Community Healthcare Access

Presentation for the

Health Information Technology Summit WestMarch 8, 2005

Theresa McGillvray-Dodd,Siemens Product Manager

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Introducing “Community”

“A class or group with common interests”…Webster’s definition of a community.

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Community Goals

Healthier Population

Patient Safety

Quality Care Delivery

Promote Personal/Public Health Improvements

Better Expense Management

Improved Use of Resources

Streamlined workflows

Shared information

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Siemens Vision of Connecting Communities

“CHIN” – Community Health Information Network

Telehealth/Telemedicine Initiatives

Health Information Websites

Patient Portal

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Attention at the Highest Levels

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Public and Private Money for eHealth Initiatives National Health Infrastructure Initiative (NHII)

eHealth Initiative

Consolidated Health Informatics Initiative (CHII)

President’s Information Technology Advisory Council (PITAC): EHR+CPOE+CDS+NHII

AHRQ Grants for Transforming Healthcare Quality Through Information Technology (THQ-IT)

HHS Demonstration Project for Doctor’s Office Quality Through Information Technology (DOQ-IT)

HHS-AMA Consortium Standards for Quality Measurement

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Industry Impacts of NHII

Cost savings of tens of billions, if not hundreds of billions, over the next 10 years (NHII 2004 IT panel)

Reduce medical errors by 80% or more through the use of EHR

Enable personalized medicine, earlier and more effective treatments

Eliminate the slow processing of patient information through old technologies

Drive the availability of secure electronic medical records

Detect patterns and protect against bioterrorism through real-time aggregation of health data

Enable more informed healthcare decisions for consumers

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What Does NHII Mean to You?

React to change without losing focus on key drivers; Control cost, improve quality, grow market share, remain

competitive, increase efficiency and safety Change in business process Need to move towards electronic operations Incentives currently being evaluated Siemens support and partnership

Working collaboratively with NHII Supporting standards/mandates Developing our portfolio in line with NHII direction Protecting your investment

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Strategic Framework Goals & Strategies Goals Strategies Examples

Inform Clinical Practice Incent EHR adoption

Reduce risk of EHR investment

Promote EHR in rural and underserved areas

OHSU SHANDS Cleveland Clinic South

Florida Denver Health Susquehanna

Interconnect Clinicians Foster regional collaboration

Develop a national health information network

Coordinate federal health information systems

St. Luke’s

LifeSpan

Nebraska Heart

Virtua

Alegent

NPN/PCMS

Personalize Care Encourage use of PHRs

Enhance informed consumer choice

Promote use of telehealth systems

Meridian

Rose Medical Group

NPN/PCMS

Improve Population Health Unify public health surveillance architecture

Streamline quality and health status monitoring

Accelerate research and dissemination of evidence

Methodist Hospital-PHL

Baptist Trinity Homecare

WellPoint

Novartis

NPN/PCMS

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Future State Health Care Delivery –Connected Health

Home Care

DX, TX, &Surgi-Centers

Labs

SNF’s

Quality ReviewOrganizations

Employers

Payers

Citizen

PrivatePractices

Owned/AffiliatedPractices

Public HealthInstitutions

RetailPharmacy

AlternativeMedicine

Pharma, GPO,Genomics

Hospitals/Rehab

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Community Connectivity: Key Features

ED follow-up Scheduling requests Results request Records request

Patient Online consultation Request for

appointment Referral request Refill medication

request Insurance & Billing

questions Personal Health

Record Set reminders Records request

Health Plan Remote disease

management Discharge planning Single sign-on Claim notification

Medical Group Messenger model

polling Member roster

management Online fee

schedules General message

Physician Phone log Intra-office

communication Referrals PCP to specialist Results delivery Online fee schedules Patient

communication Set reminders

Hospital

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Siemens as a Market Leader

Leader in Advocacy

AAFP Partners for Patients

Leader in Standards

HL7 member benefactor

Participation on the Continuity of Care Record (CCR) workgroup

Providing Leadership in developing ANSI X-12 270-271 data sets

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Working on Collaborative Networks

Create an infrastructure for secure information exchange

Share clinical information among physicians and other providers

Make clinical information available regardless of where care is delivered

Improve privacy and security of health information

Improve patient-practitioner relationships

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What is Siemens offering to the market?

Soarian Community Access

Soarian Portal (Dashboard)

Community Connection (ReachMyDoctor)

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Soarian® Portal with Soarian Community Connection

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Physician or Staff view of Community Connection Inbox

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Patient view when signing on to Community Connection

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Collaborative Care Network

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Value Ramp

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Where are we going? Soarian Community Access Phase II: Value Add

E-prescribing

EMRs

Eligibility

Disease Management

Soarian Community Access Phase III: Integration

CNI

Soarian Clinical Access

Soarian Financials / Scheduling

Patient Access

Home Health

Net Access

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