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Overview: ChorusWare integrates systems using a lightweight and agile information sharing approach based on a plug-in framework. A Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) technology approach with extensions is used to support both process and subprocess steps so that from a healthcare provider perspective it is a key enabler to end-to-end patient-care activities rather than simply a data or information integration environment.
Connectivity to Electronic Medical Record (EMR) ad other information systems is established through either published vendor APIs, or by leveraging other standards based interfaces such as HL7, and is accomplished without the need for a data repository. Healthcare networks continue to retain ownership of their data without being forced into a single vendor relationship.
Challenges/Pain: Healthcare providers are unable to manage their information needs in an easy and efficient manner. The underlying information systems are often hindered by incompatible languages, data types and protocols. This lack of information access and exchange has contributed to the 98,000 Americans who have died from inpatient medical errors due to a lack of accurate clinical data.
Moreover, escalating healthcare costs (totaling $1.9T in 2005), an aging population, growing technology drivers and government mandates demand radical change to the business of healthcare. Consequently, healthcare is today where supply chain management was 20 years ago.
The ChorusWare Difference:
- Process Oriented - Supports a process view of healthcare needs, not simply data integration.
- No Database required - The solution is distributed, no additional money is required to purchase expensive database technologies.
- Small Footprint - The minimal set of components needed to support a given healthcare process are used. ChorusWare extends your established internal workflow processes in a lightweight manner.
- On-The-Fly - Pulling together two systems is done quickly, making implementation easy and cost effective.
- Data Aggregation - No matter what system, no matter what format, ChorusWare transforms the data and presents it in a form relevant to the user.
ChorusWare's Technology
- Open Standards Based - The platform is based on a patent-pending methodology, where connections are easily made between any data or technology formats, including legacy systems and existing infrastructures, such as ESBs (Enterprise Service Buses) and application servers.
- Easily Implemented - Our re-use capability allows for each new connection to take advantage of past efforts, therefore saving time and costs as compared to customized solutions. Setting up data exchanges with ChorusWare is accomplished in less than two weeks, where other products and services take months or years to implement.