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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
APHA 2005
 
4228.0: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 2:30 PM

Abstract #100140

Models for Regional Health Information Organization (RHIO) systems: Ensuring public health's role

Noam H. Arzt, PhD and Michael Berry. HLN Consulting, LLC, 7072 Santa Fe Canyon Place, San Diego, CA 92129, 858-538-2220, arzt@hln.com

Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIO) manage local deployments of systems that promote and facilitate healthcare data exchange as part of the National Health Information Network (NHIN). As with many systems in the United States, there is no “one size fits all” solution. To be successful, public health must be an active participant in the development and deployment of these systems. This session will review five models of data integration and four models of application integration that can be used to define the architecture for a RHIO deployment. The features, strengths, and limitations of each model will be detailed. Examples will be provided from RHIO systems in place and emerging in the United States today. The conceptual roadmap offered in this presentation will assist projects in determining an appropriate architecture for data and application integration in their setting, and can form the basis for more detailed analysis and examination of system requirements and infrastructure needs.

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Keywords: Health Management Information Systems, Data/Surveillance

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.

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