WeCare Health Management System

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1 WeCare Health Management System Presented by: Northrop Grumman Huntsville Team August 23 rd, 2013 Ray E. Preston William J. Kiker Grant B. Stucker Shin Yang

2 What is WeCare? Remote Primary Health Care Delivery System Promote Health Prevent Disease Enable Early Diagnosis Remote Military Operations Disaster Relief Public Health Commercial Primary Care Position for leadership in trillion dollar healthcare

3 The Landscape of Health Care US Expenditures 15.3% of GDP Total Market Value over $2.5T Fragmented/Disjointed Marketplace Changing Market Forces Health Care Reform Reduction of Cost Growth Expansion of Health Insurance Home Health Care Remote Medicine Cloud-based Computing United States Netherlands France Germany Canada Switzerland Denmark Austria Portugal Belgium % of GDP

4 The Business Case Military Health Systems WeCare capabilities Electronic Health Records (EHR) Military treatment facility primary care Theater medical facility primary care Combat operations medical care Total FY13 budget of $51.4B $4B spent on EHR Planned RFPs for additional efforts Pharmacy/Lab/Immunization Systems FY14 budget request at $204M Estimated additional $254M through FY18

5 The Business Case Public Primary Care Services WeCare capabilities Community Health Center EHR VA EHR Wellness monitoring Public Health Research Disease outbreak control Telemedicine Total FY13 budget of $56B FY13 budget of $40M for EHR Additional $9.5B over 5 years awarded by Affordable Care Act

6 Regulatory Landscape Governance for the WeCare System

7 Health Care Reform and Compliance Patient Protection Affordable Care Act (PPACA) Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act Health Information Exchange (HIE) Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA)

8 Patient Protection Affordable Care Act (PPACA) Most significant healthcare regulatory overhaul since Medicare and Medicaid in 1965 Aims to: Increase quality and affordability Lower the uninsured rate Reduce the costs of health care for individuals and the government

9 HITECH Act $36.5 billion to create a nationwide network of electronic health records (EHRs) Allows for every American to benefit from an EHR as part of a modernized, interconnected, and improved system of care delivery The HITECH Act is specifically designed to provide assistance and assure the workforce is properly trained and equipped to be meaningful users of certified EHRs Builds an modernized interconnected Health Care

10 Health Information Exchange (HIE) Improves Quality of Health Care Mobilization of patient s vital medical information electronically Avoid readmissions Avoid medication errors Improve diagnoses Decrease duplicate testing Governance is Driving New technology in Health Care

11 HIPAA HIPAA Privacy Rule protects paper, electronic, and oral information (PHI) HIPAA Security Rule applies only to electronic information (e-phi) These rules make data privacy and security a requirement of Health Care compliance Keeping Your Patients Information Secure

12 Opportunities Created by Regulations Cost Savings and Efficiencies Secure Data Management Increase Public and Private Health Data Exchange Bring New Technologies to Health Information Exchange

13 Technology Landscape Enabling the WeCare System

14 Technology Enablers Home Health Technology Sensor and Diagnostic Technology Expansion Connectivity and Cloud Computing

15 Home Health Technology FDA Approved Health Monitoring Sensors Blood Glucose Monitoring Systems Blood Pressure Monitors Portable Ultrasounds Heart Rate Monitors Wellness Monitoring Sensors Digital Scales Fall Detection Sensors

16 Advances in Sensors & Self Diagnosis Nokia Sensing XCHALLENGE accelerate the availability of hardware sensors and software sensing technology that individuals use to access, understand, and improve their health and well-being - Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE A $10 million competition to bring healthcare to the palm of your hand the end result: Radical innovation in healthcare that will give individuals far greater choices in when, where, and how they receive care. -

17 Connectivity and the Cloud Increased Access to high speed networks Household broadband adoption WiFi 3G/4G Low Power Personal Networks Bluetooth ANT+ Near Field Communications Cloud Computing Low Cost of Ownership High Availability

18 Technology Enabling WeCare

19 Technical Solution

20 Solution Space Overview: - Problem formulation - Design Methodology - Strategies - Business Process - SOA Based Approach - Open Standards - Concordance

21 Interconnections

22 Summary Trust Expertise Experience Value

WeCare Healthcare Management System

University of California, San Diego WeCare Healthcare Management System A Capstone Team Project submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements of the Architecture-based Enterprise Systems Engineering