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 Committees 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.
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This fact sheet will provide the information regarding the Wyoming Frontier Information Health Information Exchange (WYFI) Executive Committee. The topics outlined will include what the committee is, what the role of each member is, how to become a member of the committee, when the committee will conduct meetings, and how the meetings will be operated.
A WYFI Champion’s role is to help advance the goals of WYFI by engaging and educating other healthcare partners on the benefits of becoming a participant of WYFI. The Champion may be a healthcare professional from a range of settings from the provider, clinical ancillary staff, administrative, technical to an association level. A WYFI Champion believes in the goals of WYFI to improve care coordination and health outcomes, and therefore volunteers to be a partner of and advocate for WYFI. To be a Champion or to nominate a Champion please click on the button below.
This fact sheet will provide the information regarding the Wyoming Frontier Information Health Information Exchange (WYFI) Executive Committee. The topics outlined will include what the committee is, what the role of each member is, how to become a member of the committee, when the committee will conduct meetings, and how the meetings will be operated.
FAQ on National HIEs and National Networks
Q: Is there a ‘federal HIE’ that we can join?
A: The federal government at one time, via the Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT
(ONC), had a network of networks, called the Nationwide Health Information Network, also
known as NHIN or NwHIN. The ONC transitioned this network to the non-profit Sequoia Project
several years ago, and now the Sequoia Project runs this network, now called the eHealth
Exchange. The eHealth Exchange “is a group of federal agencies and non-federal organizations
that came together under a common mission and purpose”. Members of the eHealth exchange
can query for patient records, however, this is a network of networks approach, and typically a
member would look for a single patient record, across multiple networks and primarily composed
of federal agencies. Connecting to the Sequoia Project and the eHealth Exchange are on the
roadmap for Wyoming, as is connecting to regional and neighboring HIEs for data sharing.
WYFI Connection Request
The Wyoming Department of Health wants to identify healthcare facilities and providers who are interested in being early adopters of the Wyoming Frontier Information Health Information Exchange (WYFI). Please send your contact information to the WYFI Team and we will put your facility on the initial connections priority list.
We want you!!!
Please take our Sustainability Survey if you have not already. This will help us all plan ahead for the future of the Health Information Exchange.
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
WY HIE RFP Draft
Please send all questions and comments to wdh-hie@wyo.gov
WYFI QuestionsEnvironmental Scan
Security Assurances Agreements (SAA)
Hello in order to fill out a WYFI SAA you must download the PDF to your computer. Then go to your “Downloads” folder and open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat DC or Adobe Acrobat Reader DC to fill in this form. Please do not open the form in a web browser. It will not allow you to sign the document or submit it.
When you are finished, click Submit to return your data to the form author.
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If you need assistance please contact Andrea.bailey@wyo.gov
WYFI – District SAA – (For State or Government owned entities) This would be entities not registered with the Secretary of State
CMS Publications
Medicity has been selected as our HIE vendor.
Learn more about them here
FAQ
- 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.
- 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.