Organized by the nonprofit Michigan Health Information Network (MiHIN), the statewide health information exchange, the new Community of Collaborative Practice focuses on creating a conduit for referral data to flow. interactions between platforms.
WHY IT IMPORTANT
Eight platform providers serving healthcare and social organizations in Michigan have begun work on strategic data governance to create a trusted mechanism, with the right safeguards in place. , to facilitate the exchange of health care information to improve each person’s overall care coordination.
The Community of Practice seeks to assist HIE in eliminating information silos. CoP’s initial focus was on creating a path for referral data to flow interactively between platforms to support its shared mission of supporting community-led systems of care.
“Improving the use and interoperability of social care data is fundamental to improving the health and well-being of all individuals,” said Dr. Tim Pletcher, DHA, chief executive officer of MiHIN. people and community.
“MiHIN is very proud to convene a group of social care leaders who not only recognize the gap between needed services and the services provided, but are also dedicated to closing the loop and sharing meaningful data freely.”
One challenge the collaborators will tackle is data flow with some social care organizational systems that challenge technical feasibility.
Care Advisors, Findhelp, PCE Systems, Riverstar, Unite Us and WellSky, which have previously committed to working together to facilitate data aggregation to inform state policies and quality assessments, have been approved by CareConvene and Holon joined to form the CoP.
Although Michigan’s HIE will act as a trusted health data exchange broker, service providers may use or maintain an electronic health record system of their choice.
TREND TO BIGGER WOMAN
Following the collaborators’ initial commitment, this partnership is expected to equip Michigan hospitals to participate in an unprecedented context for point-of-care emergency department patients.
Having information when a patient arrives in the emergency room is a barrier to coordinated care and improved outcomes. Public health reposits disconnected from state health exchanges became apparent during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic with the lack of interoperability between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. diseases and the National Notable Disease Surveillance System.
“If a doctor orders a COVID-19 lab test for one of their patients, that doctor will get the test results and send it to the NNDSS system. But if that patient then has worsened symptoms and had to go to the emergency room, Michael Gagnon, chief executive officer of HealthHIE Nevada, wrote in May 2020 for New healthcare ITS.
Gagnon warned that if investments in public health lead to greater amounts of health information, “we will miss the mark in really improving our health care system.”
He called for investment in interoperability that connects all the providers, hospitals, nursing homes, insurance companies, state and local governments, public health agencies and patients who need access. access medical records – through HIE.
MiHIN seems to be organizing in that direction. In September, the Great Lakes State health exchange also announced that it was pursuing interoperability for post-acute care through a partnership with cloud-based PointClickCare.
ON PROFILE
“Each respective organization is committing significant time, energy and human capacity to the public good. In the same way that it facilitates trust between patients and service providers to fully and accurately capture the full picture of a person’s health, the CoP is also working to foster trust. between health and social care providers and between themselves as businesses in a competitive environment. and the space is currently unchecked. Lisa Nicolaou, MiHIN Interdisciplinary Data Program Manager said
Andrea Fox is the senior editor of Healthcare IT News.
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