State HIE Cooperative Agreement ProgramOctober 15th, 2009
FiledOctober 15th, 2009The Wisconsin Relay of Electronic Data (WIRED) for Health Project is a public-private collaboration between the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (the Department) and a broad cross section of health care stakeholders. The goal of this four-year project is to build substantial health information exchange (HIE) capacity statewide to support providers’ meaningful use of electronic health records and enable the efficient, appropriate, and secure flow of information to optimize decisions for health. The approach is to plan, develop, and implement interoperable, standards-based, secure electronic exchange of patient and health data. The objectives are to: establish a state-level designated entity to govern HIE deployment and operations; determine the scope of technical services to be provided at the state and regional levels; develop a standards-based reference architecture; develop and implement a self- sustainable financial model; develop and execute a detailed, phased implementation