The Health division of Wolters Kluwer, a global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, has announced a partnership with HealthCore to provide data normalization services to the California Integrated Data Exchange (Cal INDEX™). Deployment of the Health Language ® Enterprise Terminology Management Platform will ensure the integrity and semantic interoperability of data flowing through the statewide Health Information Exchange (HIE).
Cal INDEX is an independent nonprofit organisation founded through $80 million in seed funding from Blue Shield of California and Anthem Blue Cross to initially integrate approximately 30 large provider organisations across the state, encompassing approximately 9 million patient records from the health plans' combined members. Open to any health data contributor, Cal INDEX will provide the underlying data and technology platform to improve quality of care by providing clinicians with a unified statewide source of integrated patient information, as well as improve efficiency and reduce the cost of healthcare.
The Health Language solution will be used in tandem with HealthCore's first-of-a-kind integrated database to address the complexities and nuances of the data flowing through Cal INDEX.
HIE, accountable care, medical homes, data warehousing and other value-based care initiatives are challenged by semantic interoperability—the ability of two or more healthcare systems to share clinical information and use it meaningfully—and a lack of a universal terminology standard. The Health Language Enterprise Terminology Management Platform overcomes these issues by providing the software, content, and consulting solutions needed to map, translate, update, and manage standard and enhanced clinical terminologies on an enterprise scale. This enables a semantically normalized information model essential for use of evidence-based care protocols, quality improvement and population health management.
The platform also features automated translation algorithms that can be used to normalize full catalogs or distinct elements from cryptic and poorly maintained source data into standard terminologies. A web-based access portal also enables collaboration on translation and task review while maintaining full terminology content versioning and comprehensive audit trail.
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