Implementation of an HIE

Our team is highly qualified and experienced working with state and local healthcare organizations in the promotion and creation of Health Information Exchanges (HIE) and Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs). We have been working with integrated delivery systems, regional and local communities, statewide HIE organizations and the National Health Information Network (NHIN) Initiative.

Our Federal experience includes:

  • HISPC I and II – Privacy and Security standards development for the Office of the National Coordinator
  • Office of National Coordinator (ONC) Nationwide Health Information Network 
  • (NHIN) Specification Factory Participant
  • DURSA (Data Use and Reciprocal Support Agreement for NHIN) participant
  • HiMSS ARRA Ambulatory Physician Workgroup
  • HiMSS Meaningful Use Workgroup

State-level HIE experience includes:

  • Arizona – Creation of HIE Formation Guide and Participation Framework
  • Mississippi – Creation of Strategic and Operational Plan for HIE and the State Medicaid Health Information Technology Plan (SMHP)
  • Florida – Leading efforts to create strategic and operational plans
  • Maryland – Facilitation of statewide privacy and security initiative
  • North Dakota – Leading efforts to create strategic and operational plans for HIE
  • Wisconsin – Leading HISPC I and II privacy and security initiatives
  • Nebraska – Partnership on the creation of State Medicaid HIT Plan (SMHP)
  • Nevada – Partnership on the creation of State Medicaid HIT Plan (SMHP)
  • Iowa – Creation of state HIE financial sustainability plan

Local and Regional HIE experience includes:

  • US Island territory of Guam – Leading efforts to create strategic and operational plans for HIE
  • SunCoast (Sarasota, FL) RHIO
  • Montgomery County (Rockville, MD) RHIO
  • eHealth Ohio (Columbus, OH)
  • Lewis and Clark Information Exchange (LACIE) HIE (rural Missouri)

Hielix’s unique qualifications include:

  • Experience creating HIEs in one out of every five states in the US 
  • Hands-on work with a diverse group of health practitioners from small private practices to large networks of physicians in both rural and urban areas
  • National recognition as experts in HIE, Meaningful Use and NHIN
  • Open systems philosophy in order to find the best fit for each unique health IT implementation
  • Successful HIE formation and sustainability
  • An understanding of and direct link to national health IT efforts, policy work and legislation

 

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