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February, 2010 - MHIN Celebrates 10 Years This year, the Michiana Health Information Network marks its 10th year of health information exchange services to our healthcare community. It is hard to believe that in 1999 we were implementing access to view results online, and today we have over 3,200 healthcare professionals connected throughout northern Indiana and southwest Michigan. We are proud of the strides we have made in establishing our network, and we are helping to pave the path of progressive healthcare IT not only for this community but also for the country. Throughout our growth and development, our ultimate goal has remained the same—100% of patient data in the hands of the provider at the time of care. In 2002, we implemented our first Electronic Health Record (EHR), and in 2005 we launched an electronic result inbox. Two years later in 2007, we embarked on new efforts to incorporate even more providers into one network and launched an interoperability service for physician practice EHR’s and institutions. Today, in 2010, the Michiana community is one of the most connected healthcare communities in the United States. Our initiatives would not be possible without the support and participation of our healthcare community. We would like to thank all of the healthcare providers—area hospitals, medical labs, private practices, extended care facilities, radiology centers, and so many others— for your involvement and support. We are eternally grateful to you because you are our network. Your spirit of cooperation and reciprocity is fueling a health exchange that benefits every patient in our community. With great enthusiasm and focus, we are now launching MHIN into a new decade. It is a decade filled with promise for healthcare IT advancements, and we know we are only beginning to see what we can do with a truly connected healthcare community. Thank you for your role in this. Our network’s strength is as much your success as it is ours. We are pleased to share this mark of achievement with you. January, 2010 - MHIN goes to Washington for the Annual eHealth Initiative Conference As a featured moderator for a panel discussion on “Quantifying the Benefits of Health Information Exchange,” MHIN Executive Director, Tom Liddell, guided groundbreaking discussion on the future of the health exchange. The conference was the first of 2010 to facilitate critical analysis and discussion of the many changes to the policies on healthcare IT as they were enacted through the ARRA this past year. In light of this particular panel’s popularity at the conference, there will be an online reprisal of the panel on Monday, March 8 from 3:00-4:30 pm ET during the eHealth Initiative Connecting Communities Call. Visit the link below during the time of the panel and stayed tuned for login details to hear Tom Liddell guide this talk again! Click here to log into the call January, 2010 - MHIN partners with community healthcare leaders to propose the Michiana Health Information Technology Beacon Community Project A consortium of local healthcare leaders including Memorial Health System, Inc., Elkhart General Hospital, St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Elkhart Clinic, The South Bend Clinic, South Bend Medical Foundation, and MHIN, banned together to submit an application for an exciting new program federally funded by the ARRA. The Beacon Community Program will be awarded to ten of the leading healthcare communities in the nation and will provide monumental funding to aid in the transformation and growth of health information technology in Michiana. MHIN is looking forward to this opportunity to expand our network and our services. Our deepest thanks and appreciation go out to those representatives from the consortium who went above and beyond to contribute to this project application. January, 2010 - MHIN celebrates 10 years with our Annual Open House on February 18 To recognize all those who work with MHIN each day to maintain our network’s strength, MHIN will be hosting our 10th Anniversary Open House Celebration! Thursday, February 18, 2010 3:00-7:00 pm 220 West Colfax Avenue, Suite 300 South Bend, IN 46601 Please join us to toast to all of our accomplishments and check out our new office! Look forward to raffle giveaways including gift sets offering discounts to MHIN products and many others! Refreshments and door prizes will be provided. RSVP to Hannah at kingh@mhin.com December, 2009 - Community View Data Access for Physicians and Clinical Staff MHIN’s new offering enables physicians to view tests that another physician has ordered by declaring the Community View relationship in a patient chart. With a few clicks to "break-the-glass," the physician and other authorized caregivers can view additional data from other organizations in the data repository. Rather than making a phone call and waiting for a copy to be sent, the result is available immediately and efficiently in a secure, auditable environment. December, 2009 - SB LabCalls (Powered by MHIN and Televox) SB LabCalls is an inbound communication system enabling patients to access South Bend Medical Foundation test results via telephone or internet. It provides privacy and convenience for patients anxious to receive test results. Available 24/7, SB LabCalls saves staff time in the practice; reduces practice expenses for writing letters and sending via postal mail; and contributes to Meaningful Use criteria. December, 2009 - The Dark Report The South Bend Medical Foundation and MHIN were featured for successful and sustainable health information exchange (HIE) in the latest Dark Report. In a November 2009 article, the report described how HIE enables physicians to electronically access longitudinal lab information about their patients; provides immediate turnaround as soon as results are posted; and reduces results distribution costs for labs. The Dark Report provides reliable business intelligence for clinical laboratory and pathology executives. Click here to read the article November, 2009 - MHIN Presents at HIMSS Conference Scott Kidder, Senior Director of Business Development at the Michiana Health Information Network, spoke at the HIMSS regional meeting in Grand Rapids, MI on November 3, 2009. His presentation focused on HIE operations and critical success factors. He also discussed how to identify, assess, design and implement new HIE data sources. November, 2009 - Triumph Healthcare to Continue Using MHIN Services Triumph Healthcare, the new owners of Our Lady of Peace Hospital (OLOP), will continue to use MHIN to distribute reports and results of services performed at OLOP. Lab tests, radiology reports, hospital notes and other information will be available to physicians and other caregivers through MHIN’s integrated, patient-centric system, which enables access to complete patient histories. Access to this information is especially important for care coordination in long term acute care facilities such as OLOP. October, 2009 – MHIN Hosts HIE Forum MHIN and Indiana University South Bend hosted a seminar on health information exchange on October 30, 2009. Coordinated by the Indiana Health Industry Forum, this seminar was part of a series devoted to Indiana's HIE initiatives and health information technology's role in health care reform. The seminar featured MHIN representatives and other speakers who discussed HIE sustainability, rural health information exchange and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. October, 2009 – MHIN and Other Indiana HIEs Seek Federal Funds for Statewide HIE MHIN and Indiana’s four other HIEs have submitted an application to receive federal stimulus funding for a statewide health information technology (HIT) program. In addition to the HIEs, four other state organizations are participating. This effort has been coordinated by BioCrossroads and would result in several million dollars in funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s Cooperative Agreement Program (CAP). If awarded, the four year grant would improve health care throughout the state by increasing access to electronic health information exchange among physicians, hospitals and other providers throughout the state. Click here to see the press release October, 2009 – MHIN Relocates Offices MHIN has moved to new office space at Colfax Place in downtown South Bend. The new location provides MHIN staff with adequate office space and enables them to better assist customers with updated communications technology. The South Bend Medical Foundation continues to house MHIN’s data center in its ‘fail safe,’ fully redundant data center. September, 2009 – Elkhart General Healthcare System Provides Laboratory Results through MHIN Elkhart General Healthcare System is now providing electronic access to laboratory test results performed for patients at Elkhart General Hospital through MHIN’s integrated, patient-centric electronic viewer. Physicians, Emergency Departments, Hospice and Home Health are some of the many providers that can now see laboratory results from Elkhart General Hospital along with other clinical information about their patients. This seamless access through the MHIN Community Record improves care and benefits patients, providers and the community. Click here to learn more about Elkhart General Healthcare System September, 2009 – HISTalk Interviews Tom Liddell Tom Liddell, MHIN’s Executive Director, was interviewed by HISTalk, a leading electronic newsletter that covers a wide range of healthcare information technology news, technology, vendors, and other topics. Tom discussed MHIN’s products and services, critical success factors and sustainable business model, highlighting the importance of MHIN’s experienced and dedicated staff. He also described MHIN’s participation in government initiatives and offered insights into Indiana’s leadership in HIT. HISTalk has provided readers with information about healthcare information technology since 2003. Independently published, its sponsors include vendors, publications, law firms and other related services. Click here to read the interview July, 2009 – MHIN eHealth Initiative Feature MHIN has been featured as one of four case studies describing successful health information exchanges (HIEs) in the eHealth Initiative’s Report, Migrating Toward Meaningful Use: The State of Health Information Exchange. This report was based on the results of the eHealth Initiative’s 2009 Sixth Annual Survey of Health Information Exchange. It describes MHIN as ‘A Model for Sustainability’ and highlights MHIN as one of seventeen HIEs throughout the country in the most advanced stage of fully operational development eHealth Initiative 2009 Survey June, 2009 - MHIN participates in Government Accountability Office study on disclosing protected health information The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has initiated a health care IT engagement to meet the requirements of a mandate from the HITECH Act of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The Act requires GAO to report on best practices for disclosing protected health information of an individual for purposes of treatment. As one of the most mature health exchanges in the country and one the only to operate multiple states, MHIN was chosen as the pilot site for the GAO research. April, 2009 - mhin ehr Adds Voice Recognition Tools MHIN announced that it is partnering with Dragon voice recognition software to enable physicians and other care givers to dictate directly into the patient’s chart, thus offering another option for providers who prefer voice applications that are similar to the transcription needs of a typical provider. http://www.nuance.com/naturallyspeaking/ March, 2009 - Del Pilar Medical and Urgent Care Center Chooses mhin interface for Data Integration MHIN will supply interface services to connect the Del Pilar Medical and Urgent Care Center’s financial and clinical computer systems. MHIN’s experience providing laboratory, radiology and other interfaces will enable the Center’s physicians and staff to have one complete and consistent view of all patient information from the Center’s computer systems and information received from other MHIN participants. March, 2009 - Michiana Neurologic Medicine Selects mhin ehr Michiana Neurologic Medicine (MNM) has chosen mhin ehr for its clinical automation and will use MHIN’s integrated, pre-populated electronic health record to document patient care activities and to access information about patients from laboratory, imaging centers and hospitals that partner to participate with MHIN. February, 2009 - mhin ehr at Bendix Family Medicine, Continuing to integrate Community Safety Net Clinics Bendix Family Medicine, is using mhin ehr, MHIN’s CCHIT certified, fully integrated electronic health record, to care for patients and to communicate with many of the healthcare organizations throughout the region that are connected to MHIN. Bendix Family Medicine’s implementation is a joint venture between Memorial Hospital and St. Joseph Regional Medical Center and is another important step in the path toward integrating all of the safety net clinics in the community. MHIN’s automation and communication tools help coordinate care for uninsured and underserved people throughout Michiana. January, 2009 - mhin interface Selected by OSMC MHIN will supply interface services to OSMC, a 17-physician musculoskeletal practice with three locations in Elkhart County. MHIN’s experience connecting computer systems within physician practices and enabling clinical information to move between practices, labs, hospitals, imaging centers and other provider locations will enable OSMC to see all available patient information in a single, patient-focused view. December, 2008 - Sister Maura Brannick Clinic Selects mhin ehr MHIN’s integrated electronic health record will be used by the Sister Maura Brannick Clinic, a nationally recognized safety net clinic that has served the community for more than 25 years. With coordinated training provided by St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, the system is expected to go live summer 2009. mhin ehr allows physicians and staff to document patient care and facilitates communication with other physicians, clinics, hospitals and MHIN participants throughout the community. November, 2008 - MHO Selects MHIN to Make Radiology Reports Available to the Community Michiana Hematology-Oncology (MHO) will use MHIN’s interface and data publishing services to distribute radiology studies and reports from its imaging services to referring physicians. This will enable physicians to see information about their patients who are being treated at MHO in the same integrated view as lab, emergency services and other results from MHIN participants. October, 2008 - Midwest Medical Group Selects mhin interface for Practice Connectivity The Midwest Medical Group (MMG) has selected MHIN to provide community interface services to their eClinicalWorks electronic medical record. With this service, MMG will have a single source for all integrated, interfaced data from hospitals, laboratories and other practices within the community. MHIN’s interface services reduce the cost of interfaces from eClinicalWorks and improves care for heart patients throughout Michiana. October, 2008 - Heartland Health Selects MHIN to participate in study for HIE Heartland Health has selected MHIN to participate in a feasibility study concerning the installation and implementation of a community health information exchange in the northwest Missouri health market. September, 2008 - Indiana Pain and Spinal Clinic to Implement mhin ehr Indiana Pain and Spine partnered with MHIN and went live in December 2008 with MHIN’s electronic health record and financial system. MHIN’s comprehensive, person- centered record and speed of implementation from selection to full system were especially significant to the practice. May, 2008 - Two Large Providers Select mhin messenger Healthwin Hospital and Michiana Behavioral Health are using mhin messenger for electronic results receipt and viewing. Healthwin, a 100-year-old, community-sponsored long term care facility in South Bend, is receiving clinical information about their residents from services throughout the community. This information helps facilitate rehabilitation activities and patient care. Michiana Behavioral Health, provides inpatient, outpatient and residential services in Marshall County; they receive laboratory and other clinical information as soon as tests are completed to expedite patient care. March, 2008 - Center for Hospice and Palliative Care to Use MHIN for All Community Results The Center for Hospice and Palliative Care (Hospice) has adopted mhin messenger to view patient information electronically from services received throughout the community and to streamline receipt and processing of the results that come into the facility on a daily basis. Hospice provides palliative, home health and counseling services for more than 1,500 patients annually in eight counties throughout Northern Indiana. MHIN’s results delivery services will enable all of their locations to access consistent and complete information from all of the services their patients receive from MHIN participants. March, 2008 - XRC Medical Imaging and MRI Center Renew Partnership with MHIN for Results Delivery Two long-time MHIN partners, XRC Medical Imaging and the MRI Center, will continue to deliver radiology reports electronically to referring physicians through MHIN. MHIN’s results delivery services provide more than 30,000 results annually from these facilities to physicians throughout the region as soon as they have been read and transcribed. January, 2008 - Houser Norborg MacGregor Selects mhin ehr Houser Norborg MacGregor Obstetrics / Gynecology practice has selected MHIN’s electronic health record (EHR), which is pre-populated with community patient information and provides seamless communication with all participating organizations. Houser Norborg MacGregor is part of Allied Physicians of Michiana, a strategically aligned physician group that has shared business and management services for more than 10 years. October, 2007 - MHIN Provides Interface Services for Michiana Hematology / Oncology Michiana Hematology / Oncology (MHO), a 20 provider oncology group, has selected and implemented MHIN’s interface integration services to connect the clinical and financial information systems within its practice. MHIN’s significant experience interfacing laboratory, radiology, hospital result, EHR, registration and other systems enables MHO to have a complete, consistent and integrated view of patient information across the community. June, 2007 - Memorial Hospital Provides Laboratory Results to MHIN Participants Memorial Hospital is providing electronic access to results of laboratory tests performed for its patients at Memorial Hospital through MHIN’s integrated, patient-centric electronic viewer. Physicians, Emergency Departments, Home Health, Provider Specialist and Hospice care are but a few of the organizations that can now see laboratory results from Memorial Hospital along with other clinical information about their patients. This seamless access through the MHIN Community Record improves care and benefits patients, providers and the community.
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