A CONNECT Universal Client

Framework

CONNECT Code-a-thon
Portland Oregon

David L. Riley
CONNECT Initiative Lead
Contractor

November 20, 2009

 The Nationwide Health Information Network

The NHIN:

•  Provides a platform
to participate for all
health communities
•  Offers technology
and trust tools for
implementation
•  Operational Network
of interconnected
standards based HIT
systems
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 The Federal Response to the NHIN

CONNECT is a federally-developed software solution that allows

agency systems to exchange health information securely. It is an open
source solution built to be:

Platform for Innovation

CONNECT Success to Date:

• DoD, VA, IHS, SSA, CDC, NCI & NDMS demonstrated exchange with
private sector organizations in 2008
• Over 14 federal programs engaged in 2009
• More agencies in limited production in 2009
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 CONNECT in 2010 – Advancing to 3.0

•  CONNECT 3.0
–  Support Meaningful Use Criteria –
2011 and beyond
–  Support agency-specific program

3.0
priorities
–  Support community-specific
priorities

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 Universal Client Framework

•  The Universal Client Framework Concept

–  CONNECT as a platform for development
•  Focused on the end-user experience
•  Developing new functionality to augment existing edge system capabilities
•  Developing new systems.

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 INNOVATION: Next Gen Applications
An Example – Getting Control of Diabetes

Glucose reading
sent to smart phone

Smart phone sends

External sensor message to insulin pump
worn by patient

Smart phone calls 911

and provides location

Patient enters notes, takes pictures

of food, and sends messages

Smart phone sends message to Smart phone sends

patient with instructions message to contacts
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 Building Healthcare Mashups

Specialist
Provider Registry Pharmacy

CDC Health Recommendation Rx Request

Alert of In-network Forwarded to
Patient Summary
Pharmacies and Recommended
Forwarded
Symptoms Matched Specialists Pharmacy

Alert Pushed

Pulled from
Provider EHR Appropriate
Standards Patient Information Patient
Registry in Cloud
of Care Forwarded
Care Plan
Diagnosis
Records
Eligibility
Summary
Provider
Quality Report
Registry

Recalls/Alerts
If Appropriate, Alert Pushed
Forwarded to Patient
Verify Eligibility
& Benefits
Data Extracted
from Record Sent
Payer Quality
Measure

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 Public availability of CONNECT solution

Released under a “non-viral”

license that makes it easy to
develop solutions using the
CONNECT software code base

A website where interested

parties can download the
CONNECT solution at:
www.connectopensource.org

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 The Patient is Waiting…

Thank you
Contact info: fha@hhs.gov or 202-205-8614
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