HealthShare Backgrounder
About HealthShare
InterSystems HealthShare™ is an innovative software product that enables aggregation and sharing of clinical data among multiple provider organizations on a regional or national basis – up to, and including, a full Electronic Health Record (EHR). It can be easily extended to provide additional functionality such as e-prescribing or order communications by adding business rules and business processes, composite applications, and additional applications provided by InterSystems’ partners.
The Fastest Path to Connected Healthcare
HealthShare is uniquely designed to satisfy the requirements of health information exchanges while dramatically reducing the risks and costs associated with such efforts. Following are snapshots of how some networks are utilizing HealthShare today:
HealthShare Serves as Foundation of Long Island Health Information Network
The Long Island Health Information eXchange (LIPIX) is using HealthShare to build a sustainable and reproducible model for integrating and sharing clinical data among Long Island healthcare institutions. Seven public and private healthcare organizations in multiple locations throughout Long Island have joined forces to enable this regional health information network.
HealthShare provides standards-based capabilities and information security combined with a physician-friendly design to support rapid adoption by network participants. LIPIX now provides authorized physicians in healthcare facilities across Long Island with secure access to more than 834,000 patient medical records. As a result, critical data from patient electronic health records (EHRs) is shared to improve care delivery in any location, while at all times protecting patient privacy.
Sweden on Road to Developing Countrywide Health Information Network Based on InterSystems HealthShare
TietoEnator, one of the largest IT services companies in Europe, is in the process of building the Swedish national EHR, known as the National Patient Overview (NPO), on the HealthShare platform. The NPO is designed to enable sharing of patient information between regional and local care providers in both the public and private sectors.
The Nordic market is regularly cited as the frontrunner in developing digital healthcare. The HealthShare-based NPO in Sweden is the latest evidence of how Nordic countries are leveraging information technology to provide optimal care delivery nationwide.
Brooklyn Health Information Exchange Selects HealthShare
When the Brooklyn Health Information Exchange (BHIX) was evaluating platforms for multiple information exchange projects, the not-for-profit regional health information organization (RHIO) set the bar up high. First, respondents were required to deliver solutions supporting specific use cases involving Medicaid, public health, connectivity between New Yorkers and clinicians, and clinical decision support in a health information exchange environment (HIE).
The next step was to develop and implement a proof-of-concept initiative specified by BHIX. HealthShare’s advanced capabilities and adherence to industry standards combined with the technical expertise of the InterSystems team and InterSystems' embrace of the concepts the Statewide Health Information Network of New York led to the selection of HealthShare by BHIX.
As a result, HealthShare will be used for HIE across a network that includes providers serving more than 2.5 million Brooklyn residents in BHIX projects designed to improve healthcare quality, affordability and outcomes across the continuum of care
HealthShare Chosen as Core Health Information Exchange Software for Healthcare Information Xchange of New York
The Healthcare Information Xchange of New York (HIXNY) is a not-for-profit regional health information organization (RHIO) that includes hospitals, physician practices, health plans, healthcare associations, government/education and consumer/patient groups. HealthShare will be used to serve these diverse groups with a series of information exchange initiatives designed to connect healthcare organizations throughout 17 counties in New York state.
HealthShare is flexible, open and standards-based—all capabilities that contributed to its selection by HIXNY. The fact that HealthShare is also the platform of choice for other New York RHIOS also played a part in HIXNY’s decision. As a result, the RHIO is well positioned for now and the future to provide meaningful health information exchange to the communities that it serves.
