Overcoming the biggest challenges in Healthcare Interoperability

Colorado-based HIE (CORHIO, QHN)

regional/national HIE

EMR-based information exchange

Custom developed interfaces

Overcoming organizational resistance to change

Uncovering data and making available

Managing data quality and inconsistency across multiple sources

Validating electronic requests for patient information

The high cost of hiring specialists to manage data exchange

Interface engines (eg. G2, Qvera, Corepoint, etc.)

Data standards (eg. HL7, Reference Information Model-RIM, SOAP, ANSI, etc.)

Technology-based (eg. Pilotfish, Lifepoint, Interfaceware, etc.)

EMR interface tools (eg. EPIC, Cerner, Infor, etc.)

None of the above

Primarily in-sourced

Primarily out-sourced

Shared in-sourced & outsourced

Other (please specify)

Increasing significantly >15%

Increasing slightly <15%

About the same

Decreasing slightly <15%

Decreasing significantly >15%

Other (please specify)