title: The Indiana network for patient care: a working local health information infrastructure. An example of a working infrastructure collaboration that links data from five health systems and hundreds of millions of entries.
abstract: The Indiana Network for Patient Care (INPC) is a local health information infrastructure (LHII) that includes information from the five major hospital systems (fifteen separate hospitals), the county and state public health departments, and Indiana Medicaid and RxHub and that carries 660 million separate results. It provides cross-institutional access to physicians in emergency rooms and hospitals based on patient-physician proximity or on hospital credentialing. The network includes and delivers laboratory, radiology, dictation, and other documents to a majority of Indianapolis office practices. The INPC began operation seven years ago and is one of the first and best examples of an LHII.
authors.affiliation: Regenstrief Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA. cmcdonald@regenstrief.org
authors.forename: Clement J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: J Marc
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Overhage
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barnes
authors.forename: Gunther
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schadow
authors.forename: Lonnie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Blevins
authors.forename: Paul R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Dexter
authors.forename: Burke
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mamlin
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D007196:Indiana; D019451:Information Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D005791:Patient Care