Building Advocates Health Information Exchange with Community Physicians

John Norenberg, Vice President of Physician Services, Information Systems, for Advocate Health Care, is responsible for the coordination and delivery of information technology tools to Advocate’s diverse physician population. A key component to any HIE strategy will be the connection to EMR systems in physician’s offices. Two years ago, Advocate began developing the capabilities to connect their large independent physician population into a corporate HIE and are now successfully implementing it. This discussion focuses on how the technology was developed and the unique challenges Advocate faced and overcame.