Extend what you already do well.

Your customers do not need another isolated network. They need the systems and relationships they already rely on to work across more organizations and use cases.

SHN provides common connectivity, trust and transaction rules that HIEs, EHR vendors, workflow companies and qualified operators can build on. Prior authorization gives those capabilities an immediate job to do.

Bring a useful service and the people who need it.

Connect an existing clinical-information service, provider workflow or payer capability. Identify how it will participate, what information it is authorized to supply, and which responsibilities remain with your organization and its customers.

Help providers participate without becoming infrastructure operators.

A qualified partner can support or operate a connection on a provider’s behalf. Define the delegated role and scope. The provider retains its own network relationship, responsibilities and applicable rights.

Build on a common foundation, not an exclusive route.

Participants can keep useful existing connections and choose supported applications and qualified operators. SHN does not require an exclusive channel or give a partner automatic access to its customers’ information.

Start with a workflow that can be reused.

Bring one provider or payer connection, test the complete exchange, and identify what will make the next implementation easier.