Integration Services

Integration is one of the greatest challenges facing healthcare IT departments today. It is not unusual for a healthcare organization to have more than 200 different applications. Even with “fully integrated” software packages, there are still dozens of external entities and internal legacy applications that need to be connected in a cost-effective and time-efficient manner. Your organization may also need to establish strategy for participation and connection to a regional Health Information Exchange (HIE).

Does your organization have an integration strategy? Are the underlying technologies identified to meet your needs—both now and in the future? Where do the newer technologies and strategies—like Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)—fit into those plans? Do you find the requirements for integration are consuming greater and greater portions of your IT budget while still returning less-than-satisfactory results?

Noblis’ Center for Health Innovation has the experience in both integration strategies and execution to help your organization find its way through the integration maze. We can guide you through the intricacies of HIPAA and the HL7 messaging standard, and clearly explain the opportunities presented by SOA. We can give you the information you need to develop reusable integration capabilities that will maximize investment and minimize costs.

Integration Services

Integration provides the greatest opportunity for creating a smooth and efficient operational environment for a healthcare organization, but you must develop a strategy and obtain appropriate technology to support standardized and compliant communication between systems, departments, and business partners. The need for integration will continue to increase even after core software solutions are in place. There are new and exciting strategies and technologies available to simplify long-term integration needs, and our insightful integration strategies incorporate these factors. Once we identify the appropriate strategy and the right technology is implemented, the opportunities to increase integration, communication standardization, and operational efficiency multiply, yielding significant integration costs reduction.

Depending on your organization’s specific needs, Noblis’ integration services can include any or all of the following elements:

  • Assessments to understand your current integration capabilities and identify areas of weakness and strengths
  • Analysis of current and future integration needs to advise and make recommendations on appropriate strategies and technologies
  • Training on the regulatory requirements related to integration under HIPAA Title II
  • Advisory support for specification, design, development, testing, and implementation of new or updated interfaces

If you would like information regarding our services, please contact one of our practice professionals or our national headquarters at (703) 610-1500 or (866) 882-9007 or you can e-mail us at HealthInnovation@noblis.org.