The Brooklyn Health Information Exchange (BHIX) is a not-for-profit regional health information organization (RHIO) devoted to facilitating patient-centric care and promoting improved healthcare quality, affordability, and outcomes for New Yorkers. BHIX stakeholders currently include seven hospitals, 17 long-term care and home care providers, five health plans, several federally qualified health centers, and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
In 2009, BHIX engaged InterSystems and J2 to build a state-of-the-art health information exchange, based on HealthShare, utilizing a service-oriented architecture that implements and extends upon federal standards as defined by IHE and HITSP. Working directly with BHIX and its stakeholder organizations, we have connected over a dozen facilities throughout Brooklyn, with more being added on a regular basis. We've also built the exchange's identity management capabilities and EHR connectivity by integrating with third-party software such as Initiate, ActiveHealth, ChartMaxx, eClinicalWorks, NextGen, and Surescripts.
The work done by J2 has enabled BHIX to provide a robust HIE network to its current members, as well as a highly scalable services framework that will support continued growth and emerging standards for years to come. The joint team of BHIX, InterSystems, and J2 has been extremely active at the forefront of HIT innovation not only within the State of New York, but also at a national level:
- Chosen by the State of New York to design and develop a prototype of the SHIN-NY Big Bus
- Chosen by the State of New York to implement and publish the CHIxP reference architecture against which all other HIE vendors working on HEAL 5 projects must certify their software
- Chosen by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to be the only HIE in New York to implement, deploy, and test the federal NHIN enterprise reference architecture