurer ]
Attorney
Carl Henning, MD [ President ]
Retired Orthopedic Surgeon, Ukiah Valley Primary Care
Ray Hino, MHA Outpatient Surgery Center Administrator
Martin Love, MBA CEO, Humboldt Del Norte IPA
Tom Reidenbach, PharmD [ Vice-President ]
Retired Pharmacist
Robert Rushton, MD Family Practice Physician
TWO VACANCIES: MD or Epidemiologist
wanted to fill a 3 year term on the BOD
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Meetings
BOD - 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, Ukiah Valley
Medical Center, Third Fridays
Contact
services -(at)- redwoodmednet -(dot)- org
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