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2010 OSCON

Building the Redwood

MedNet HIE with Mirth

Open Source Tools

Will RossProject Manager

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WHAT IS REDWOOD MEDNET?   A community based health information exchange

(HIE) founded in Ukiah, California in 2004.

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Redwood MedNet

•7,000 square miles in Northern California (25% larger than Connecticut)

•600,000 population

•1 to 4 hours north of San Francisco

•14 hospitals, with 1,200 beds

•10 FQHCs, 12 RHCs, 4 IHS clinics 1 VA satellite clinic

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WHAT IS A HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE?  

A health information exchange (HIE) is a secure

data service that utilizes data standards to

enable the electronic transfer of clinical information among health care facilities.

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2009 eHealth Initiative HIE Survey

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Startup Capital

$1.2 million

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HIEs are Needed for the Network Effect

Immunization

Public health

Medicaid

Health Plans

Hospitals

Pharmacies

Labs

Clinicians

Consumers

Clinician EHR

Radiology clinics

Immunization

Public health

Medicaid

Health Plans

Hospitals

Pharmacies

Labs

Clinicians

Consumers

Clinician EHR

Radiology clinics

Clinician EHR

HIE

Consumers

Payers

Government/ Medicaid

Labs Hospitals

Pharmacies Radiology

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Redwood MedNet uses open source tools totransport electronic laboratory test resultsfrom a rural Critical Access Hospital (CAH)

to a Chronic Disease Management System (CDMS)

at a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC).

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Redwood MedNet June 2010

23,000 inbound laboratory test results

6 sending laboratories

49 separate healthcare providers (MDs, NPs and PAs)

10 separate practices in Mendocino and Sonoma

Counties

anyquestions?

Will Ross

707.462.6369

wross@redwoodmednet.org