The document introduces a healthcare innovation challenge to improve patient follow-up between providers. It introduces the team members working on the challenge, who have extensive experience in information technology and healthcare. The challenge is to build a system for electronic referrals between providers that includes patient documentation to assist with handoffs. The system aims to address issues like patients being directed between primary care physicians and emergency rooms. The judging criteria prioritizes solutions that can scale and improve health outcomes and costs. Awards will include presenting at a conference, potential customers, and job creation.

1. Hoosier Healthcare Innovation
Challenge: Patient Follow-Up

2. INTRODUCTIONS
Jonathan Meade - 16 years experience working in Information Technology;
System Administrator, Systems Analyst, Software Developer, Project
Manager, Department Director and Vice President of Information
Technology. Mr. Meade earned his Master’s in Information Technology.
Chad Matthews - 17 years experience working in Information Technology with 6
years working in Healthcare; Software Engineer, Systems Analyst, Software
Engineer Team Lead, Project Manager and Executive Technology Director.
Mr. Matthews earned his Bachelor’s in Business Administration and is holds
certifications in Project Management Professional (PMP) and Six Sigma
Green Belt.
James Schnitzius - 15 years experience working in Information Technology with
5 years working in Healthcare. Development during his career has been
used for successful healthcare organizations and by large corporations’ world
wide to manage strategic email solutions. In his career he has worked on a
wide variety of applications as an expert in C# and .Net development.

3. OVERVIEW
During the month of May, doctors, nurses, and informaticists submitted
IT challenges facing some of Indiana’s leading healthcare
organizations, including IU Health, Indiana Health Information
Technology, St. Vincent’s Health, Indiana State Department of
Health, Community Health, Marion County Public Health
Department and the Franciscan Alliance.
Over 430 votes were cast on submitted IT challenges to narrow to 3
challenges. Our team selected to work on a challenge called
Patient Follow-Up.
The goal: Provide a system for providers/entities to electronically refer
patients to one another that includes overview documentation to
assist in patient introduction. 7/13/12 start date with round 1
submissions due on 7/27/12.

4. Patient Goes to PCP, Directed to ER

5. Patient Goes to ER, Directed to PCP

6. JUDGING CRITERIA
 Likelihood to grow a scalable business that helps Indiana HIT
sector.
 Impact on better health, better healthcare, and cost of care.
 The introduction of new experts to HIT.
 Willingness of judge to work with team to try and pilot the solution in
their organization.
AWARDS
 Presentation at Indiana HIMSS
 Potential customer after challenge
 Job creation for Indiana and local area

7. System Architecture