1September, 2005 What IHE Delivers

Joe AuriemmaJoe Auriemma

Siemens Medical Solutions, Health ServicesSiemens Medical Solutions, Health Services

Senior Director, Integration EngineeringSenior Director, Integration Engineering

Siemens Medical Siemens Medical SolutionsSolutions

&&Interoperability StrategyInteroperability Strategy

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InteroperabilityInteroperability

Knowing What It Is

Knowing Why It’s Important

Knowing What to Do

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InteroperabilityInteroperability

Ability of two or more systems or components to exchange information and to use the information that has been exchanged. (Source IEEE)

In healthcare, interoperability is the ability of different information technology systems and software applications to communicate, to exchange data accurately, effectively, and consistently, and to use the information that has been exchanged.” (Source NAHIT)

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Why it is ImportantWhy it is Important

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Why it is ImportantWhy it is Important

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Why it is ImportantWhy it is Important

The value is bringing it all together

Healthcare Information

Management

Building Technologies

MedicalTechnologies

Network Designand Integration

Consulting& Managed

Services

LightingSystems

Operations

VoiceCommunications

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Why it is ImportantWhy it is Important

Payers (HDX)

Novius Lab, 3 rd party

Retail Pharmacy

Pharma , GPO,Genomics

Employers

Quality ReviewOrganizations

Disease Management (Soarian Disease Mgt)

Hospitals(Soarian, MS4, INVISION)

Owned/Affiliated Practices (Soarian,Signature, NextGen)

Diagnostic Imaging Centers(NextGen RIS/PACS)

Specialty Practices(NextGen, RIS/PACS)

Physician -Patient Communication (Soarian Community Access)

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Larger-scale InteroperabilityLarger-scale Interoperability1Digital Integrated Healthcare Enterprise

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Larger-scale InteroperabilityLarger-scale Interoperability

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Why an Interoperability Strategy?Why an Interoperability Strategy?

Key customer and market requirement Patient Safety Operational Efficiency

Essential to achieving vision Care Without Boundaries Healthcare Transformation and Outcome Goals Medical Advancement

Improves productivity and efficiency Single Set of Standards Common Framework

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Increasing Scope and SophisticationIncreasing Scope and Sophistication

Sophistication

Scope

WithinDept.

SendData

AcrossDepts.

Enterprise-wide

KnownPartners

Ad Hoc Partners

ImmediateLook-up

HardServices

With Updates

IntermingleProcesses

Business Speed and Agility

Easy

Visionary

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ConsiderationsConsiderations

Semantic InteroperabilitySemantic Interoperability

A large part of our customer world does not have A large part of our customer world does not have standards, or well-defined implementationsstandards, or well-defined implementations

Makes reusability difficultMakes reusability difficult Need to stop proliferating interfacesNeed to stop proliferating interfaces

Large vendors encourage and promote standards Large vendors encourage and promote standards

Decreases costs of getting to marketsDecreases costs of getting to markets

Lowers Maintenance costsLowers Maintenance costs

Absorbs the costs when things don’t go wellAbsorbs the costs when things don’t go well

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Siemens provides solutions that help improve patient safety and enhance the quality and efficiency of healthcare by

enabling the efficient, private, and secure exchange of information across the

continuum of care.

Care without boundaries!Care without boundaries!

Siemens StrategySiemens Strategy

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Leadership and Advocacy - Shape and drive the future of interoperability by serving as an industry leader and an active participant in the identification, development, utilization and implementation of key standards required for interoperability

Information Availability - Ensure information is accessible, to all who need it, to perform all of their clinical and administrative workflows. Interoperate across vendor systems.

Siemens Interoperability StrategySiemens Interoperability Strategy

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Smart Tooling - Minimize costs and maximize re-use by utilizing a flexible, extensible, and secure solution architecture designed for an ever-evolving healthcare market.

Supporting Services - Support our customers through the entire interoperability process by providing valuable design, networking, implementation, and consulting services.

Siemens Interoperability StrategySiemens Interoperability Strategy

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Industry Leadership Industry Leadership

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Supporting ServiceSupporting Service

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Health andHealth andCare MgmtCare Mgmt

Physician &Physician &Provider Provider SupportSupport

ManagementManagementSupportSupport

WorkflowIntegration

DataIntegration

UserInterface

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Other Tactical ExamplesOther Tactical Examples

IHE Participation

Standards Participation

Customer Collaboration

Common Components

Standards & Regulatory Council

Strategic Planning Services

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Your Next Steps?Your Next Steps?

Recognize interoperability as really important

Learn more about health IT standards, IHE Profiles & participate in the processes

Support Standards Harmonization

Work with your vendors

Understand it is not just “a technology problem”

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