DANVILLE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Keystone Health Information Exchange (KeyHIE®), a network of more than 400 healthcare facilities in 53 counties of Pennsylvania, recently launched intelligent “push” technology to deliver – in real time – critical information to its participating doctors and health care providers to help ensure smoother care transitions for their patients.
Through a partnership with CitiusTech and Orion Health, KeyHIE’s Information Delivery Service (IDS), provides alerts, notifications and critical patient information to its participating doctors and healthcare providers so they know when and where their patients receive care within the KeyHIE network. What’s more, IDS provides an Accountable Care Organization and health plan with critical patient information in order to better manage chronically ill patients and reduce readmissions.
With IDS, doctors and healthcare providers can decide the quantity of information they wish to receive, including inpatient admission and discharge notifications, emergency admission and discharge notifications, and lab results/clinical documents delivery. In addition, a subscription management portal allows doctors and healthcare providers to update their subscription preferences when it’s convenient for them.
Notifications can be delivered via email or DIRECT email (will provide details on the notification) with documents delivered within the clinician’s DIRECT email or within their own EHR system, if the system permits.
“This technology allows doctors and healthcare providers from different healthcare organizations within the KeyHIE network to work collaboratively and efficiently to smoothly transition patients from one care setting to another,” explained Kim Chaundy, KeyHIE’s Operations Director.
“Managing transitions of care and alerting across systems is a key issue preventing efficient, effective care. Our partnership with Geisinger and KeyHIE has enabled us to build a platform which can aggregate and analyze large number of data sources, and provide simple actionable information for care transition,” said Rizwan Koita, Chief Executive Officer, CitiusTech.
About KeyHIE
The Keystone Health Information Exchange® (KeyHIE) was founded by Geisinger Health System in April 2005, via a memorandum of understanding signed by 8 hospitals throughout Central Pennsylvania. One of the nation’s largest and most advanced health information exchanges, KeyHIE connects 18 hospitals, 251 physician practices, 95 long-term care facilities, 30 home health agencies and other healthcare organizations. It serves over 4 million patients over a 53-county presence in Pennsylvania to ensure health information follows patients, regardless of where they receive care. KeyHIE offers a wide range of services to doctor’s offices, hospitals, nursing homes and other healthcare organizations in Pennsylvania and surrounding areas. For more information, visit KeyHIE.org.
About CitiusTech
CitiusTech (www.citiustech.com) is a provider of healthcare technology services and solutions to medical technology companies, providers, payers and life sciences organizations, with over 2,500 professionals worldwide. CitiusTech’s services and solutions include healthcare software development, healthcare interoperability, regulatory compliance, BI/analytics, consumer engagement, care coordination and population health management. CitiusTech helps customers accelerate innovation in healthcare through a number of solutions and accelerators for clinical quality reporting, healthcare big data, cloud computing, mobile health and predictive analytics. With cutting-edge technology expertise, world-class service quality and a global resource base, CitiusTech consistently delivers best-in-class solutions and an unmatched cost advantage to healthcare clients worldwide.
