Sherrie Rine, Author at SHARE

SHARE HIE Integrates with Qualifacts EMR System: Ouachita Behavioral Health & Wellness Clinics are LIVE

January 25, 2022 by Sherrie Rine

Little Rock, Arkansas, January 2022——- Ouachita Behavioral Health & Wellness (OBHAW) behavioral health clinics are now integrated with the statewide health information exchange, State Health Alliance for Records Exchange (SHARE). Access to an individual’s information helps the behavioral health and early intervention care team gain a “whole picture” of the patient’s health and better prepare for a fully engaging dialogue at each encounter. Anywhere/anytime access to patient data can help care teams better understand potential barriers to medication/treatment adherence and/or more appropriately prescribe controlled substances. This in turn can reduce health risks and identify adverse side effects related to behavioral health medication, which may have more drug-to- drug interactions and can lead to physical health side effects. The integration with the clinic’s EMR system provides increased communication between care teams such as, behavioral health, developmental delay intervention, and physical health that can help reduce the stigma associated with mental illnesses.

The connection to SHARE enables greater care coordination to manage more comprehensively and holistically the behavioral and physical health needs of the patient. “The use of our Qualifacts EMR system and SHARE HIE among our developmental delay patients, behavioral health and physical care referrals spurs the bi-directional exchange of critical health data which has the ability to improve knowledge sharing and health care outcomes for individuals”, said Jane Sherrill, Compliance Office for Ouachita Behavioral Health & Wellness. “The ongoing need for care coordination among behavioral and physical health care teams is critical. The coordination simply becomes much more efficient with the secure electronic exchange of health information, said Sherrill.”

About Ouachita Behavioral Health & Wellness: OBHAW has been servicing the community mental health needs for over 54 years. Ouachita Behavioral Health & Wellness is the nonprofit community mental health center facility for five surrounding counties. You may receive services in one of our five locations that are in Hot Springs, Malvern, Arkadelphia, Glenwood, and Mt Ida. OBHAW sees over 5,551 clients per year, half of whom have a serious mental illness. Current estimates indicate that 83% of those they serve are low to moderate-income, with 61% being on Medicaid. The mission at OBHAW “to bring hope and healing to our community, one life at a time” is carried out daily. They believe that a collaborative, whole- person approach to behavioral health care will help people in our communities to heal. Their team is dedicated to helping every individual find a path to healing that fits them. Their mission guides their organization in seeking out and continuing services and programs that help bring hope and health to each person within their communities.

Learn more: https://obhaw.org.

CHI St. Vincent Heart Clinic Arkansas Integrates GEMMS EHR with SHARE HIE

December 1, 2021 by Sherrie Rine

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Arkansas State Health Alliance for Records Exchange (SHARE) is proud to welcome CHI St. Vincent Heart Clinic Arkansas with its 35+ clinics located across Arkansas to the statewide health information exchange network. The network electronically connects Arkansas hospitals, physicians, and clinicians to exchange patient health information safely and securely. Connecting to SHARE allows CHI St. Vincent Heart Clinic Arkansas to further augment its integration footprint while improving access to a patient’s information for diagnosis and treatment. CHI St. Vincent Heart Clinic Arkansas has integrated SHARE into its Health Information Exchange (HIE) application—GEMMS EMR System—to help improve patient safety and minimize any potential medication or medical errors while securely sharing clinical results statewide. Heart Clinic Arkansas now has access to Admission, Discharge and Transfers (ADT); laboratory results; radiology reports; medication; diagnosis; procedures; allergies; plan of care; and discharge summary information.

“CHI St. Vincent participation in the statewide health information exchange network will allow us to become a more integrated health system and our patients’ primary care providers and local hospitals will have the latest plan of care for our cardiology patients,” said Chad Aduddell, CEO of CHI St. Vincent.

“Through SHARE, providers at CHI St. Vincent Heart Clinic Arkansas can improve both direct care delivery and coordination by having ever-present access to clinical information, such as medical history, previous diagnoses, lab tests, medications, and allergies”, said Jason Evans, director of operations at CHI St. Vincent Heart Clinic Arkansas. Additionally, access is available to historical medical data on patients using SHARE’s virtual health records allows for gap closures and reduction in potential readmissions.

SHARE is helping transform the quality of care for Arkansans and has successfully connected members, which are comprised of, hospital systems, physician groups, specialists, and individual practitioners. The network currently reaches counties across the entire state and has millions of patient records accessible to providers.

About CHI St. Vincent Heart Clinic Arkansas

The CHI St. Vincent Heart Institute is the state’s largest and most diverse network of heart specialists. They are close to home with services in Little Rock, North Little Rock, Hot Springs, Searcy, and Conway and more than 25 community locations.

Latest Treatments and Technology for Heart Disease

They use the latest treatments for all forms of heart disease -from common problems to rare or life-threatening conditions. Whether you’ve been referred for diagnostic testing, cardiac treatment or disease management, your best interests are at the heart of every medical recommendation we make and care option we provide.

With access to 10 cath lab procedure rooms, 6 CV operating rooms, 40 dedicated cardiology critical care beds and over 60 telemetry beds the CHI St Vincent Heart Institute has the resources to care for a variety of patients. Their support team includes advanced practice providers, perfusionists, nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, physical therapists, social workers, and dietitians. With this breadth of specialties, their patients get comprehensive care tailored their individual health concerns and wellbeing. Their group of more than 50 heart specialist bring the diversity necessary to treat each patient’s specific condition. The cardiac cath labs at CHI St Vincent Infirmary and CHI St Vincent North are the first 2 ACE accredited cath labs in the state of Arkansas, with the cath lab at the Infirmary also holding chest pain accreditation.

They bring together the state’s largest group of cardiologists with cardiothoracic surgeons and critical care intensivists to provide comprehensive care to their patients.

Learn More: www.chistvincent.com/clinical-services/heart-care/locations.

CareLogic Behavioral Health and Human Services EHR Platform HUB created in Arkansas for Integrated Behavioral Health

November 10, 2021 by Sherrie Rine

Methodist Family Health is sending Admission, Discharge and Transfers (ADT) and Continuity of Care Documents (CCD) to SHARE HIE
Integrated Behavioral Health model strengthened throughout Arkansas
Transitions of Care a key focus

Little Rock, Arkansas October 2021

Integrated Behavioral Health data is on the way for care teams across Arkansas. Methodist Family Health, which includes Methodist Behavioral Hospital and over 40 outpatient clinics across Arkansas is the first to go LIVE with the SHARE, the only statewide health information exchange in Arkansas. The CareLogic Behavioral Health and Human Services EHR Platform HUB is being created in Arkansas for better Integrated Behavioral Health. All Methodist Family Health facilities will be sending robust Admission, Discharge and Transfers (ADT) and Continuity of Care Documents (CCD) to SHARE HIE.

The goal behind this coordinated effort is to better connect behavioral health care teams with primary care physicians and acute care hospitals with real-time data on the patients they serve. The current system thus far has been missing key behavioral health clinical results of when a patient leaves an inpatient and outpatient behavioral health facility. With the secure integration and transmission of clinical results with SHARE HIE, these types of data are now available to the care team statewide.

With value-based care reimbursement models, being introduced in Arkansas by health plans, accountable care organizations, clinically integrated networks, this type of integrated care puts an emphasis on better outcomes in long-term patient health. Value-based care model connects a provider’s reimbursements with better patient outcomes, and rewards health care providers who weigh the best options for their patients towards promoting better long-term health.

“Rather than focusing on the quantity of patients that are treated, this method of health care places a focus on the type of care each patient receives and helps to ensure that providers are as efficient, and that the integrated behavioral health is a key component in the care continuum”, said Jennifer Horner, Director of Health Information Management, CL System Admin and Chief Privacy Officer at Methodist Family Health. She added, by integrating our EHR system to SHARE will allow us to share medical records securely and electronically with our acute care hospitals and provider partners statewide.

Thanks to a community investment grant from Department of Human Services provided to Empower Healthcare Solutions PASSE and Arkansas Healthcare Alliance to connect behavioral health and developmental delay facilities to SHARE. This grant has allowed behavioral health facilities to integrate their EHR systems to SHARE HIE, Arkansas’ only statewide health information exchange.

May be an image of child and text that says ‘A Complete Continuum of Care From therapeutic day treatment for Kindergarten through 12th grade to psychiatric residential treatment centers, therapeutic group homes, school-based counseling services, Methodist Behavioral Hospital for children 3 to 17 and more. Arkansas children and families have counted on the care of Methodist Family Health for over 120 years. FAMILY Methodist HEALTH Call 877-778-1197 [email protected]’

About Methodist Family Health

Established in 1899, the Arkansas Methodist Orphanage was built by the state’s Methodists who were concerned for the care of orphaned and dependent children in Arkansas.

As attitudes and regulations about orphanages changed, so did Methodist Family Health’s services. Renamed Methodist Children’s Home, the home grew into a comprehensive residential treatment system with group homes throughout Arkansas in the decades that followed. In 2001, Methodist Children’s Home founded a subsidiary corporation, Methodist Behavioral Hospital, Inc. Together in 2003, they became Methodist Family Health, consolidating the operations of the full continuum of care established by Methodist Children’s Home. In addition, the new nonprofit entity, Methodist Family Health Foundation, was founded as the development arm of the operating entities.

Explore Their Timeline

Today: Methodist Family Health manages the Methodist Children’s Home, Methodist Behavioral Hospital, Methodist Counseling Clinics and Arkansas CARES (Center for Addictions Research, Education and Services). Methodist Family Health also offers levels of care ranging from the most restrictive service level (acute psychiatric hospital care) to the least restrictive service level (outpatient counseling) as well as all intermediate residential levels of care.

Continuity of care is provided through use of the proven Teaching-Family Model. The goal of this model is for the Methodist Family Health client to become proficient in social and independent living skills so she or he can reunite with family or move to the least restrictive residential treatment setting appropriate for her or him, such as a therapeutic foster home, or re-enter the community as an adult.

Learn more: methodistfamily.org.

SHARE Significantly Expands Integration with Northwest Health & Medical Center of South Arkansas

November 5, 2021 by Sherrie Rine

Northwest Health and Medical Center of South Arkansas, both part of Community Health Systems, has expanded their connection to the State Health Alliance for Records Exchange (SHARE), the state’s only statewide health information exchange (HIE). This move significantly expands the coordination and exchange of health information for patients across Arkansas.

The integrated connection to SHARE includes robust Admission, Discharge and Transfers (ADTs) notifications, laboratory results, radiology reports, pathology reports, immunizations, discharge summaries, progress notes and Continuity of Care Documents (CCDs) from all hospitals to include: Medical Center of South Arkansas, Northwest Medical Center- Bentonville, Northwest Medical Center- Springdale, Siloam Springs Regional Hospital, Willow Creek Women’s Hospital, Northwest Health Physicians’ Specialty Hospital, Northwest Health Emergency Department- Fayetteville and the brand new Northwest Health Emergency & Urgent Care in West Bentonville. This integration also aids the Community Quality Alliance in managing its Accountable Care Organization (ACO) and Clinically Integrated Network of providers (CIN).

Partnering with SHARE extends the hospital’s ability to coordinate the care of its patients by seamlessly integrating their electronic health record (EHR) systems to coordinate care with specialists, community clinics, primary care, and behavioral health providers. This connectivity ensures that all providers connected to SHARE have the holistic view of a patient’s medical information available to them, right at the point of care. Ultimately, this kind of interoperability—across different providers, EHR systems and diverse venues of care—allows clinicians to work together to improve quality, efficiency, and patient safety.

“As a leader in safe, high-quality patient care, we value the opportunity to have and provide access to a patient’s medical history securely and electronically,” said Shanda Guenther, Market Chief Quality Officer at Northwest Health.

“We are continuously looking at ways in which we can make the health care experience more convenient for our patients and this is certainly helping us in those efforts,” said Danna Wagnon Taylor, Assistant Administrator/ Practice Manager at Medical Center of South Arkansas.

“Adding Northwest Health hospitals and Medical Center of South Arkansas to the SHARE HIE further demonstrates the commitment of our healthcare institutions to collaborate on the delivery of patient care,” said Bruce Shepard, Executive Director of Community Quality Alliance, a clinically integrated network (CIN) affiliated with Northwest Health.

Northwest Health hospitals and the Medical Center of South Arkansas joins an already extensive portfolio of providers within the SHARE HIE. Today, patients can benefit from SHARE’s services when receiving treatment at more than 2,000 venues of care, including more than 80 percent of the hospitals in Arkansas. Patients who consent to sharing their information with the health information exchange can make that information readily available to participating medical providers when and where it’s needed.

“SHARE’s mission is to improve the delivery, coordination, and quality of health care across Arkansas through the state-wide use of health information technology and clinical data exchange,” Anne Santifer, Office of Health Information Technology Director said. “To that end, health information exchange isn’t just about technology—it’s about everything the movement of patient health information makes possible.”

About Northwest Health

With a combined active medical staff of more than 900 physicians, 2,400 employees and 487 beds, Northwest Health is one of the largest health networks in Northwest Arkansas with five hospitals and two standalone emergency departments:

Northwest Medical Center – Bentonville
Northwest Medical Center – Springdale
Siloam Springs Regional Hospital
Northwest Health Physicians’ Specialty Hospital
Willow Creek Women’s Hospital

Northwest Health provides inpatient, outpatient, diagnostic imaging, medical, surgical, and emergency services to the Bentonville, Springdale, Fayetteville, Johnson, and Siloam Springs communities in Northwest Arkansas. They are your family, friends, and neighbors, and we work with and for our community to provide quality health care that fits your life and lifestyle.

Visit: NorthwestHealth.com

About Medical Center of South Arkansas

Medical Center of South Arkansas, accredited by Joint Commission, is a general acute-care Level III Trauma Center hospital licensed by the Arkansas Department of Health. Our 166-bed facility’s inpatient services include emergency services, obstetrics and newborn care, pediatric care, intensive care, otolaryngology, general surgery, orthopedics, physical medicine, and rehabilitation and other services. Telemedicine services include pulmonology, neurology and AR Saves stroke telemedicine. Outpatient services include a full-service laboratory, speech, physical and occupational therapies, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, wound care and radiological services including, MRI, CT, digital mammography and more.

Visit: themedcenter.net

About Community Quality Alliance

To assure that patients in Northwest Arkansas receive the highest quality care, Northwest Health has partnered with independent and employed physicians from across the region to develop a clinically integrated network (CIN). A CIN is a coalition of healthcare providers who work together in an aligned delivery network to improve the quality of care provided and improve the health outcomes of our community while controlling the total cost of care. The Community Quality Alliance (formerly Northwest-Sparks Quality Alliance) is governed by employed and community physicians working collaboratively to assure patients receive the highest quality and safest care.

Through the Community Quality Alliance, Northwest Health is moving towards a more collaborative way of providing care, working with patients, providers, and payers to build a care system that coordinates the patient’s care across the community. Under value-based care models, providers are rewarded for helping patients accomplish three primary objectives: improve their health, reduce the effects and incidence of chronic disease and for controlling the total cost of care where possible. It refocuses the way providers are paid for care since pay is based in part on whether the highest quality care is provided in the most appropriate setting at the right time.

Visit: northwesthealth.com/northwest-community-quality-alliance

SHARE Has Released a Non-Vaccinated CPC+ Medicare Report

September 29, 2021 by Sherrie Rine

The SHARE non-vaccinated Medicare report includes the Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC+) Medicare population. It includes a list of the provider’s attributed members (based on the CMS roster) that have not received any doses of the COVID19 Vaccine.

These reports are sent out weekly on Thursdays to the same location where providers pick up their hospitalization and COVID vaccinated reports. We are hoping this report will be a tool for providers to contact the patient, provide education, and address any concerns they may have around receiving the COVID Vaccine.

Learn more at SHAREarkansas.com

SHARE Has Released an Unvaccinated Medicaid Report

September 15, 2021 by Sherrie Rine

For a limited time, Arkansas Medicaid has increased the reimbursement rate for COVID19 Vaccination from $40 to $100.

In order to assist with increasing the Medicaid’s population COVID19 vaccination rate, SHARE has released the Unvaccinated Medicaid Report. This report alerts Medicaid providers on attributed patients that have not yet received a dose of the COVID19 vaccine. Reports are sent out weekly, on Wednesdays, via DirectTrust Secure Messaging and it includes Medicaid patient’s name, date of birth, and contact info. Primary care providers across the state are utilizing this new report to contact Medicaid patients, provide education, and address any concerns the patient may have around receiving a COVID19 Vaccine.

SHARE also continues to send out to providers a daily report of patients that have received COVID19 vaccination and a daily report to alert them if a patient tests positive for COVID19.

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Lab Results from LabCorp Now Available Through SHARE HIE

September 14, 2021 by Sherrie Rine

Little Rock, Arkansas September 14, 2021 – SHARE, the State Health Alliance for Records Exchange, announced today that LabCorp is now connected to its health information exchange (HIE), and as a result one of the largest medical laboratories is now participating in the network that links health care providers throughout the state.

Lab reports are vital for clinical decision making and are significant components of a patient’s longitudinal health record. Providers need quick access to results to develop treatment plans and better communicate with patients. LabCorp, the fastest growing lab in the U.S., is a progressive company that understands how health information exchange (HIE) supports providers as they coordinate care for patients.

Because of this commitment to enhancing patient care, LabCorp has connected its electronic systems to the SHARE HIE. Here in Arkansas, hospitals, physician practices, outpatient clinics and long-term care providers can now use their EHR connection to SHARE to access results from LabCorp. This is in addition to the lab results already being sent into the HIE by hospitals and clinics throughout Arkansas.

“The nation’s leading medical labs and the hospital labs recognize that delivering patient results through a statewide electronic health information exchange not only helps improve patient care, but also helps keep the costs of technology low for providers,” says Anne Santifer, HIT Director, Office of Health Information Technology. “We appreciate LabCorp’s commitment to support the needs of both health care providers and patients in Arkansas.”

LabCorp’s connection to SHARE represents yet another milestone as the state of Arkansas continues to embrace HIE and all that it has to offer both providers and their patients.

SHARE Fall 2021 Newsletter

September 9, 2021 by Sherrie Rine

Letter from the Director:

“Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) are set up in various ways across the country here in Arkansas, SHARE is uniquely set up under the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH). The pandemic has highlighted the importance of integration between public health and HIEs, SHARE is currently supplying ADH with real-time clinical data to assist with disease outbreaks and management. In return, SHARE is supplying providers and care teams with pertinent COVID information such as vaccination reports and positivity reports. Although the meaningful use program has come to an end, there are still opportunities for funding to support data sharing….”

See full article and newsletter here!

Helena Regional Medical Center Expands Collaboration with SHARE

August 2, 2021 by Sherrie Rine

Hospital in the Mississippi Delta to Provide Data to the State Health Alliance for Records Exchange

Little Rock, Arkansas August 2021 — Helena Regional Medical Center, a community provider, serving the Mississippi Delta area and its residents has gone live as a data provider with the State Health Alliance for Records Exchange (SHARE). Helena Regional, a 155 bed facility with emergency care, medical, surgical, rehabilitation and women’s services, is sending real time comprehensive data to the statewide health information exchange.

As Arkansas’s statewide health information exchange, SHARE is an electronic network for hospitals, physicians, medical providers, and others to safely exchange clinical results and reports. This data is securely stored in SHARE’s longitudinal record database and shared for treatment, payment or operational need.

While more than 80% of Arkansas’ hospital facilities have connected SHARE, Helena Regional Medical Center on Medhost EMR is its newest member. Helena Regional Medical and its associated clinics on Athena EMR are delivering Admission, Discharge and Transfers (ADTs) for patient event notifications, lab results, radiology reports, discharge summaries and summary of care documents (C-CDAs) to improve health outcomes among patients in the Delta.

“Including information from Helena Regional Medical Center in SHARE will help to create a more complete Health Record,” according to Justin Villines, HIT Policy Director, SHARE.

“We believe that coordinating and collaborating with other local health care providers will improve patient outcomes and help enhance people’s well-being and quality of life,” said Amy Rice, Chief Executive Officer, Helena Regional Medical Center. “We are pleased to share critical patient information with SHARE to support better continuity of care.”

Learn more about Helena Regional Medical Center: https://www.helenarmc.com/

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