April 2015

Welcome to WISHIN Connections, the monthly e-Newsletter from the Wisconsin Statewide Health Information Network (WISHIN). We will keep you up to date with WISHIN activities, news on health information exchange (HIE) and new product developments.

WISHIN Pulse Dashboard

Data through
March 31, 2015

Pulse Customer Statistics

# of Pulse Customer Sites:

1,107

# of WI Counties w/Pulse Customers:

Pulse Transaction Statistics

ADT Transactions:

58,460,796

Lab/Pathology Reports:

13,062,890

Radiology Reports:

159,601

Transcribed Reports:

128,935

Public Health Syndromic Surveillance:

52,023,492

Pulse Patient Statistics

# of unique patients:

2,377,798

# of patients opted out:

# of patients opted back in:

Pulse User Statistics

# of Pulse Users:

1,099

Milwaukee County Department of Family Care joins WISHIN

WISHIN welcomed Milwaukee County Department of Family Care (MCDFC) to the network in March.

"We're pleased to have MCDFC come on board as a WISHIN client," said WISHIN CEO, Joe Kachelski, "It spotlights the value of automated, electronic health information exchange. We've got very good participation among the hospitals, health systems and community health centers in Milwaukee County. The information they are contributing to WISHIN is going to have a real impact on MCDFC and others when it comes to improving care coordination and patient outcomes."

Find out more about the collaboration at BizTimes.com

WISHIN featured at Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin Educational Conference

WISHIN was an exhibitor and presenter at the recent Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin (PSW) Educational Conference held in Madison.

WISHIN CEO, Joe Kachelski, spoke to PSW's Hospital Pharmacy Leadership Forum to provide an update on the growth of WISHIN's Community Health Record (WISHIN Pulse) and a demonstration of the system's capabilities, including WISHIN's single-sign on integration with the Wisconsin Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP). He also gave a preview of new functionality scheduled to go live later in 2015 - inclusion of Medicaid pharmacy-fill data in WISHIN Pulse and bidirectional integration between WISHIN and the Wisconsin Immunization Registry.

WISHIN Pulse Tips: How to Search for a Patient

WISHIN Pulse now contains clinical information about more than 2.3 million patients but searching for YOUR patients is simple! All you need is their name. Follow the link below to learn more about the different ways to quickly locate the patient you're treating.

How to search for a patient in WISHIN Pulse.

HIE News

Health Information Technology: Where We Stand And Where We Need To Go

As Hospital EHR Adoption Rises, What's Next for Health IT?

Meaningful Use Aligns with HIE

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