The UC Davis Institute for Population Health Improvement (IPHI), operating under an Interagency Agreement with the California Health and Human Services Agency established in September 2012, awarded the following subcontracts for projects that will expand and enhance health information exchange (HIE) in California.

Rural HIE Incentive Program Awards:

The Rural HIE Incentive Program establishes an ongoing mechanism and structure through which rural medical communities may evaluate and contract with pre-selected HIE service providers. Selection of HIE service providers is an important first step initiating the Rural HIE Incentive Program. CHeQ is awarding contracts to five rural HIE service providers to subsidize implementation of HIE services for qualifying rural health care providers. Rural HIE service providers will offer directed exchange and/or longitudinal patient record services, and may optionally offer services enabling patient access to information. CHeQ has allocated up to $1,000,000 for the Rural HIE Incentive Program.

Designated Rural HIE Service Providers

Directed Exchange:

Redwood MedNet – Will Ross
wross@redwoodmednet.org
707-462-6369

iCA – Robert Keehan
robert.keehan@icainformatics.com
415-601-7474Directed and Query Exchange:
Inland Empire HIE – Rich Swafford
rswafford@iehie.org
951-686-1326

Orange County Partnership Regional HIO – Paul Budilo
pbudilo@ocprhio.org  
714-919-4429

Axesson – Dedra Lakely  &  Bill Bieghe
dedra@axesson.com     bbeighe@pmgscc.com
831-600-3750              831-465-7874

Innovation in Data Analytics Awards

This program provides funding to HIOs and provider organizations to implement data analytics tools that will better manage shared patient populations served by three or more unaffiliated health care provider organizations or systems. These electronic tools will support health maintenance and disease prevention services and chronic disease management with emphasis given to projects that focus on a specific high-impact condition or sub-population of shared patients.  This program supports emerging care delivery and value-based payment models such as Patient-Centered Medical Homes and Accountable Care Organizations.

•  Notice of Intent to Award

Immunization Gateway Service

The Institute for Population Health Improvement awarded on December 13th, 2012 a $417,011 contract to Scientific Technologies Corporation (STC), a population health informatics service company based in Tucson, Ariz. STC, in collaboration with CHeQ and the California Department of Public Health is developing an immunization “gateway” that allows health-care providers throughout most of California to electronically submit patient immunization records for routing to state regional immunization registries and ultimately will enable secure access by doctors, schools, day-care centers and parents who need the information. The web-based immunization gateway will increase the capacity for receiving patient immunization records from a large number of health-care providers and fulfill Stage 1 requirements for federal meaningful use of electronic health record (EHR) technology. Scientific Technologies Corporation will provide planning, design, development, testing and implementation services on the gateway project, which is expected to launch in April 2013. For more information, visit the Scientific Technologies Corporation website at www.stchome.com.