Case Study: Shared IT builds regional HIE and streamlines lab and document exchange with NextGen Healthcare (Mirth Connect)

Reseller invests in Mirth Connect to build HIE

Shared IT, led by Mirth solutions reseller Kevin Stutting, founded Midwest Health Exchange to solve a pressing HIE need in the Quad Cities (Iowa/Illinois). The region required seamless exchange of lab and patient data among hospitals, labs and providers, but many organizations relied on costly point-to-point interfaces and the local hospital lacked capacity to build one-to-one connections. The team needed a cost-effective, supported platform that could simplify many interfaces and scale with growing document-exchange needs.

They invested in a commercial Mirth Connect implementation as the HIE engine, building a single “collapse point” interface from the hospital to Midwest Health Exchange and then out to individual providers. Within three months they were moving live lab data, established a regional Patient Health Bank, launched document-exchange workflows, and saved hospitals and practices tens of thousands of dollars—while benefiting from multi-channel support, minimal downtime for upgrades, and a scalable foundation for future growth.

Shared IT

Kevin Stutting

Owner