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Learn how our visionary customers have harnessed Initiate software to enable real business initiatives with tangible results. By integrating data across systems, these customers have achieved success, from interoperability and RHIOs to border security and services-oriented architectures. These brief movie clips were filmed at the 2006 "theHub Live" Initiate Systems user conference.

Ship shape: How Initiate Aids in Border Security

Ron Martin, Initiate Systems

The Law Enforcement Information Exchange (LInX) matches the identities of persons of interest to combat potential terrorist threats. Learn how federal, state and local law enforcement agencies are using Initiate software to share critical data.


CDI: The Big Bang in Brand Loyalty

Chuck Clabots, The St. Pierre Group

To create an effective brand loyalty program, organizations must create a way to recognize customers at all points of service. Learn how to utilize customer data integration to create customer-centric programs that provide invaluable data and a consistent customer experience.


EMPI as the Foundation of a RHIO

Ann Donovan, RN, MSN, CalRHIO. Lorraine Fernandes, RHIA, Initiate Systems.

Accurate, consistent patient identification and matching is critical to interoperability and data sharing/exchange. Technology you already have can serve as the foundation for participation in a community MPI, RHIO or other data exchange program.


Integrate, Innovate: Customers with Vision Panel

Marty Moseley, (formerly) Intuit

Explore how customers in different markets integrated Initiate Systems software and services to create the most complete, real-time views of people, households and organizations from data dispersed across multiple application systems and databases.


Industry Insight: The Patient ID Perspective

Karen Grant, RHIA, CHP, Partners HealthCare System. Michele O’Connor, RHIA, MPH, Initiate Systems.

Two industry experts who are active in HIMSS, NCVHS, AHIMA, the National Alliance for Health Information Technology and more provide insight on initiatives founded by various government, non-profit and collaborative organizations and shed light on the future of patient ID in the healthcare ecosystem.


The Value-Added Benefit: Data Profiling and Business Intelligence

Scott Schumacher, Ph.D., Chief Scientist, Initiate Systems

While accurately identifying people, households and organizations is the primary functionality of Initiate software and services, there is a premier value-added benefit in the form of data profiling and business intelligence. Find out how to mine your CDI/EMPI to gain valuable information and make better business decisions.


The Value of EMPI in Heterogeneous & Homogeneous IT Environments

Jim Burke, Carolinas HealthCare System. Carol Anderson, RHIT, Park Nicollet Health Services.

Whether you have one primary IT vendor or run a best-of-breed shop, the EMPI still plays a vital role. Hear from two Initiate customers who represent both sides of the spectrum and learn why each customer finds an independent EMPI to be invaluable.


Initiate as the Foundation of Interoperability

Christopher Cooper, IBM. Bill Klaver, Initiate Systems.

Ever-changing regulatory and safety issues are driving the need for interoperability in healthcare. Hear experts from IBM and Initiate describe the “Bermuda Triangle” of challenges in making systems and data interoperate.


It’s My Data! How to Maintain Privacy & Security in an Information Sharing Age

Scott Schumacher, Ph.D., Chief Scientist, Initiate Systems

As data sharing expands exponentially, everyone from the consumer to the corporation is concerned about whose data is it and how much data gets shared. Dr. Schumacher provides an in-depth look at how to leverage Initiate products and services to maintain the privacy and security of your data and protect yourself from litigation.


Building the Perfect CDI Solution

Oliver Halter, DiamondCluster International

Successful CDI implementations start with careful planning. Learn through real-world examples what worked and didn’t work in the planning process as well as how your peers are currently using Initiate solutions.


Here’s the Point: Three Approaches to Point-of-Service

Kristen Wilson-Jones, Sutter Health. Charlie Gilman, Cedars Sinai Health System. Nancy Kolo, Initiate Systems.

Initiate Identity Hub™ software may be integrated in a number of ways to achieve the specific goals of each organization. Industry and Initiate experts will share their approaches.


Best Practices: Using SOA to Build a CDI Ecosystem

Marty Moseley, Intuit

CDI requires powerful integration infrastructure to connect diverse systems and leverage customer data. Hear how Intuit’s enterprise architecture team applied SOA to build a “party reference system” as a foundation for its current and future CDI and CRM initiatives.


Luke Bakken user conference testimonial

Luke Bakken, Software Engineer, Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories

Testimonial from 2007 Initiate Systems User Conference.


Initiate user conference testimonial - Jenkins

Liesa Jenkins, Executive Director, CareSpark

Testimonial from 2007 Initiate Systems User Conference.


Initiate user conference testimonial - Al Jackson

Al Jackson, Director of IT, Architecture & Planning, RxHub

Testimonial from 2007 Initiate Systems User Conference.

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