A brief history of HIE Networks:
- 2005 – Dr. Kaelin & Byington align the community and create BBRHIO
HIE Networks’ principals Dr. Dan Kaelin and Allen Byington establish the Big Bend Regional Healthcare Information Organization (BBRHIO) and form a board of directors comprised of industry leaders in the North Florida healthcare field.
- 2006 Q1 - BBRHIO becomes a participant in the FHIN Grants program
- 2006 Q3 - Vendor selection of Avocare
The BBRHIO board completes an extensive RFP process to find a local-provider-driven HIE solution. The subsequent national vendor search produced no viable off-the-self products and Avocare is contracted to develop customized software for the HIE infrastructure.
- 2007 – Launch of BigBendHealth.com into production
BBRHIO launches BigBendHealth.com, a secure website with live data feeds from physicians and hospitals to be used by credentialed health care providers to share patient records and communicate electronically. More than 200 credentialed users connect to the site.
- 2008 – Workflow integration into healthcare providers’ offices
Secure e-communication tools – including electronic referrals, secure messaging and document publishing – are integrated into BigBendHealth.com, greatly reducing community healthcare providers’ reliance on phones, fax machines and mail communications.
- 2009 – 09/10 Florida Legislative Session
BBRHIO hires a lobbyist and works with the Florida Hospital Association (FHA) and the Florida Medical Association (FMA) to represent the position of local-provider-driven exchanges. The voices of the healthcare providers are heard, preventing detrimental legislation while encouraging support for a network of connected, local-provider-driven exchanges across the state.
- 2010 – Market expansion of technology platform
Capitalizing on the success of BBRHIO, HIE stakeholders expand and build out technical infrastructure to prepare for large-scale operations and partners with Uber Operations, LLC for highly-experienced, interfacing personnel resources. Additional customers are added by a contract with the Gulf Coast Health Information Exchange, based out of Bradenton, Florida.
- 2011 – Dr. Kaelin & Byington align stakeholders and create HIE Networks
HIE Networks, LLC is created to manage the technical, social, legal, and security aspects of HIE under one management team to replicate the success of BBRHIO and offer provider-driven health information exchange (HIE) at the local and regional levels across the nation.
