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WelcomeWelcome to Delhi Hospital, located in Delhi, Louisiana. RICHLAND PARISH HOSPITAL GOES HI-TECHInteroperability platform to streamline regional healthcare data exchange in rural and underserved areas of Northern Louisiana Delhi, Louisiana—Oct. 8, 2007—The Louisiana Rural Health Information Exchange, in conjunction with the Louisiana Rural Hospital Coalition, Inc. (LRHC) and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport (LSUHSC-S), today announced the launch of a regional Health Information Exchange (HIE) to facilitate access to and retrieval of clinical data to provide safer, more timely, efficient, effective, equitable, patient-centered care. This initiative was made possible by funds appropriated in the 2007 Louisiana Legislative session, spearheaded by Senate President Don Hines and Representative Francis Thompson. 
Michael Carroll, Richland Parish Hospital Administrator, Senate President Donald E. Hines, Linda Welch, Executive Director of LRHC, Dr. John McDonald, LSUHSC Chancellor, and Representative Francis Thompson. The HIE initiative, which will facilitate real-time collaboration on patient care between rural hospitals in North Louisiana and the LSUHSC-S, is based on an interoperability platform that will provide healthcare professionals with secure access to a unified view of medical records from any provider database connected to the network within a clinical portal. Endorsed by Senator Donald E. Hines, M.D., (D-La.) and Rep. Francis Thompson (D 19-Delhi), the network will facilitate the sharing of health care data among providers without regard to where the consumer resides or where the patient care was delivered. The over-arching goal of this program is to bring cutting edge medicine and specialized care to rural communities and improve communication and collaboration among clinicians and patients, resulting in excellent quality of care and patient safety. Of the 24 RHC hospitals included in North Louisiana, the year one participants will be: Richland Parish Hospital in Delhi, Homer Memorial Hospital in Homer, Union General Hospital in Farmerville, LaSalle General Hospital in Jena, Hardtner Medical Center in Olla, DeSoto Regional Health System in Mansfield, and Bunkie General Hospital in Bunkie. These 7 rural hospitals will be the first to deploy the clinical portal, provided by leaders in web-based interoperability solutions, including Carefx Corporation in Scottsdale, Ariz., the creator of the industry's only open and scalable information aggregation platform, and CA in Islandia, N.Y., makers of Identity Manager technology that secures access to web services and enterprise applications, and IBM, manufacturer of the WebSphere Clinical Portal, which seamlessly aggregates embedded data from various information solutions into a browser-based clinical dashboard. “Partnering with LSU’s Health Science Center, led by Chancellor Dr. John McDonald, just makes good sense - it is recognized nationwide as a leader in providing inpatient and outpatient care,” stated Linda Welch, Executive Director of the LRHC. “We will now benefit from the Center’s expertise in disease-management protocols, quality indicators, rotation of its doctors in rural communities, and many other healthcare initiatives.” Welch continued, “With the Center’s help, rural citizens will be able to obtain the best care possible right where they live. Dr. McDonald and I are determined to achieve this goal.” “Because alternative sources of care in the rural community are scarce, each care provider plays a critical role in supporting the local healthcare system,” said Jamie Welch, Chief Information Officer, LRHC. “The advanced technologies we’ve selected for this program are designed to improve access to real-time patient data, expand local access to needed specialty services, and spend more time collaborating on a patient’s condition with referring doctors or nurse practitioners.” “This extremely important initiative empowers our state’s valuable caregivers with the means to interact and share critical data more efficiently and effectively, resulting in better service to our state’s rural and underserved communities,” said Sen. Hines. A tour of Richland Parish Hospital in Delhi demonstrated their new health information system (Dairyland Healthcare Solutions), and a reception celebrating the regionalized health information network project was held at the Black Bear Golf Clubhouse. About Louisiana Rural Hospital Coalition, Inc. About Carefx Corporation
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