September, 2005What IHE Delivers 1 Joe Auriemma Siemens Medical Solutions, Health Services Senior Director, Integration Engineering Siemens Medical Solutions & Interoperability Strategy

2 Interoperability Knowing What It Is Knowing Why Its Important Knowing What to Do

3 Interoperability 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)

4 Why it is Important

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6 The value is bringing it all together Healthcare Information Management Building Technologies Medical Technologies Network Design and Integration Consulting & Managed Services Lighting Systems Operations Voice Communications

7 Why it is Important Payers (HDX) Novius Lab, 3 rd party Retail Pharmacy Pharma, GPO, Genomics Employers Quality Review Organizations 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)

8 Larger-scale Interoperability

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10 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

11 Increasing Scope and Sophistication Sophistication Scope Within Dept. Send Data Across Depts. Enterprise- wide Known Partners Ad Hoc Partners Immediate Look-up Hard Services With Updates Intermingle Processes Business Speed and Agility Easy Visionary

12Considerations Semantic Interoperability A large part of our customer world does not have standards, or well-defined implementations Makes reusability difficult Makes reusability difficult Need to stop proliferating interfaces Need to stop proliferating interfaces Large vendors encourage and promote standards Decreases costs of getting to markets Decreases costs of getting to markets Lowers Maintenance costs Lowers Maintenance costs Absorbs the costs when things dont go well Absorbs the costs when things dont go well

13 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! Siemens Strategy

14 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 Strategy

15 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 Strategy

16 Industry Leadership

17 Supporting Service Technology Functional Capabilities Application Integration Tools Network Infrastructure Application/TechnologyComponents BusinessProcesses Enterprise Systems Management ICO RCO ASP OUTCOMES IntakeandAccess Health and Care Mgmt Physician & Provider Support ManagementSupport Workflow Integration Data Integration User Interface

18 Other Tactical Examples IHE Participation Standards Participation Customer Collaboration Common Components Standards & Regulatory Council Strategic Planning Services

19 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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