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Wyoming Frontier Information (WYFI)

To promote a healthier Wyoming by developing a statewide secure, connected, and coordinated health IT system that supports effective and efficient healthcare.

Contact Info:

Office of Healthcare Financing
6101 Yellowstone Road Ste. 210
Cheyenne, WY 82009
(307) 777-5414
Fax: (307) 777-6964

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WYFI (HIE Project)

Wyoming Health Information Exchange

Over the past two years, the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) has completed a thorough assessment of the Health Information Technology (HIT) and Health Information Exchange (HIE) environment in the State and the options to develop a Wyoming HIE. The information gathered indicated a need for stakeholder collaboration and transparency in any development of a statewide HIE. With this understanding, WDH has set to actively work in partnership with stakeholders early on for this current Wyoming HIE initiative. Stakeholder engagement was identified as critical to the HIE project becoming widely used by the provider community and improving care for Wyoming residents.  The Steering Committee serves as the mode in which key stakeholders across the state and healthcare professions to engage and provide insight on the development of the Wyoming HIE.

WYFI To Be Vision

The Wyoming Frontier Information (WYFI) HIE will be a centralized repository of clinical data of participating patients.  Providers, through their Electronic Health Record System (EHR) and also via a web browser, will have the ability to download clinical information to support better care and treatment of patients.  All of the HIE data is encrypted and secured, and access to the data is logged and audited. The Wyoming Department of Health, along with CMS have funded the design, development and implementation of WYFI so that Wyoming providers will be able to share patient information electronically and provide patient and care coordination across different care settings in Wyoming. The WYFI will not cost providers a fee to participate through 2021. The WYFI will provide access to data immediately upon provider participation.

Phase 1 is initially planned to have 27 Hospitals

Possible partnerships with:

  • UHIN & COHRIO
  • THR EHR
  • THR Gateway
  • Public Health reporting as a part of Phase 1
  • Ambulatory providers with the Hospitals
Larger Diagram

Timeline

Timeline for FFY18 – FFY21

Larger Diagram

Medicity

Medicity has been selected as our HIE vendor.

To learn more about them please click the button below

Learn More About Medicity

Past Steering Committee Meetings

FAQs

1. What is Health Information Exchange (HIE)?

  • HIE provides the capability to electronically move clinical information among disparate
    healthcare information systems, and maintain the meaning of the information being
    exchanged. (HIMSS Dictionary of Healthcare Information Technology Terms, Acronyms
    and Organizations, Third Edition)
  • Please refer to HIMSS Health Information Exchange FAQ for further information.

2. What is WYFI?

  • The Wyoming Frontier Information (WYFI) HIE will be a centralized repository of clinical
    data of participating patients. Providers, through their Electronic Health Record System
    (EHR) and also via a web browser, will have the ability to download clinical information to
    support better care and treatment of patients. All of the HIE data is encrypted and
    secured, and access to the data is logged and audited. The Wyoming Department of
    Health, along with CMS have funded the design, development and implementation of
    WYFI so that Wyoming providers will be able to share patient information electronically
    and provide patient and care coordination across different care settings in Wyoming. The
    WYFI will not cost providers a fee to participate through 2021. The WYFI will provide
    access to data immediately upon provider participation.
Full List
WY HIE RFP Draft

wy-hie-solution-rfp-draft

tech-specs

service-level-agreements

Please send all questions and comments to wdh-hie@wyo.gov

WYFI Questions
Environmental Scan
wdh_hie_environmentalscan
WYFI Kickoff Meeting Slides
WY HIE Steering Committee Meeting Presentation Draft v1.pptx
Document Archive
WYFI RFP Vendor QA Reponses
CMS Publications

CMS – Disaster Recovery Presentation

Executive Committee

Provider Relations Committee

Technical Committee

Sustainability

Privacy & Security Committee

Legal & Policy Comittee

This information is made available and updated on a periodic basis to increase project transparency.

The documents contained herein are visionary in nature, and can be changed at the sole discretion of the State.

For those who are interested in Wyoming Department of Health procurement activities and timelines, please note they are subject to change–stay tuned for future updates!

This page was last updated on January 17, 2017. Thank-you very much for visiting!