IEHP Succeeds with GIS By Showing Stakeholders What is Possible

The Geographic Information System (GIS) team at Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) successfully created internal advocates by educating their peers and showing them what is possible with GIS technology in healthcare. Not only did this accelerate the adoption of GIS technology at their organization, it also helped leaders gain valuable operational insights sooner than if the technology was left to organically gain traction. Healthcare IT Today sat down with Eric Dick and Darren Moser, GIS Informaticists at IEHP to learn more about their success at turning colleagues into advocates and how this has had a positive impact on their organization as well as their members. It is not easy to get people in healthcare excited about new technologies, let alone become advocates. But when it does happen, a geyser of ideas erupts and suddenly everyone in the organization is finding ways to leverage the technology. Instead of just one or two individuals pushing forward, leaders from across the organization work collaboratively to remove barriers so that the technology can more easily be integrated into daily operations. That is what is happening with GIS technology at IEHP. GIS at IEHP IEHP is a health plan that covers two counties in Southern California – Riverside and San Bernardino County. They are a Medicare and Medicaid health plan insuring over 1.5 million members. IEHP uses GIS technology from Esri for: Network adequacy Capacity planning Tracking HEDIS measures Monitoring compliance ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership Healthcare IT Darren Moser Eric Dick esri Esri Healthcare Geographic information system gis GIS for Health Health GIS Health Plan GIS Healthcare GIS Healthcare Scene Featured IEHP Inland Source Type: blogs