BOSTON & CARSON CITY, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Orion Health, a leader in eHealth technology, the Nevada Health Information Exchange (NV-HIE) and Nevada’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), today announced that the NV-HIE Board of Directors selected the Orion Health HIE to power and enable a statewide electronic health information exchange. Orion Health HIE was selected to provide the technology that will support NV-HIE services and programs that advance trusted information exchange for the coordination and continuity of health care for all Nevadans – anywhere, anytime.
Orion Health was chosen after an extensive two-part competitive selection process involving the review of multiple HIE solutions and public demonstrations by three finalists. Orion Health HIE was selected because of its powerful information sharing capabilities, its ability to easily integrate with various technology platforms utilized by government agencies and health care organizations across the state, and its experience with statewide HIE initiatives. NV-HIE plans on deploying Orion Health HIE as a SaaS (Software as a Service) offering.
“The ability to bridge health care providers and payers across various technology platforms, both within and outside of state borders, is extremely important for clinical care coordination,” said David LaBarge, CEO, NV-HIE. “The enhanced state-of-the-art features of Orion Health HIE and Orion Health Direct Secure Messaging will allow providers and payers to have access to the most current patient information, and they will have the ability to securely communicate data quickly, while supporting a trusted HIE environment.”
“Orion Health is proud to have been selected to power the NV-HIE’s statewide operations,” said Suzanne Cogan, vice president, Orion Health North America. “By deploying Orion Health’s globally proven platform, NV-HIE has underscored the importance of providing clinicians with tools that help enable the sharing of patient information which may ultimately result in more effective care coordination, population health management and clinical decision support.”
DHHS is responsible for the State HIE Cooperative Agreement grant* awarded to Nevada as part of the 2009 federal stimulus bill. Under a grant sub-award from DHHS, the NV-HIE is utilizing state HIE grant funds to establish core HIE services that facilitate the trusted electronic exchange of personal health information, support the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs), and enable intra-state, interstate, and nationwide HIE.
DHHS is already offering Orion Health Direct Secure Messaging, as Nevada DIRECT (NV DIRECT), which enables fast, secure, standards-compliant communications between various health care providers and organizations. NV DIRECT will transition to NV-HIE and become part of its core HIE service offerings by the end of 2013.
About Nevada Health Information Exchange (NV-HIE)
The NV-HIE was established in September 2012 as a non-profit Nevada corporation authorized by Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS) 439.581-595.
The NV-HIE mission is to provide oversight and governance of the statewide system for the authorized and secure electronic exchange of health information, and to establish/maintain a sustainable governance and business structure which achieves broad-based public-private stakeholder collaboration that continuously provides transparency and accountability while protecting the public trust and interest between all categories of health care providers and payors.
With coordination of patient care and the clinical continuum of care as its core objectives, the NV-HIE will utilize Orion Health HIE to provide HIE services at the highest level of health care privacy and security available. Orion Health HIE also has components not included in other HIE solutions. Orion Health provides for the highest standards of privacy and security mandated for mental and behavioral health care, payment processing, and intra-state connectivity. The NV-HIE and Orion Health combination facilitates the achievement of Meaningful Use Stage II, supporting Nevada doctors, physician groups, and hospitals eligible for incentive payments to upgrade their electronic health records (EHRs). In meeting Meaningful Use Stage II objectives, the ultimate beneficiaries will be the citizens of Nevada through improvements in the quality of and access to care and delivery.
About Orion Health Inc.
Founded in 1993 in Auckland, New Zealand, Orion Health is the only global, independently owned eHealth technology company. With an inherent ability to interconnect a wide variety of healthcare information systems, Orion Health has become the world’s leading provider of health information exchange (HIE) and healthcare integration solutions. Today, Orion Health products and solutions are implemented in more than 30 countries, used by hundreds of thousands of clinicians, and help facilitate care for tens of millions of patients. Clinicians, provider facilities and OEM partners rely on Orion Health to facilitate data exchange between hospitals, health systems, HIEs, and affiliated providers and medical devices, resulting in improved care coordination, increased cost savings and efficiencies, and enhanced quality of care. In the U.S., Orion Health™ HIE provides the technology backbone for state and regional HIEs across the country. Orion Health Rhapsody® Integration Engine is used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and nearly every state and local health departments for public health reporting. For more information, visit www.orionhealth.com. Connect with us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
*Federal HHS/ONC Grant Number No. 90HT003701