Simplify Healthcare IntegrationGreater China eHealth Forum 2011

Agenda

• Introduction

• Integration Challenge

• Case study - Eastern Health

• Other Successful Stories

• Q & A• Q & A

Dapasoft

Speaker Introductions

Gary FungSenior Consultant, Integration ServicesMCTS BizTalk, HL7 v2.5, v3 and CDA CertifiedDapasoft Inc. Toronto, Canada

Disconnected data

Today, health organizations need to deliver better and safer care, services, and

products to citizens/patients

Integration and Interoperability A Situational Overview

ChallengesChallenges

Complex compliance regulations (from government services and

regulators, health payers, researchers, providers, patients, and consumers)

Disparate technologies and systems

Today Health Today Health organizations organizations need to…need to…

Empower citizens/patients to take control of their health

and wellness

Deliver services in less time and at a lower cost

DATADATAOrganizations and Organizations and

AgenciesAgenciesConsistent Consistent InformationInformation•• Integrate data, Integrate data,

messages, and messages, and applications across applications across organizations and organizations and

A Better Approach is Needed

MESSAGESMESSAGES

EVENTSEVENTS

EfficiencyEfficiencyImprovementsImprovements

Applications and Applications and DataData

Client DevicesClient Devices

Adaptable Adaptable ProcessesProcesses

organizations and organizations and agenciesagencies

•• Automate processesAutomate processes

•• Simplify operations Simplify operations and integration and integration effortsefforts

• About Eastern Health

‒ Largest regional provider in Newfoundland and

Labrador in Canada

‒ 80 Sites / 2,700 Beds / 13,000 Employees

‒ Population of about 300,000 covering 21,000

km of urban and rural settings.

• Clinical Systems

Separate

Case Study - Eastern Health

‒ 4 Separate MEDITECH (HIS) systems

‒ Numerous information systems

• Provincial PACS Host

• Regional PACS Implementation

• Laboratory, Operating Room, Pathology, etc

Challenges

• Complex point to point

• Vendor reliability

• Lack of control

• Lack of traceable documentation

• Availability of resources

• Significant cost

Our Situation

• Robust HL7 Solution

‒ Version 2.x and 3.x compliant

‒ Variety of transport and message options

‒ Facilitate future development of large projects

• Reliability and Assurance

‒ Able to deal with large message volumes

Need for a Solution

‒ Easy to backup and reduce redundancy

‒ Message monitoring, alerting, tracking, delivery

• Ease of Use

‒ Reduce development time

‒ Better practices and standards

• Dapasoft Corolar and Microsoft BizTalk

‒ Meet the business and technical needs of Eastern Health

‒ Meet Eastern Health current standards and technologies

‒ Innovative

• Environment

‒ Complete LIVE and Development environment

The Solution

• Training & Support

‒ Provide training and continual support.

‒ Development of initial interface and development strategy

Our Implementation

• One to many relationship

• Reduce system strain

• Complete HL7 Solution

• Easy to maintain

Our Implementation

• Implement HL7 Solutions‒ Include Admission, Order Entry, Pharmacy, D.I., Lab, and growing

• Reliability and Assurance‒ Access to make quick decisions based on one consolidated view

• Ease of Use‒ Happy staff; Project Manager, Technical Staff

• One-to-Many Model‒ Less strain on our MEDITECH servers reducing issues for our Operations division

Key Benefits

‒ Collapsed 7 possible ADT into 3; Collapsed 3 possible D.I. orders in 1; etc

• Interface Monitor and Control‒ Increased issue response time reduces clinical risk

• Reduce development resources and time‒ Reduced integration project lengths from months to weeks

‒ 1 Interface Developer; 1Backup Developer & Support; Dapasoft Ticketing System

• Reduce Cost‒ Not purchasing redundant interfaces creates savings on most projects

‒ $5,000 CAN - $15,000 CAN per solution

Dapasoft Successful StoriesClient Project

Better Outcomes Registry and Network (BORN)

• Ontario perinatal registry (13M citizens)• Maternal, fetal and newborn patients• Complete stack (BTS, SPS, SQL/BI …)

Hamilton Health Sciences • Regional health integration – 7 sites• Legacy engine replacement• HL7 integration + SQL/BI

Sudbury Regional Hospital • Regional health integration – 20 sitesSudbury Regional Hospital(NEODIN)

• Regional health integration – 20 sites• HL7 integration as service• 100+ system interfaces

Markham Stouffville Hospital

• Strategic integration platform• 1 client developer, 6 weeks• 20+ system interfaces

Fraser Health Authority • Regional health integration – 12 sites• HL7 integration

Contact Us;

Resource Contact Details

Dapasoft Gary Fung, Senior Consultant, Integration ServicesMCTS BizTalk, HL7 v2.5, v3 and CDA Certified1(416) 847 – 4080 ext. 1067gfung@dapasoft.com

For More Information

Resource Link

• Eastern Health • http://www.easternhealth.ca/

• Microsoft Healthcare • http://www.microsoft.com/industry/healthcare/default.mspx

• Dapasoft • http://www.dapasoft.com

• Corolar • http://www.corolar.com

• Case Studies • http://www.corolar.com/casestudies.html• Case Studies • http://www.corolar.com/casestudies.html

Poster Section

Discussions

Questions and AnswersQuestions and Answers