Annette Elchert, Account Executive, CIO

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Interacting Exchanging Data with BVHA Systems
Presented by Annette Elchert, Account
Executive, CIO Caretech Solutions, Inc.
2/27/2004
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Interface Basics

• the place at which independent and often
  unrelated systems meet and act on or communicate
  with each other ltthe man-machine interfacegt b
  the means by which interaction or communication
  is achieved at an interface

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• HL7 - An information exchange protocol used in
  medicine, and possibly elsewhere. It is different
  from DICOM.
• Protocol - (computer science) rules determining
  the format and transmission of data
• Import - to bring in
• Export - To carry away to remove

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Interface Engine

• What is an Interface Engine?
• Put simply, an interface engine is a hospitals
  telephone exchange for clinical data, ensuring
  that information passes smoothly and quickly from
  one hospital computer system to another.
• An interface engine is a software program
  designed to simplify the creation and management
  of interfaces between separate applications and
  systems within an organization. Interface engines
  undertake messaging between systems, and normally
  manage any mapping, translation and data
  modification necessary to ensure the effective
  exchange of data around the organization.
• Another way to think of an interface engine is
  the centralized, automated hub of a messaging
  network. Rather than connecting all systems to
  each other individually, (a highly complex,
  time-consuming and unreliable process), an
  interface engine acts as the intermediary for all
  messaging between hospital systems, as
  illustrated in the following diagrams

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Concept
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How can I get my patient data into my office
system?

• Meditech
• Whats available?
• Lab, Radiology, Departmental
• How do I obtain it?
• Flat file, HL7 interface
• What will it cost my practice?

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Example
Point to Point
Doctor As System
HL7
Meditech or other Hospital system
Engine
Doctor Bs System
HL7
HL7
HL7
Doctor Cs System
Point to Point
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Iatric Systems (other offerings)

• Visual Flowsheet for Physicians (VFMD) - 
  presents clinical data in a user defined
  flowsheet format to facilitate the review and
  correlation of patient data.
• http//www.iatric.com/CDDemo/VFSDemo6-03.exe
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• Physician Discharge Prescriptions (PDRx) - pulls
  patient's current medication list in Meditech and
  allows Physicians to select (and/or add)
  medications, then prints the actual prescription.
• http//www.iatric.com/CDDemo/PDRxDemo6-19-02.exe
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• Patient Discharge Prescriptions (PDI) - assembles
  your discharge instructions into one simple,
  electronic discharge package completely
  integrated with Meditech and stored with the
  patient's records.
• http//www.iatric.com/CDDemo/PDIDemo6-19-02.exe