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BACKGROUND:
IntermountainHealthCare (IHC), a private non-profit integrated healthcare delivery system, has seamlessly integrated their thin client/server clinical IS with the Utah Statewide Immunization Information System (USIIS), a web-based application developed and maintained by the UtahDepartmentofHealth.
OBJECTIVE(S):
Seamless integration allows the IHC user to enter one password to access the IHC application and the USIIS application. In addition, the USIIS application is viewable within the current IHC clinical system and does not require the use of a separate web browser screen.
Real-time ADT interface between IHC patient-registry program and the USIIS database allows IHC clinics to add patients to the USIIS database in real time while being seen at the clinic.
Immunization data from IHC clinics loaded into USIIS database daily after data quality checks are performed.
METHOD(S):
IHC built an interface that automatically sends user and facility login information to the USIIS program when accessed from within the IHC clinical application. When a patient record is accessed through IHC's clinical application, the patient's unique ID is sent to USIIS and used to find the patient record in the USIIS database. IHC clinical users can then review and/or update patient immunization histories in the USIIS application while never navigating outside their own clinical application.
RESULT(S):
USIIS application appears and is accessed just as if it were a module inside IHC's clinical application - not a web-based application from another organization. Patients are easily accessed in the USIIS database via real-time ADT interface. Users are satisfied with the functionality of the program and accessibility of immunization information regardless of point of administration.
CONCLUSIONS(S):
IHC was able to seamlessly integrate their clinical IS with an independent State maintained web-based application and database.
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