NIMI is seeking standing price sheets for the period of December 2011 – December 2013 related to establishing resources as noted for: Project Manager(s) related to the various project activities of NIMI in support of WISHIN. These include, however are not limited to, demonstration projects related to Direct Secure Messaging and initial projects for Phase [...] Read More
Ed Barthell, MD, Director of Connected Health, Microsoft Health Solutions Group discusses the importance of Humana’s pilot project with WHIE to the healthcare industry as it implements electronic medial records systems. While the industry continues to debate whether or not the benefits of implementing EMR systems justify the cost, “this is the first time a [...] Read More
The publication of the results of Humana’s pilot project with WHIE in 2011 resulted in a blog post by Peter Neupert, Corporate Vice President, Health Solutions Group, Microsoft and long-time friend and colleague. In it Peter cites what has differentiated WHIE from other exchanges, our “focus on the ends – rather than the means – [...] Read More
Joy Tapper is executive director of the Milwaukee Health Care Partnership, a public/private consortium dedicated to improving healthcare to underserved populations in Milwaukee County. In this article published September 21, 2011 in “Hospital Impact” she reports on the impact of the Wisconsin Health Information Exchange and MyHealthDirect, a web-enabled scheduling solution in Milwaukee emergency departments. [...] Read More
A recent research report has shown that the use of the Wisconsin Health Information Exchange by area health providers has had an impact on clinical care, reducing costs and increasing efficiency. Importantly, patients receive treatment faster – time spent gathering information and getting to a diagnostic decision was reduced approximately over 40% of the time. [...] Read More