Brooklyn Health Information Exchange Selects Initiate Systems to Achieve Single, Accurate View of Patients
Timely and Accurate sharing of Information Helps Physicians
Focus on Disease Management across the Continuum of Care
CHICAGO--(Business Wire)--
The Brooklyn Health Information Exchange (BHIX) - a not-for-profit
regional health information organization (RHIO) - has selected
Initiate Patient(TM) software from Initiate Systems, Inc., as the
foundational technology for locating, linking and matching of patient
records. Initiate Patient is the high-performing enterprise master
person index (EMPI) software application from Initiate Systems, a
leader in master data management solutions. BHIX, comprised of several
healthcare provider and payer organizations in New York, will offer
health information exchange services in Brooklyn, New York's most
populated borough.
Initiate's technology will help BHIX create the foundational
master person index, enabling patient identity resolution and linking
of patients across multiple sources of data. Once a patient is
uniquely identified and linked, Initiate Patient will also facilitate
a portal application and Record Locator Service's ability to search
and establish context on a patient. Care teams will thus share a
single, accurate view of any patient participating in BHIX.
The timely and accurate sharing of information will help
physicians focus on disease management across the continuum of care
for persons with complex, chronic diseases. It will help in the
development of patient-specific, joint-care plans that will minimize
the number of visits and procedures for patients, as well as enable
medication management and more effective and safe utilization of
healthcare resources.
"This is a pragmatic, real-world implementation of technology and
cooperation between healthcare organizations totally committed to the
benefits of shared electronic health records," said Irene Koch,
executive director of the Brooklyn Health Information Exchange. "We
serve a large, diverse and aging population. The precision and speed
we gain through electronic records, for even the basics, like known
medications and allergies, will result in substantial improvements in
providing care."
"There is real progress to be made in acquiring and securing the
critical data necessary for our success, and we will leave no
physician behind," said Walter Fahey, vice president and CIO for
Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn and technical advisor to BHIX.
"We are building a better healthcare system and providing the
groundwork for the eventual interoperability between BHIX and the
other established RHIOs in the State of New York."
"The Brooklyn Health Information Exchange is unique in terms of
the personal commitment we've observed from everyone involved from day
one," said Lorraine Fernandes, vice president, Healthcare Practice at
Initiate Systems. "It is exciting to lend our expertise to this
dedicated team and to know that our technology will help the Brooklyn
exchange better serve its community."
The Brooklyn Health Information Exchange is expected to be
operating by late July 2008 and will encompass the Maimonides Medical
Center; Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center; Rutland Nursing Home;
Elderplan; First to Care Home Care; MJCG Home Care; Metropolitan
Jewish Geriatric Center; Shorefront Jewish Geriatric Center and Home
Care; Sephardic Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center; Visiting
Nurse Service of New York; and the 1199 SEIU National Benefit Funds.
A case study of the BHIX will be presented by Irene Koch and
Walter Fahey during the HIMSS Conference in Orlando, Florida at 11:00
AM, Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at the Initiate Systems booth, #5549.
About Initiate Systems
Initiate Systems, Inc. enables organizations to strategically
leverage and share critical data assets. Its Master Data Management
(MDM) software and experience as an information exchange leader
provide organizations with complete, accurate and real-time views of
data spread across multiple systems or databases, even outside the
firewall. This allows companies to unlock the value of their data
assets for competitive advantages or operational improvements.
Initiate Systems operates globally through its subsidiaries, with
corporate headquarters in Chicago and offices across the U.S., and
Toronto, London and Sydney. For more information, visit
www.InitiateSystems.com.
Initiate Systems, Inc.
Maria Diecidue
312-395-1345
mdiecidue@InitiateSystems.com
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