Improving the Exchange of Information among Healthcare Systems

In an effort to better manage and access comprehensive patient information, McKesson has engaged with the IHE™ (Integrating the Health Enterprise) to help accelerate the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) by improving the exchange of information among healthcare systems. Its goal is to improve the quality, efficiency and safety of clinical care by making relevant health information conveniently accessible to patients and authorized care providers.

IHE brings together users and developers of healthcare information technology (HIT) in an annually recurring four-step process:

1. Clinical and technical experts define critical use cases for information sharing.
2. Technical experts create detailed specifications for communication among systems to address these use cases, selecting and optimizing established standards.
3. Industry implements these specifications called IHE Profiles in HIT systems.
4. IHE tests vendors’ systems at carefully planned and supervised events called Connectathons.

IHE promotes the coordinated use of established standards such as DICOM and HL7 to address specific clinical need in support of optimal patient care. Systems developed in accordance with IHE communicate with one another better, are easier to implement, and enable care providers to use information more effectively.

Interoperability Information for McKesson Solutions

Horizon Medical Imaging™

• IHE Integration
• DICOM Conformance

Practice Partner®

• IHE Integration