Connie, Connecticut’s state-designated Health Information Exchange, is adopting Clinical Architecture’s PIQXL Gateway to improve the quality of patient data shared across healthcare organizations statewide. The platform allows Connie to review incoming clinical messages, pinpoint areas where data quality issues arise, and provide participants with actionable guidance to correct and enhance the information they exchange.
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Jenn Searls, Executive Director of Connie, explained that PIQXL Gateway strengthens the organization’s data integrity strategy by providing insight into the origin of quality problems across its network. She emphasized that high-quality data is essential for effective health information exchange and care coordination and that addressing these issues is a shared responsibility among all healthcare participants. Searls highlighted that the new system will enable Connie and its members to collaborate more effectively to ensure data accuracy, consistency, and reliability.
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PIQXL Gateway is the first commercial product based on the open-source Patient Information Quality Improvement framework, or PIQI, which offers a standards-based method for evaluating clinical messages for attributes such as accuracy, completeness, and consistency. Originally developed by Clinical Architecture, PIQI is now governed by the PIQI Alliance and is nearing completion of the HL7 balloting process. Connie will implement PIQXL Gateway to apply the framework in practice, scoring data quality and identifying the source of errors in both clinical and analytic workflows.
Charlie Harp, Chief Executive Officer of Clinical Architecture, said that PIQXL Gateway is designed to make the usability of exchanged data more visible across the healthcare ecosystem. He expressed enthusiasm for partnering with Connie to strengthen statewide data quality, noting that this collaboration demonstrates the impact that prioritizing data integrity can have on healthcare decision-making.
The system allows upstream correction by detecting defects at the field and message levels, reducing the need for manual review. PIQXL Gateway also tracks data quality trends across sources and over time, helping organizations benchmark performance and focus on the most pressing improvement areas.
Searls added that by implementing PIQXL Gateway, Connie is reinforcing the accuracy and trustworthiness of data flowing through its network. She said that this initiative empowers participants to make more informed care decisions and strengthens the overall quality of health information exchange in Connecticut. The collaboration underlines Connie’s ongoing commitment to improving data quality and supporting participants in delivering better patient outcomes.
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