August 2019 —Little Rock, Arkansas        

The State Health Alliance for Records Exchange (SHARE) is excited to announce that Autism in Motion Clinics is now using SHARE, one of the country’s largest and most robust health information exchanges (HIE). Autism in Motion Clinic’s care teams are now accessing clinical information across participating entities for patients who have authorized sharing their medical information. This allows them to have accurate supplies, equipment and products for their patients that range from children to young adults.

Accessing patient information through this secure exchange allows Autism in Motion Clinics significant access to better coordination with hospitals, family doctors and pediatricians across the state to see a more robust picture of their patients’ medical histories, producing efficient and safe continuity of care. They now have the ability to access the Virtual Health Record (VHR), which displays information as a traditional clinical chart, with tabs to separate patient information into groups for easy chart review. The VHR retrieves and shows all available data for a selected patient gathered from all participants within SHARE to enable a single, consolidated view of a patient’s health history.

Autism in Motion Clinics can now view the following patient data through SHARE’s VHR:

• Admission, Discharge and Transfer (ADT) reports
• Allergies, Problems, Medications
• Demographic and Insurance information
• Laboratory results
• Radiology reports, image links
• Discharge Summaries
• Continuity of Care Documents
• Progress Notes
• Immunizations
• Vitals

In Arkansas, where many large and small health systems use different electronic health record (EHR) systems, this is a particularly important milestone because the single interface to SHARE enables Autism in Motion Clinics to better coordinate with providers and patients in Arkansas.

Using the VHR option, Autism in Motion Clinics have an up-to-the-minute view of a patient’s health history at the point of care. This puts the power of information and collaboration in the hands of the health care team—enabling more accurate, faster and more effective treatment, and better outcomes for the patient.

About Autism in Motion Clinics:

Autism in Motion Clinics practices therapy that is always one-on-one. Their patients range from toddlers to young adults. They also spend between 15-30 hours per week with each patient. Their mission is to ensure every child with autism has the opportunity to live a happy, fulfilling life. They believe intensive Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy will give them that chance. ABA immerses children in a caring, positive environment, where they work one-on-one with a therapist on a treatment schedule specially tailored for them. They've brought ABA therapy to places it's never been available and transformed the story of autism for the kids and families they serve. They promote the statement that autism defines a disorder, not a person.

Autism in Motion Clinics was born out of a need for better autism care for children in Arkansas. They strive to provide the highest quality service and are constantly looking to bring life-changing therapy to more people in more places.

Bryant, Arkansas

Their Bryant clinic offers state-of-the-art facilities for children to have one-on-one time with therapists. They offer a spacious and accommodating waiting area for parents.

22461 I-30 Frontage Road, Suite 1100B
Bryant, AR 72022
501-574-3053

Fayetteville, Arkansas

Their Fayetteville Clinic was designed with kids, teens and parents in mind. They offer children a place to play and learn with state-of-the-art facilities, so they get the most out of their one-on-one time with therapists. Adults can relax or get some work done in their waiting room while kids can play or read.

2846 Garland Avenue,
Fayetteville, AR 72704
479-439-6906

 

Little Rock, Arkansas

They want their space to be as comfortable for parents as it is for children. Little Rock features kid-friendly therapy areas designed to keep children engaged and foster learning and interaction, and their spacious waiting area helps parents pass the time.

1210 Aldersgate Road,
Little Rock, AR 72205
501-574-3053

 

 

Norman, Oklahoma

They know parents need a space to relax or get some work done while their child is receiving care. At their Norman clinic, they have designed their waiting room with parents in mind, while children will have access to their state-of-the art amenities during their one-on-one sessions with therapists.

2240 36th Avenue NW, Suite 100,
Norman, OK 73072
405-253-0071

For more information visit: https://aimclinics.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHARE is working to facilitate Cabot Medical Care automated Immunization submissions to Arkansas WebIZ.

Little Rock, Arkansas —August 2019   Beginning in fall of 2018, SHARE and Cabot Medical Care has worked together to bring a new feature to their clinic. They will soon be able to automatically submit immunization records to the Arkansas Immunization Information System (WEBIZ) through SHARE, Arkansas’ only statewide health information exchange (HIE).

SHARE has been connected to WEBIZ for the last few years, bringing immunization information to providers treating patients in 75 counties of Arkansas that make up our service area. WEBIZ was built to house complete, accurate, secure, real-time immunization records for the state, providers can access these records when treating their patients to have a comprehensive understanding of their health needs through SHARE. It was the natural connection to assist Cabot Medical Care, who is already contributing data to the HIE, to connect to WEBIZ through SHARE.

By implementing this direct connection, SHARE and Cabot Medical Care is eliminating the need for manual and duplicate entry, saving their providers and nurses time by automating a previously tedious task. Cabot Medical Care is part of one of central Arkansas’ largest family practice group, and through this advancement, their providers, their staff and their patients will reap the benefits.

Electronic access to a patient’s results gives physicians and other health care providers in the patients’ chain of health care providers the results they need. With the connection to their eMDs electronic medical record (EMR), Cabot Medical Care is contributing diagnosis, medications, procedures, vitals, demographics and immunizations of their patients to the HIE for their referral partners to access.

SHARE is also routing the Cabot Medical Care provider’s the results of their patients’ lab results, diagnosis, discharge summaries, medications from other facilities that are on a different EMR system into the patient’s chart in their eMDs system. This is also critical in their walk-in sick clinics that is open late and on Saturdays. This aids in making proper diagnoses, reduces delays in treatment, and eliminates redundant testing if a patient has been referred to another healthcare provider. Additionally, SHARE provides access to 24-hour daily reports notifying the primary care clinic providers and care coordinators when their Arkansas Medicaid patients are admitted and discharged from the emergency department and inpatient discharges in real time.

Not all technology improves patient care–that’s why SHARE focuses on providing only the data Cabot Medical Care needs and the right tools to integrate with your workflow and systems, meaning they save time and can focus on what matters most…the patient!

About Cabot Medical Care:  http://www.cabotmed.com/

 

 

Being connected to SHARE allows Baptist Health Physician Partners to:

• Access patient information through this secure exchange allowing Baptist Health Physicians Partners to see a more robust picture of the medical histories from over 45 different electronic medical record (EMR Systems), engendering efficient and safe continuity of care
• Access to 24-hour daily reports when patients that have been admitted/discharged from the Emergency Room and Inpatient Discharges
• Access SHARE’s robust Provider and Hospital Directory that spans across the United States

 

August 2019 —Little Rock, Arkansas.  State Health Alliance for Records Exchange (SHARE) announces that Baptist Health Physician Partners (BHPP), a clinically integrated network, is now using SHARE, one of the country’s largest and most robust health information exchanges.

A clinical integrated network (CIN) is defined as a collection of health providers, such as physicians, hospitals, and post-acute specialists that join to improve care and reduce costs. As a clinically integrated network, Baptist Health Physician Partners is working with patients, providers and hospitals across the state to improve the health of Arkansans. BHPP is supporting high quality, cost-effective and coordinated care delivered close to home. 

Baptist Health Physician Partners is a physician-driven, physician-led, and physician-managed care delivery strategy that is using SHARE to assist in achieving quality benchmarks such as 30-Day Readmissions, unnecessary use of the emergency room and potentially avoidable inpatient admissions. Through this partnership with SHARE, BHPP receives real-time reports when their patient population is admitted and discharged from the emergency room and inpatient discharged, potentially when their primary care provider’s clinic is open, from a cohort of hospitals that are using different EMR systems.  These daily reports assist in improving transitions of care as well as the quality of care to potential high-risk populations.

Also, through SHARE’s robust provider directory, BHPP has access to secure messaging that allows them to share clinical information— such as clinical care summaries, continuity of care documents (CCDs), referrals, transitions of care documents, immunization records, lab results and images—through secure, encrypted email exchange with other providers and care teams. Most importantly, other providers can send BHPP clinical information instantly.

SHARE continues to be in an intense period of onboarding hospitals, primary care, dentists, pharmacies, behavioral health, long-term care and specialty-care clinics that assist with true interoperability in Arkansas and the nation.

About Baptist Health Physicians Partners

During 2011-2012, Baptist Health worked with a group of 27 Arkansas physicians from across the health system to create a physician led and managed subsidiary, Baptist Health Physician Partners. BHPP is a clinical integration program based on the promise that by working differently with physicians, they can improve clinical outcomes and become more efficient in the ways they deliver care. This idea of physician partnerships was revolutionary in the state of Arkansas.

From 2012 to October of 2016, Baptist Health Physician Partners has grown to 1,000 providers and counting. BHPP has expanded far outside of the system and across the entire state. These 1,000 physicians are working toward one common goal: to improve the quality and lower the cost of healthcare for all Arkansans.

Baptist Health Physician Partners is a physician-driven, physician-led, and physician-managed care delivery strategy. Through partnership with BHPP, physicians have the opportunity to contract collectively with fee-for-service payers and employers for financial incentives based on achievement of quality benchmarks. This quality data is provided by the BHPP IT system: Crimson Analytics.

Crimson Analytics has over 400,000 users and 1,200 hospitals in the United States. This incredible program is of no cost to the physician partners and provides web-based access to quality data. Crimson Analytics provides a continuum of care across all levels of patient care providing quality and efficiency reporting. Crimson Analytics also provides a population risk management tool designed to look in depth at better care for specific patient populations – such as the Baptist Health employee plan.

Everyone in Arkansas can benefit from Baptist Health Physician Partners

Patients

Patients receive consistent, well-rounded, and high-quality care delivered from a trusted source through better and more efficient communication among physicians. 

Physicians

Physicians will be a part of a supportive network of peers and are given the ability to engage in joint contracting with fee-for-service payers for financial incentives based on achievements of quality measures. Physicians have personal access to quality, business intelligence information technology which contains data across the full continuum of care, thus, allowing an opportunity to provide the best possible care to their patients. 

Hospitals

BHPP’s Clinical Integration program will give hospitals the ability to;

• Demonstrate their quality to current and future patients
• Enlist physician support for hospital initiatives
• Reduce costs
• Avoid readmission and other clinical quality related regulatory penalties
• Improve performance on hospital pay-for-performance measures.

Learn More about BHPP: https://www.bhpp.net

SHARE gathers patients’ clinical data from all participating health care providers to instantly give providers a holistic view of their patients’ health history, treatment and progress.  SHARE allows care teams to coordinate patient care with other providers and provides critical information about patients to the entire care coordination team across all stages of care.

Meaningful Use and the shift to the Merit-based Incentive Payment System

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) is a part of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). Since the introduction of MACRA, meaningful use was transitioned into becoming one of four components of MIPS.

MIPS harmonizes existing Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) quality programs (including meaningful use), the Physician Quality Reporting System, and Value-Based Payment Modifiers. MIPS consolidates multiple, quality programs into a single program to improve quality care.

To increase Promoting Interoperability Performance category score (Formerly the Advancing Care Information Performance Category, ACI):

Join SHARE and send data to the Arkansas immunization registry, which can help health care facilities earn the full 10% for this performance measure. The immunization registry reporting measure is the only yes/no performance score measure. 

Measure description: 

The MIPS-eligible clinician is in active engagement with a public health agency to submit immunization data and receive immunization forecasts and histories from the public health immunization registry/immunization information system (IIS).

To increase Improvement Activities category score:

Send care summaries, or continuity of care documents (CCDs), into the SHARE health information exchange, which counts as medium weight activity for the Improvement Activities category (small practices need 2 medium-weighted activities or 1 high-weighted activity). Providers can also sign up for Direct Messaging from SHARE to send care summaries as part of referrals to other direct-enabled providers. 

Measure description: The MIPS-eligible clinician that transitions or refers their patient to another setting of care or health care clinician (1) uses Certified EHR Technology (CEHRT) to create a summary of care record; and (2) electronically transmits the summary to a receiving health care clinician for at least one transition of care or referral.

To increase providers' Cost category score:

Join SHARE and receive clinical results on your patients to improve your overall costs and utilization by educating patients on hospital utilization. (The cost category will measure the Medicare Part A and Part B costs of care related to inpatient hospital visits.) Next year, the weight of the cost category will account for 10% of overall MIPS score, so getting started now will be important to prepare for this shift. 

August 2019 –Little Rock, Arkansas        

The State Health Alliance for Records Exchange (SHARE) announce that general surgeon, Dr. Jay Jeffrey MD’s is now using SHARE, one of the country’s largest and most robust health information exchanges (HIE). Dr. Jay Jeffrey MD and his care team now access clinical information across participating entities for patients who have authorized sharing their medical information. This allows them to have accurate patient results from local hospitals that are on different electronic medical record (EMR) systems.

In Arkansas, where many large and small health systems use disparate EMR systems, this is a particularly important milestone because the single interface to SHARE enables surgeon Dr. Jay Jeffrey MD to access laboratory results, radiology reports, progress notes, discharge summaries from outside hospitals using his Sevocity EMR System. Dr. Jay Jeffrey MD and his care team can now view the following patient data through SHARE Interface:

• Admission, Discharge and Transfer Data
• Allergies, Problems, Medications
• Demographic and Insurance Information
• Laboratory Results
• Radiology Reports
• Discharge Summaries
• Continuity of Care Documents
• Progress Notes

About Surgeon Dr. Jay R. Jeffrey, MD, FACS:

Dr. Jay Jeffrey is a general surgeon in Batesville, Arkansas and is affiliated with White River Medical Center. He received his medical degree from University of Louisville School of Medicine and has been in practice for more than 20 years. His new office is conveniently located on the White River Medical Center campus right behind the hospital at 253 Virginia Drive Batesville, Arkansas. His goal is to provide personalized care to every patient.

Little Rock, Arkansas – August 2019 The State Health Alliance for Records Exchange (SHARE), Arkansas’ only statewide health information exchange (HIE) is connected to King Medical Clinic in Ashdown, Arkansas.

Through this interface connection with SHARE, King Medical Clinic is now able to utilize this technological infrastructure to securely transfer patient lab tests, diagnosis, medical history, discharge summaries, social determinants of health (SDOH), lab results, medications, immunizations, vitals and allergies to its network of healthcare providers. This aids in making proper diagnoses, reduces delays in treatment and eliminates redundant testing if a patient is referred to another health care provider.

SHARE is also routing the King Medical Clinic the results of their patients’ lab results, diagnosis, discharge summaries, medications from other facilities, such as Arkansas Children’s Hospital, UAMS, Howard Memorial Hospital, CHI St. Vincent, Arkansas Urology that are on a different electronic medical record (EMR) system into the patient’s chart in their eMDs system.

SHARE aggregates health data from many major health systems and provider practices across the state of Arkansas. The HIE is designed to reduce instances of redundant care by ensuring providers have a complete, holistic view of patient care when making clinical decisions.

King Medical Clinic is also now able to automatically submit immunization records to the Arkansas Immunization Information System (WEBIZ) through SHARE. By having this connection, duplicate entry of immunizations is eliminated, allowing for the care team to focus on the patient.  The care coordinators at King Medical Clinic are accessing SHAREs’ Virtual Health Record (VHR) as well. The SHARE VHR aggregates patients records outside of their eMDs EMR system enabling more accurate diagnoses, faster and more effective treatment, and better outcomes for the patient.

Additionally, SHARE provides access to 24-hour daily reports notifying the primary care clinic providers and care coordinators when their Arkansas Medicaid patients are admitted and discharged from the emergency department and inpatient discharges in real time to assist in meeting the 72-hour follow-up metric.

About King Medical Clinic:

The goal of the King Medical Clinic is to promote the health of their patients by providing innovative, high-quality, comprehensive, personalized health care. They strive to create a comfortable, compassionate atmosphere that allows patients to feel empowered to address their medical needs and concerns.

Services:

• Well Childs In-House Immunizations
• (typical schedule below)
• 2 days
• 2 weeks
• 2 months
• 4 months
• 6 months
• 9 months
• 12 months
• 15 months
• 18 months
• 2 years
• Annually

Adult Wellness and Lab Work

• Male
• Female (pap smears as well)

Other Visit Types

• Sick Visits
• Acute Visits
• Drug Testing
• Lab
• X-ray
• Physicals/Sports Physicals

For more information visit: http://www.kingmd.org/

Little Rock, Arkansas – July, 2019 SHARE, the state’s only statewide health information exchange, recently connected to all eleven UAMS Family Medical Center clinics under UAMS Regional Programs that facilitate patient care using Virence Health’s Centricity EMR System in the following cities across Arkansas: Fayetteville, Springdale, Helena, Texarkana, Pine Bluff, Fort Smith, Batesville, Jonesboro, Magnolia.

State Health Alliance for Records Exchange (SHARE), aggregates health data from many major health systems across the state of Arkansas. By doing this the HIE is designed to reduce instances of redundant care by ensuring providers have a complete, holistic view of patient care when making clinical decisions.

Through this interface connection with their Virence Health’s Centricity EMR System, UAMS Family Medical Center Clinics’ are now able to utilize the technologically infrastructure to securely transfer patient lab test results, diagnosis, allergies, conditions, medications to its network of healthcare providers.  Electronic access to a patient’s results gives physicians and other healthcare providers in the patients’ chain of healthcare 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 sound clinical decisions. This aids in making proper diagnoses, reduces delays in treatment and eliminates redundant testing if a patient is referred to another healthcare provider.

Additionally, SHARE provides access to 24-hour daily reports notifying the clinic providers and care coordinators when their Arkansas Medicaid patients are admitted and discharged from the emergency department and inpatient discharges in real time to assist in meeting the 72-hour follow-up metric. The care coordinators the UAMS Family Medical Centers across Arkansas are also accessing SHAREs’ Virtual Health Record as well, that aggregates patients record outside of their Centricity EMR System enabling more accurate diagnoses, faster and more effective treatment, historical history of a patients’ health that assist in better outcomes for the patient.

About UAMS Family Medical Centers Across Arkansas and UAMS Regional Programs

History of Regional Programs

UAMS Regional Programs, formerly Area Health Education Centers (AHECs), were founded in 1973, through combined efforts of the Governor, the State Legislature, and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), as a means to encourage UAMS medical school graduates to remain in Arkansas and help address the state’s shortage and uneven distribution of primary care physicians. UAMS Regional Programs serve as an educational outreach network for UAMS and the principal means to decentralize medical and other health professions education throughout the state. Eight teaching centers in Fayetteville/Springdale, Fort Smith, Jonesboro, Pine Bluff, Texarkana, Magnolia, Helena-West Helena, and Batesville expose future health professionals to underserved communities and provide more varied hands-on experiences than they might receive in a traditional urban, academic environment. What began with medical and residency training 45 years ago now also encompasses nursing, pharmacy, mid-level and allied health professions training, as well as a statewide network for health career pipeline programs, continuing professional education, library resources, patient-centered quality care initiatives, and telehealth connections to cutting-edge medicine. Each center serves a multiple county region.

 Fayetteville Family Medical Center

The UAMS Family Medical Center, Fayetteville provides primary care medical services to patients of all ages. They not only offer treatment for acute medical conditions but also ongoing treatment for chronic conditions such as asthma, diabetes, hypertension and arthritis. They cover all stages of life from pediatric conditions to senior health care. They also offer gynecology and obstetrics services. The clinic provides convenient ancillary and support services on site. They are also able to perform minor office surgical procedures in clinic. They offer many tests in house including, pregnancy, strep, flu, mononucleosis and TB skin. Their clinic also provides quality training experiences to ensure that medical staff members are educated to serve residents of Fayetteville and Northwest Arkansas in the future. Their caring and compassionate staff serves a six-county region that includes Benton, Boone, Carroll, Madison, Newton and Washington.

Learn more about them at: http://uamsfamilymedcenters.com/clinic/fayetteville-family-medical-center/

Fayetteville Outpatient Therapy Clinic

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northwest Outpatient Therapy Clinic, opened in fall 2014, offers comprehensive rehabilitation therapy — including physical, occupational and speech. Experienced therapists, access to top-of-the-line therapeutic devices and a newly renovated 2,735-square-foot clinic space improve access to therapy services for older patients, veterans, athletes, those with chronic conditions or patient recovering from injuries affecting mobility or speech. The clinic is conveniently located in the heart of Fayetteville on the regional campus of UAMS, the state’s only academic health sciences center. The clinic’s goal is to provide effective, evidence-based outpatient therapy for patients with a variety of diagnoses, including functional deficits due to neurological disease (including post-stroke, Parkinson’s disease or vestibular dysfunction), neck and back pain, injury or amputations.

Learn more about them at: http://uamsfamilymedcenters.com/clinic/fayetteville-outpatient-therapy-clinic/

Fort Smith Family Medical Center

The UAMS Family Medical Center, Fort Smith provides primary care medical services to patients of all ages. They not only offer treatment for acute medical conditions but also on-going treatment for chronic conditions such as asthma, diabetes, hypertension and arthritis. The clinics’ services also extend to annual physicals and wellness visits including well woman and well child visits. They cover pediatric conditions to senior health care with both child and adult immunizations. They also offer women’s health and maternity care services. Their highly-trained doctors in Fort Smith provide care for women before, during and after pregnancy. They also provide cancer screenings from colonoscopies for colon cancer to cervical cancer screenings. The center contains 48 examination rooms. They have convenient walk-in visits for their patients. Their facility in Fort Smith also includes a minor surgical suite and gynecology procedure rooms. Conveniently, they have an in-house laboratory and digital x-ray services. The clinic has an electro cardiographic monitoring system, OB ultrasound, fetal monitor and radio surgical and cryotherapy units.

Learn more about them at: http://uamsfamilymedcenters.com/clinic/fort-smith-family-medical-center/

Jonesboro Family Medical Center

The UAMS Family Medical Center, Jonesboro provides primary care medical services to patients of all ages. They not only offer treatment for acute medical conditions but also ongoing treatment for chronic conditions such as asthma, diabetes, hypertension and arthritis. They cover all stages of life from pediatric conditions to senior health care. They also offer gynecology and obstetric services. The clinic provides convenient diagnostic and support services on site. They are also able to perform minor office surgical procedures in clinic. They offer routine adult and pediatric immunizations. Their caring and compassionate staff serves an 11-county region that includes: Clay, Craighead, Cross, Greene, Jackson, Lawrence, Mississippi, Poinsett, Randolph and Woodruff.

Learn more about them at: http://uamsfamilymedcenters.com/clinic/jonesboro-family-medical-center/

Magnolia Family Medical Center

The UAMS Family Medical Center, Magnolia provides primary care medical services to patients of all ages. They not only offer treatment for acute medical conditions but also ongoing treatment for chronic conditions such as asthma, diabetes, hypertension and arthritis. They also offer gynecology and obstetrics services. Whether you are getting ready to expand your family or just need an annual exam, their doctors can help. Their clinic in Magnolia brings world-class medicine to you locally. Their highly-trained doctors and nurses can treat the entire family. They cover all stages of life from pediatric conditions to senior health care. Their caring and compassionate staff serves a seven-county region that includes: Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Columbia, Dallas, Ouachita and Union.

Learn more about them at: http://uamsfamilymedcenters.com/clinic/magnolia-family-medical-center/

 North Central Family Medical Center

The UAMS North Central Family Medicine Center provides primary care medical services to patients of all ages. They not only offer treatment for acute medical conditions but also ongoing treatment for chronic conditions such as asthma, diabetes, hypertension and arthritis. They cover all stages of life from pediatric conditions to senior health care. The clinic provides convenient diagnostic and support services on site. They are also able to perform minor office surgical procedures in clinic. They offer routine adult and pediatric immunizations. Their caring and compassionate staff serves an 11-county region that includes: Marion, Baxter, Fulton, Sharp, Searcy, Van Buren, Stone, Cleburne, Izard, Independence, and White.

Learn more about them at: http://uamsfamilymedcenters.com/clinic/north-central-family-medical-center/

Pine Bluff Family Medical Center

The UAMS Family Medical Center, Pine Bluff provides primary care medical services to patients of all ages. They not only offer treatment for acute medical conditions but also ongoing treatment for chronic conditions such as asthma, diabetes, hypertension and arthritis. They cover all stages of life from pediatric conditions to senior health care. UAMS South Central offers two family medicine clinics, the UAMS South Central Family Medical Center and UAMS Justiss-Lindsey Family Clinic. The clinics provide convenient diagnostic and support services on site. They can perform minor office surgical procedures. In addition, this clinic offers a variety of tests in house. They also focus on preventive care to help patients before they need complex testing or procedures. Their caring and compassionate staff serves an 11-county region that includes: Arkansas, Cleveland, Drew, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Lincoln, Lonoke, Prairie and Saline.

Learn more about them at: http://uamsfamilymedcenters.com/clinic/pine-bluff-family-medical-center/

Springdale Family Medical Center

The UAMS Family Medical Center, Springdale provides primary care medical services to patients of all ages. They not only offer treatment for acute medical conditions but also ongoing treatment for chronic conditions such as asthma, diabetes, hypertension and arthritis. They cover all stages of life from pediatric conditions to senior health care. They also offer gynecology and obstetric services. The clinic provides convenient ancillary and support services on site. They are also able to perform minor office surgical procedures in clinic. They offer many tests in house including, pregnancy, strep, flu, mononucleosis and TB skin. Their clinic also provides quality training experiences to ensure that medical staff members are educated to serve residents of Springdale and Northwest Arkansas in the future. Their caring and compassionate staff serves a six-county region.

Learn more about them at: http://uamsfamilymedcenters.com/clinic/springdale-family-medical-center/

Texarkana All for Kids Pediatric Clinic

At the UAMS Southwest “All for Kids” Pediatrics Clinic in Texarkana, they understand the importance of having some place you trust to take your kids. And they know patients are looking for the best medical care, and that’s why their staff provides personalized treatment for all their patients. Their Family doctors are trained in all areas of medicine to provide medical care to patients of all ages. Their doctors know your family’s medical history and how it can affect you. Family doctors are also trained in preventive medicine to help you be proactive in taking care of your health. Their clinic provides primary care medical services and chronic disease management for your children. They also provide quality training experiences to ensure that medical staff members are educated to serve residents of Texarkana and Southwest Arkansas in the future. Their caring and compassionate medical staff serves a nine-county region: Clark, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada, Pike and Sevier.

Learn more about them at: http://uamsfamilymedcenters.com/clinic/texarkana-all-for-kids-pediatric-clinic/

Texarkana Family Medical Center

The UAMS Family Medical Center, Texarkana provides primary care medical services to patients of all ages. They not only offer treatment for acute medical conditions but also ongoing treatment for chronic conditions such as asthma, diabetes, hypertension and arthritis. They cover all stages of life from pediatric conditions to senior health care. They also offer gynecology and obstetric services. The clinic provides convenient diagnostic and support They offer minor office surgical procedures, pulmonary function testing, joint injections and electrocardiograms. Their clinic also handles routine adult and pediatric immunizations and physicals. Their family doctors are also trained in preventive medicine to help patients be proactive in taking care of your health. They have a Community Outreach and Education Department that works to help educate patients about their health care and alleviate barriers, concentrating on specific health risks and steps they can take to avoid or reduce them. Their caring and compassionate medical staff serves a nine-county region: Clark, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada, Pike and Sevier.

Learn more about them at: http://uamsfamilymedcenters.com/clinic/texarkana-family-medical-center/

UAMS East Family Medical Center

The UAMS East Family Medical Center provides many services for all ages.  They treat acute and chronic conditions, including asthma, diabetes, hypertension and arthritis.  Their providers are educated on the latest treatments available and will provide personalized care to you and your family members. They can perform minor surgical procedures in clinic and provide adult and pediatric immunizations. Their clinic uses a local diagnostic lab and other support services. COUNTIES COVERED: Phillips, Lee, Monroe, St. Francis, Crittenden, Chicot, and Desha. Patients from Mississippi are welcome!

Learn more about them at: http://uamsfamilymedcenters.com/clinic/uams-east-family-medical-center/

 

SHARE is facilitating TLC Pediatrics automated immunization submissions to Arkansas WebIZ.

Little Rock, Arkansas —July 2019 SHARE has been connected to the Arkansas Immunization Registry (WEBIZ) for the last few years, bringing immunization information to providers treating patients in all 75 counties of Arkansas that make up our service area. WEBIZ was built to house complete, accurate, secure, real-time immunization records for the state, providers can access these records when treating their patients to have a comprehensive understanding of their health needs through SHARE.

SHARE and TLC Pediatrics have worked together to bring this new feature to their clinic. They are now able to automatically submit immunization records to the Arkansas Immunization Information System (WEBIZ) through SHARE, the only statewide health information exchange (HIE).

By implementing this direct connection, SHARE and TLC Pediatrics are eliminating the need for manual and duplicate entry, saving their pediatricians, nurses and care team time by automating a previously tedious task.

Electronic access to a patient’s results gives physicians and other healthcare providers in the patients’ chain of healthcare providers the results they need. With the connection to their eMDs electronic medical record (EMR), TLC Pediatrics is currently contributing a patients’ diagnosis, medications, procedures, vitals, demographics and immunizations of their patients to the HIE for their referral partners to access.

SHARE is also routing the TLC Pediatrics pediatricians the results of their patients’ such as lab results, diagnosis, discharge summaries, medications from other facilities that are on a different

EMR system into the patient’s chart in their eMDs system. This aids in making proper diagnoses, reduces delays in treatment, and eliminates redundant testing if a patient has been referred to another healthcare provider.

Additionally, SHARE provides access to 24-hour daily reports notifying the pediatricians and care coordinators when their Arkansas Medicaid patients are admitted and discharged from the emergency department and inpatient discharges in real time.

TLC Pediatrics of Conway offers the following services:

• Comprehensive care from newborn through 17 years
• Health education for children and their families
• Preventative healthcare
• Immunizations
• Well child check-ups
• School, sports and camp physicals

TLC Pediatrics is located at 955 Carolyn Lane in Conway, Arkansas. They are available by phone at 501.327.2444. Their business hours are Monday through Friday 8:00 AM until 5:00 PM.  After hours call 501-329-1199. 

Learn more about TLC Pediatrics here: http://www.tlcpedsconway.com/

 

SHARE is working to facilitate Jacksonville Medical Care automated submissions to Arkansas WebIZ.

Little Rock, Arkansas —July 2019. Beginning in fall of 2018, SHARE and Jacksonville Medical Care have worked together to bring a new feature to their clinic. They will soon be able to automatically submit immunization records to the Arkansas Immunization Information System (WEBIZ) through SHARE, the only statewide health information exchange (HIE).

SHARE has been connected to WEBIZ for the last few years, bringing immunization information to providers treating patients in 75 counties of Arkansas that make up our service area. WEBIZ was built to house complete, accurate, secure, real-time immunization records for the state, providers can access these records when treating their patients to have a comprehensive understanding of their health needs through SHARE. It was the natural connection to assist Jacksonville Medical Care, who is already contributing data to the HIE, to connect to WEBIZ through SHARE.

 By implementing this direct connection, SHARE and Jacksonville Medical Care are eliminating the need for manual and duplicate entry, saving their providers and nurses time by automating a previously tedious task. Jacksonville Medical Care is central Arkansas’s largest family practice group, and through this advancement, their providers, their staff and their patients will reap the benefits.

Electronic access to a patient’s results gives physicians and other healthcare providers in the patients’ chain of healthcare providers the results they need. With the connection to their eMDs electronic medical record (EMR), Jacksonville Medical Care is contributing diagnosis, medications, procedures, vitals, demographics and immunizations of their patients to the HIE for their referral partners to access.

SHARE is also routing the Jacksonville Medical Care provider’s the results of their patients’ such as lab results, diagnosis, discharge summaries, medications from other facilities that are on a different EMR system into the patient’s chart in their eMDs system. This aids in making proper diagnoses, reduces delays in treatment, and eliminates redundant testing if a patient has been referred to another healthcare provider. Additionally, SHARE provides access to 24 hour daily reports notifying the primary care clinic providers and care coordinators when their Arkansas Medicaid patients are admitted and discharged from the emergency department and inpatient discharges in real time.

Not all technology improves patient care–that’s why SHARE focuses on providing only the data Jacksonville Medical Care needs and the right tools to integrate with their workflow and systems, meaning they save time and can focus on what matters most…the patient!

About Jacksonville Medical Care

Mission: To provide high quality, comprehensive, and compassionate family-centered medical care, in an atmosphere of integrity and mutual respect between physicians, patients, and staff.

They are a team of physicians with over 300 years combined experience in Central Arkansas’s largest family practice group. Families in their community have trusted them with their healthcare needs for generations. They are home to an amazing staff dedicated to superior patient care and the health of our community. They take pride in providing occupational medicine services to businesses in their area because they believe a healthy workforce enriches our community.

Services Include: General Medicine

• Routine Physical (including pap smear)
• Diabetes
• Hypertension (High blood pressure)
• Cancer screening
• Heart Disease
• COPD
• Asthma
• Stress treadmill
• Pulmonary Function Tests
• EKG
• Work physicals
• GERD (acid reflux)
• Bronchitis
• Sinusitis
• Upper respiratory infections
• Urinary tract infection
• STD screening

Urgent Care

• Sprains and strains
• Lacerations needing stitches
• Simple fractures
• Ear, eye, and throat infections
• Colds and Flu
• Upper respiratory infections
• Urinary tract infection
• Skin infection
• Sunburn

Psychiatry

• Depression
• Anxiety
• Panic Attacks
• Attention Deficit Disorder
• Smoking Cessation

Learn more about Jacksonville Medical Care here: https://www.jacksonvillemedicalcare.com

 

Little Rock, Arkansas – July, 2019  SHARE, the Arkansas’ only statewide health information exchange (HIE), recently connected to Forrest City Family Practice Clinic, Dr. George Conner MD Clinic in Forrest City, Arkansas.

The State Health Alliance for Records Exchange (SHARE), aggregates health data from many major health systems across the state of Arkansas. By doing this the HIE is designed to reduce instances of redundant care by ensuring providers have a complete, holistic view of patient care when making clinical decisions.

This type of continued collaboration is what SHARE is working on by connecting innovative family medicine practices, such as Forrest City Family Practice Clinic to the statewide HIE,” said HIT Policy Integrator Justin Villines.  “The healthcare ecosystem continues to need these types of interactions that can lead to some really innovative partnerships that help increase how we can better deliver health care to Arkansas patients,” said Villines.

Through this interface connection with Athena electronic medical record (EMR) system, Forrest City Family Practice Clinic is now able to utilize the HIE infrastructure to securely transfer patient lab test results, diagnosis, allergies, conditions, medications, immunizations, progress notes to its network of healthcare providers.  Electronic access to a patient’s results gives physicians, nurses and other healthcare providers in the patients’ chain of healthcare 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. Connections like this continues to aid in better diagnoses, reduces delays in treatment and eliminates redundant testing when a patient is referred to another healthcare provider.

Additionally, SHARE provides access to 24 hour daily reports delivered through SHARE’s DirectTrust Secure Messaging, notifying Dr. George Conner MD and other care coordinators when their Arkansas Medicaid patients are admitted and discharged from the emergency department and inpatient discharges in real time to assist in meeting their 72-hour follow-up metric. The clinics’ care team at Forrest City Family Practice Clinic is also accessing SHAREs’ Virtual Health Record, that aggregates patients record outside of their system of Athena EMR system enabling more accurate diagnoses, faster and more effective treatment, and better outcomes for the patient.

About Dr. George Conner, MD –Forrest City Family Practice Clinic:

Dr. George L Conner III, MD, is a Family Practice specialist in Forrest City, Arkansas. He attended and graduated from University of Tennessee College of Medicine in 1984, having over 35 years of diverse experience, especially in Family Practice. Dr. George Conner is affiliated with Forrest City Medical Center in Forrest City, Arkansas. George L Conner III, MD treats physical symptoms, prescribe medications, diagnose conditions and much more.