Global leader in digital health technology Orion Health, is reshaping the landscape of US state health related data platforms and information exchanges with its new Health Data Center of Excellence (HDCoE). Focused on collaboration and partnership, the HDCoE, the first of its kind, will be a hub of innovation priming the state health organizations for the future.

Orion Health Global CEO Brad Porter said, “The HDCoE will accelerate and drive innovative partnerships and foster collaboration to enable states to be fit for the future. We predict that the states will play the most pivotal part in healthcare over the next decade as Medicaid cements its position as the most influential and one of the largest players in the market. For the first time talent and technology converge in a focused Center designed to elevate state and regional Health Information Exchange (HIE) operations and services by driving the evolution of wider state health data initiatives across the US.”

To begin with, the HDCoE will serve and support the most innovative health information exchanges from across the United States including SYNCRONYS in New Mexico, HealthInfoNet in Maine, KeyHIE in Pennsylvania, NDHIN in North Dakota, and IHDE in Idaho. The Center will also extend its impact by providing a unique shared HIE platform to existing and new customers, empowering regions and state health systems to be part of operational efficiency.

Porter says “industry-wide collaboration is critical to unlocking the right information at the right time and in the right place for carers to deliver the healthcare of the future.

“HDCoE continues Orion Health’s strong commitment to industry collaboration. As a founding member of the Sequoia Project and long term member of the Civitas Network, interoperability has been at the heart of what we do, driven by our commitment to TEFCA.

“By bringing our trusted partners to the table for focused innovation on the solutions that are going to make the biggest difference to healthcare providers, our vision is to escalate delivery of our next-generation products that continue to be reliable, secure and revolutionary.

“We believe the real game changer for state health will be linking the powerful clinical data held in HIEs from providers with other data sources to provide state health authorities with a better understanding of health system capacity, patients’ needs and enable better patient outcomes. This could include data such as social determinants of health, geographic information, insurance claims from Medicaid and other payers, patient generated data, workforce planning and other public health initiatives.”

Orion Health will collaborate with HDCoE partners to explore the potential of a state health data platform, bringing together clinical information with social and environmental data to support better-informed care and planning.

“As much as 97% of data in healthcare goes unused. Making this information more accessible and usable can help organizations identify gaps in care and target resources more efficiently.

“By building on the data already held in HIEs and connecting it with other sources, we can unlock the next generation of health information sharing in the United States,” continues Porter.