Little Rock, Arkansas September 2019
State Health Alliance for Records Exchange (SHARE), the state’s only statewide health information exchange (HIE), has announced a major Data Participation Agreement with Arkansas Renal Group, P.A. This agreement includes their locations throughout Arkansas in; Arkadelphia, Camden, Crossett, El Dorado, Hot Springs, Magnolia, Mena, Russellville and Warren. These locations will be able to share medical records with all other data participants of the health information exchange. Arkansas Renal Group, P.A. is a leading health care provider for patients suffering from kidney related illness, serving the west-central and south Arkansas regions.
For the last thirty years or so, the fax machine has been a major tool in the American health care system. Primary care practices, specialists, hospitals, labs, and imaging facilities have been exchanging huge amounts of information—orders, referrals, images, and lab results, for example — by fax every day. According to a report by Vox, fax machines make up 75 percent of all medical communication. Faxing relies on staff to sort through records and add them to the appropriate patient chart. Fax numbers can change, and patient records could be landing at the local Walmart instead of the intended provider’s office. There is no way to track or audit where faxes go or who saw them.
“Faxing requires a lot of personnel time touching the data and verifying it to make sure you are matching the right data to the right person to avoid errors. We know that our participants deal with a lot of data every day, and faxing is not the best choice for them. It’s really inefficient and not very secure,” says Justin Villines HIT Policy Integrator at SHARE.
Arkansas Renal Group, P.A. is connecting to SHARE to have a faster, more reliable and more secure way to exchange data. “We are eager to collaborate with such a prestigious organization,” says Anne Santifer, Executive Director of SHARE. “SHARE and Arkansas Renal Group will work together to identify and implement specific use cases which are intended to demonstrate improved quality of care, reduction in administration efforts and better patient outcomes,” Santifer said.
Arkansas Renal Group, P.A. is one of the largest nephrology (kidney care) practices in Arkansas and continues to offer the latest innovations in medical technology and surgical techniques to patients with a variety of renal conditions. Their physicians and professional staff comprise one of the most experienced and respected nephrology practices in the west-central and south Arkansas regions.
Through this interface connection with their Aprima electronic medical record (EMR), Arkansas Renal Group, P.A. will be able to utilize the technologically infrastructure to securely transfer patient lab test results, diagnosis, allergies, conditions, medications and discharge summaries to its network of health care providers. Electronic access to a patient’s results gives physicians and other health care providers in the patients’ chain of health care providers the results of lab tests, patient records such as diagnosis, medical history, discharge summaries, lab results, medications, immunizations, vitals and allergies faster to make sound clinical decisions.
This agreement comes on the heels of a surge in growth for SHARE, which has seen multiple hospitals, health plans, and clinics joining its exchange in recent months. With one of the largest renal practices in Arkansas contributing data to the health information exchange, this will continue to offer the latest innovations to referral health care organizations throughout Arkansas.
Learn More about Arkansas Renal Group, P.A. at: https://www.arkneph.com
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Little Rock, Arkansas —September 2019
September 2019 –Little Rock, Arkansas
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Howard Memorial Hospital Medical Clinics can now view the following patient data through SHARE’s VHR:
Howard Memorial Hospital (HMH) is a critical access hospital located in Nashville, Arkansas. It provides comprehensive patient-focused care in a variety of settings— emergency, surgical, inpatient and outpatient—delivered by skilled medical professionals. Their not-for-profit status ensures that all financial resources remaining after expenses are re-invested in the hospital to improve technology, the facility and patient services. HMH is committed to bringing friendly service, quality care and state-of-the-art technology to the Nashville and surrounding communities, so our friends, families and neighbors can always have access to close-to-home care. The hospital is governed by an eight-member, volunteer board of directors, comprising a broad spectrum of professional, business and community leaders. The board is responsible for hospital compliance with legal requirements, maintenance of professional and ethical standards of health care and financial and operational management.
Little Rock, Arkansas –September 2019 The State Health Alliance for Records Exchange (SHARE), the state’s only statewide health information exchange (HIE), recently connected to Lakeside Family Medicine that is part of a large medical group, HealthStar Physicians of Hot Springs.
Lakeside Family Medicine physicians and their professional staff are board certified and dedicated to bringing the best of primary care, pediatrics, geriatrics, women’s health and psychological counseling services. Lakeside Family Medicine providers understands the importance of good health and focuses on preventive health as well as managing chronic illnesses. The data exchange service with SHARE will give Lakeside Family Medicine, secure access to important information such as lab results, updated patient records and demographic information. This ensures every care provider in a patient’s chain of care has consistent and current information, and that their records are more secure and accessible than with paper files.
The SHARE Daily Reports are a data service that make updates available to Lakeside Family Medicine’s care team when a patient is:
Little Rock, Arkansas – September
The Harmony Park Clinic will be sharing data through an interface with NexGen electronic medical record (EMR) which features a robust patient query and response function that will allow providers to quickly access patient health data from hospitals, physician practices, state health systems and more.
Dr. Robert Parrott, a Texas native, is a graduate of North Texas Health Science Center with a Doctor of Osteopathy degree. He completed his residency in Fort Worth, TX where he was named resident of the year. Parrott has been in practice for over 15 years in Hot Springs. He is Board Certified ACOFP/AOA and has been named Physician of the Year in The Sentinel-Record's Readers’ Choice Awards and in the AY Magazine's Best Doctors Issue. He and his wife Kelly, have five sons, Stephen, Kevin, John Michael, Christopher and Luke.
Dr. James Humphreys is a Dumas native and a Magnum Cum Laude graduate of The University of Arkansas-Monticello and UAMS Medical School. He served his residency at the University of Arkansas, ABEM, in Fort Smith, AR. He is AAFP/ABFM board certified. He was the owner of Hollywood Avenue Family Medicine from 1991 to 2011 and has been affiliated with Spark Hospital, St. Edward's Hospital, St. Joseph's Hospital and National Park Medical Center (NPMC) in Hot Springs. Humphreys has been honored as The Sentinel-Record's Physician of the Year. He and his wife, Cindy, are the parents of Brandon, Regina, Alex and Drew.
Dr. Scott Anderson, a Chicago native, received his medical degree from Midwestern University and served his three-year residency in Family Medicine through Forest Park Hospital-St. Louis University. He started his practice 16 years ago in Hot Springs, AR. He is AAFP/ABFM board certified. Some of his awards and achievements over the last few years include Patients Choice Award, 2012; AY's Best Family Physician, 2014; Patients Choice Award, 2017, 2018; Compassionate Doctor Award, 2017, 2018; On-Time Physician Award, 2017, 2018; and America's Most Honored Professionals — Top 1 percent, 2018. Anderson and his wife, Suzanne, are active in the community and attend Lake Valley Community Church. They have two children, Katlyn and Nicholas, who have both graduated from the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville.
Little Rock, Arkansas – September 2019
Through this connection to SHARE, Best Start Pediatrics Care Team will have a holistic view of a patient’s health results at the point of care. They will have access to 24 Hour Daily Reports on Arkansas Medicaid Patients when patients are admitted/discharged from emergency room and inpatient discharges. They will also have access to the SHARE Virtual Health Record enabling more accurate diagnoses, faster and more effective treatment, and better outcomes for the patient. 
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Little Rock, Arkansas September 2019
Arkansas Urology is the largest urology practice in Arkansas and continues to offer the latest innovations in medical technology and surgical techniques to patients with a variety of urological conditions. Their physicians and professional staff comprise one of the most experienced and respected urological practices in the region. Approximately 60,000 patients visit their facility each year to receive the best in compassionate, quality care. Locations throughout Arkansas include Benton, Bentonville, Clinton, Conway, Conway South, El Dorado, Heber Springs, Little Rock, Men’s Health- Bowman Road, Little Rock, North Little Rock, Pine Bluff, Russellville and Stuttgart.
The Centerview Surgery Center provides patients with a state-of-the-art facility equipped with the latest technology. Located adjacent to Arkansas Urology, the Center has the physicians and providers of Arkansas Urology performing urologic procedures and surgeries and provide our patients with world-class care. All outpatient procedures currently being performed at Arkansas Urology will take place in the new surgery center along with various new procedures to treat BPH, overactive bladder and prostate cancer, as well as other urological conditions. The Centerview Surgery Center is a single-story, 12,467-square-foot center which represents a nearly $6 million investment by Arkansas Urology in central Arkansas’ health care community. The new center provides patients with a state-of-the-art facility equipped with the latest technology. It houses two 450+-square-foot operating rooms and four procedure rooms and is an accredited facility to ensure safety and quality standards.
Little Rock, Arkansas – September 2019
Electronic access to a patient’s results gives physicians, nurses and other providers in the patient’s chain of health care providers the results of lab tests, patient records such as diagnosis, medical history, discharge summaries, social determinants of health (SDOH), lab results, medications, immunizations, vitals and allergies faster to make better clinical decisions. Continued connections like this continues to aid in better diagnoses, reduces delays in treatment and eliminates redundant testing when a patient is referred to another health care provider. 
CHI St. Vincent 
Enhancing the connection with CHI St. Vincent hospital and clinics in Hot Springs to the statewide HIE network will include bi-directional data exchange, health care providers participating in the clinically integrated network and referral partnerships will have faster and more complete access to their patient’s most critical health information. The enhanced information access will improve patient’s care coordination, reduce treatment delays, eliminate unnecessary testing and allow care providers to make more targeted diagnoses and treatment recommendations. 
CHI St. Vincent, a regional health network serving Arkansas, is part of The Catholic Health Initiatives. They have served Arkansas since 1888 with a history of many firsts. Headquartered in Little Rock, their networks include primary care, specialty clinics, urgent care, hospitals, home health, rehabilitation and surgery centers. Together with more than 4,500 coworkers, 1,000 medical staff, and 500 volunteers, they consistently receive praise for advancements in care. Their growing medical group includes more than 300 providers across almost every medical and surgical specialty.