Everyday Health Current Participants are using HIE services to provide better care and better outcomes for their patients. See the HIE Success Stories below to learn how Participants are integrating data from the HIE into clinical workflows, and improving care and care coordination, with improved patient outcomes.
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When a new patient presented in March at a local HonorHealth emergency department, they told staff they had taken a COVID-19 test at a different hospital but still hadn’t received the results. The coronavirus pandemic in Arizona had just begun its onslaught of the Southwest. “We needed to know those results because if that person …
Under normal circumstances, the following are all true: Hospitals and health systems within a given geographic area compete with one another. The migration to digital processes takes a back seat to more pressing matters, often progressing at a snail’s pace. And taking the path of least resistance is typically the preferred strategy for getting through …
“Beyond knowledgeable,” is how one loyal parent describes the team at Pendleton Pediatrics. “I wouldn’t trust anyone else but Dr. Pendleton and her office staff to care for my kids,” the mother said after experiencing two frustrating visits to urgent care and the emergency room for her daughter’s persistent fever. Mom ultimately took her sick …
It’s hard to argue with $2.1 million in savings. Since ACO Partner connected to and began to receive data from Health Current just over two years ago, that is the amount of savings in managing a patient population of approximately 58,000, after the costs of their services are subtracted. Although ACO is in their name, …
Managing epileptic and other high-needs patients across a broad rural area brings significant challenges, but Dr. Michael Stitzer along with other medical professionals of the Winslow Indian Health Care Center (WIHCC) have found a valuable resource in the ability to track these patients and access critical patient data through Health Current, Arizona’s Health Information Exchange …
When North Country HealthCare started receiving Alerts in 2016, they had little idea of the impact it would have, much less that it could help intervene with life-saving care, according to Lori Pearlmutter, Quality Manager for North Country HealthCare. Today, receiving Alerts in the right place at the right time has become an essential tool …
The journey can be difficult for someone returning from time in jail, time in active military service or time on the street. It is even more difficult when facing serious health issues. Old Pueblo Community Services (OPCS) provides valuable healthcare and other services for these vulnerable populations and has been able to improve care through …
At Community Health Associates (CHA), they weren’t surprised with how quickly they were able to use Health Current Alerts, but they were surprised at how often an Alert indicated an emergency department (ED) admission for one of their high-needs patients, according to Jessica Gleeson, Population Health Administrator for CHA. “We were surprised at the volume …
Improving daily staff scheduling through Health Current Alerts? While it’s not the primary benefit, Jason Smidt, Chief Information Officer for Arizona Home Care says that improving staff scheduling is an unexpected benefit of the Health Current service. Arizona Home Care is the largest locally owned home health agency in the Valley, providing home health care …
After just the first week of access to the Health Current portal, Dr. Fred Karst, Chief Operations Officer at Horizon Health and Wellness, knew that Health Current was going to change the way they operate. In fact, Health Current has already helped them cut hospital admissions in half for their highest users. Serving a patient …
Some of the most difficult decisions for patients, their families and their providers involve end-of-life care, especially the decision to forego aggressive medical treatment and focus on palliative care. Patients with complex and multiple chronic conditions typically have many healthcare providers and specialists so it can be time consuming to obtain a complete medical history. …
Avoiding a patient blood draw and a duplicate lab test because your organization is connected to the Health Current portal is a good thing. If it means avoiding blood draws for your population of seriously mentally ill (SMI) patients, the connection means much more. When Southwest Network was first connected to Health Current, one of …
As the largest pediatric practice in northern Arizona, Mountain View Pediatrics must operate efficiently to keep their patients healthy. But that operation became more efficient this past year when Mountain View Pediatrics joined Health Current, according to one of the co-owners, Ron Tuckman, MD, and office manager, Angela Hernandez. The eight pediatricians and one nurse …
Karen Critchley, Care Coordination Supervisor for El Rio Health often refers to the work of her team as studying “the migratory patterns of El Rio patients.” That can be quite an undertaking considering El Rio’s mission as southern Arizona’s largest federally qualified healthcare center (FQHC), serving some 95,000 patients. Up until recently, that “study” involved …
HIE is part of innovative approach to reduce avoidable 911 calls and hospital transports Traditionally, first responder organizations such as fire departments have been in the business of treating and simply transporting patients to hospitals – the most expensive place to deliver care. Beginning last year, the fire departments in five West Valley cities created …
Perhaps the best way to describe Dr. Lee and his St. Vincent de Paul Virginia G. Piper Medical and Dental Clinic is to describe what he does not have. He serves a low income working population transitioning from an acute hospitalization. His clinic does not have an X-ray machine nor any radiology. He does not …