September 2015

Thank You to our Customers!

Affinity Health System

Agnesian HealthCare

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield

Aspirus Riverview Hospital & Clinics

Associated Podiatrists

Aurora Health Care

Beaver Dam Community Hospitals

Bellin Memorial Hospital

Black River Memorial Hospital

Burnett Medical Center

Children's Hospital and Health System

Columbia St. Mary's

Crossing Rivers Health

Cumberland Memorial Hospital

Dean, SSM of Wisconsin, & affiliate hospitals

Divine Savior Healthcare

Essentia Health

Froedtert Health

GI Associates

Grant Regional Health Center

Group Health Cooperative Eau Claire

Gundersen Lutheran

HealthPartners

Ho-Chunk Nation

Holy Family Memorial

Independent Care Health Plan

Independent Physicians Network

Indianhead Medical Center

Jewish Home and Care Center

Journey Mental Health Center

Kirtida N. Ringwala, MD

Lake Terrace Health and Rehab

Lakeview Medical Center of Rice Lake

Managed Health Services

Meade Medical Clinic

Memorial Hospital of Boscobel

Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County

Mile Bluff Medical Center

Milwaukee Catholic Home

Milwaukee Health Services

Mineral Point Medical Center

Ministry Door County Medical Center

Ministry Healthcare

Molina Healthcare of Wisconsin

My Choice Family Care

Outreach Community Health Center

Prairie Clinic

Progressive Community Health Center

ProHealth Care

Reedsburg Area Medical Center

Regional Enterprises

Sauk Prairie Memorial Hospital

Shell Lake Clinic

Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers

Spooner Health System

Spring Valley Health and Rehab

Wisconsin Department of Health Services

Sunrise Family Care Clinic

ThedaCare

Three Pillars Senior Living Communities

Tomah Memorial Hospital

Trilogy Health Insurance

United Healthcare Services

United Hospital System

Upland Hills Health

Vernon Memorial Healthcare

Vibrant Health Family Clinics

Villa at Bradley Estates

Watertown Regional Medical Center

Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare

Three Million Wisconsin Health Care Consumers Say
"Thank You"

By Joe Kachelski, CEO of WISHIN

At WISHIN, it seems as though we are continually focused on what's next: Which health care organization will be the next to connect to WISHIN? Which interface will be next for an existing participant? Which organization will be next to go live with its end users?

But it is useful and necessary to occasionally pause, look around, and consider how far Wisconsin has come in the quest to achieve true interoperability of electronic health care records.

There are many ways to measure this progress, but perhaps the most salient measure is that the WISHIN Pulse community health record now contains clinical information from more than 3 million Wisconsin residents. That's more than 50 percent of the state's population, and the number is growing every month.

This kind of progress has been possible only because dozens of health care organizations around the state share WISHIN's vision of a comprehensive statewide health information network. They see strategic benefit in an independent, vendor-agnostic health information exchange (HIE) utility. And they see value and convenience in being able to "outsource" to WISHIN the burden of connecting to the eHealth Exchange (important under Meaningful Use to get credit for exchanging electronic care summaries).

Those organizations -from our first client, Watertown Regional Medical Center, to our most recent, Independent Physicians Network - have all played an important role in making a statewide health information network a reality, and they deserve our thanks.

So, as WISHIN planned the launch of a redesigned Web site, we placed a priority on recognizing our participating organizations for their vision and leadership. I encourage you to check out the new Web site when it is launched later this month, and to join me in thanking all WISHIN participants for doing their part to advance interoperability in Wisconsin.

Thank You

Spotlight on Big Data: WHIO 10th Anniversary Celebration

WHIO is holding its 2015 Learning Forum:

Spotlight on Big Data and 10th Anniversary Celebration on October 13 from 8:00 a.m.- 3:30 pm at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Madison, Wisconsin.

The day-long conference offers a stimulating, multi-faceted look at the power of Big Data to help transform health care in Wisconsin.

For more information and to register, visit WHIO's website.

Wisconsin Statewide Health Information Network | 608-274-1820 | wishin@wishin.org | http://www.wishin.org
PO Box 259038
Madison, WI 53725-9038

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