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SHIE-CAP Connectivity Program is Making Progress!

Posted by Diane Walton
Diane Walton
Diane Walton serves as the Grant Coordinator for IHIT. She is responsible f...
on Tuesday, 31 January 2012 in Uncategorized

The numbers are in and IHIT, with the help of Indiana’s five regionally-based Health Information Organizations (HIO’s), is making steady progress towards advancing sustainable, secure, standards-based health information exchange throughout Indiana’s rural communities and underserved populations.

 

Some highlights as of December 31, 2011:

  • 101 of 123 acute hospitals have signed contracts with a HIO
  • 2532 active participants  for directed exchange (Push)[includes unique ambulatory providers and individual labs]
  • 5511 active participants for query exchange (Pull) )[includes unique ambulatory providers and individual labs]
  • 13,365,891 transactions sent (Directed/Push) [includes lab results, discharge summaries, public health results, visit summaries]
  • 1,205,317 transactions for patient record inquiries

As the numbers show, Indiana is well on its way towards securely moving electronic health data in a meaningful way to improve coordination among health providers to help them achieve improved health outcomes for their patients.

Diane Walton serves as the Grant Coordinator for IHIT. She is responsible for supporting existing grant activities including audits; monitoring project status through regular report generation; maintaining budget and verifying financial reporting; working with the Office of National Coordinator and the Office of Grant Management to provide quarterly updates; maintaining corporate records; preparing minutes of Board of Directors’ meetings and ensuring the necessary policies and procedures are in place and adhered to.



Prior to joining the IHIT team, Walton spent her professional career as a paralegal in the legal departments of several area corporations, focusing on compliance, regulatory affairs and grant management. Prior to her corporate legal experience, Walton was a litigation paralegal for 11 years at a large Indianapolis law firm and 2 years as the administrative assistant to the Chief of Staff for Indiana Governor Evan Bayh. She received her Paralegal Studies Certificate from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

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