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UHIN is delighted to announce that it is now connected with HealtHIE Nevada the health information exchange serving the people of Nevada! This is the latest connection in the multi-state Patient Centered Data Home™ (PCDH). Through the PCDH, Admit / Discharge / Transfer (ADT) notifications will be sent to those participating Utah providers for their consented patients experiencing a medical encounter in Nevada. Conversely ADT notifications for consented Nevadans receiving medical care in Utah also will be sent to the primary care physician back home.

In accordance with their community requirements, all patients receiving medical care in Nevada must sign a consent form to have their records shared. Patients may sign the consent form at their participating provider office or clinic. A list of participating organizations is available at http://healthienevada.org/how-do-i-sign-up/.

Additionally, through its connection with UHIN, HealtHIE Nevada will be able to exchange ADTs with the other HIES across the West participating in the PCDH. This expansion of the PCDH helps to ensure that vital health records follow the patient no matter where they receive care throughout the region.

To sign up for out-of-state ADTs, please contact your Member Relations Team Rep.

UHIN has added more new data sources to the CHIE! The latest additions include one of Utah’s newest hospitals, a home health center, a nine-location family practice, and two Skilled Nursing Facilities! Now contributing valuable data to the Clinical Health Information Exchange are: Mountain Point Medical Center, Aspen Ridge, Aspen Ridge – West, Symbii Home Health, and Premier Family Medical.

Aspen Ridge and Aspen Ridge West are alternatives to nursing homes. Their professionals specialize in short-term nursing and rehabilitation during the period between leaving the hospital and returning home. Nurses work closely with physicians, patients and families to ensure the needs of each person are met, while rehabilitation teams work to help patients restore the necessary abilities for independent living.

Mountain Point Medical Center is a 44-bed, full-service hospital serving the people of northern Utah County. It is a campus of Jordan Valley Medical Center. The hospital offers emergency care, surgical services, diagnostic imaging, maternity care, intensive and progressive care, and women’s health services.

Premier Family Medical has nine locations across Utah County. The nearly 40 providers offer a wide-range of services including pediatris, OB-GYN services, physical therapy and urgent care. Specialists also treat a variety of other issues such as emphysema, hypertension, asthma, migraines and osteoporosis.

Symbii Home Health offers a variety of services for patients to help them heal and manage their chronic diseases. Working with the patient’s personal physician, Symbii’s staff offer pain management, disease management, diabetes care, physical, speech and occupational therapies, medication assistance, and a variety of other services.

UHIN is excited to add these new data sources as we continue to grow the cHIE. The Clinical Portal now includes data from over 500 clinics and hospitals in Utah and the surrounding states! For a full list of facilities sharing data through the CHIE, visit https://uhin.org/the-chies-data-sources/.

UHIN is excited to announce that it is now connected with the Nebraska Health Information Initiative (NeHII)! As part of the multi-state Patient Centered Data Home™ (PCDH), Admit / Discharge / Transfer (ADT) notifications will be sent to those participating Utah providers for their patients experiencing a medical encounter in Nebraska. Conversely ADT notifications for Nebraskans receiving medical care in Utah also will be sent to the primary care physician back home.

Additionally, through its connection with UHIN, NeHII will be able to exchange ADTs with the HIEs in Arizona and western Colorado, as part of the PCDH. This expansion of the PCDH helps to ensure that vital health records follow the patient no matter where they receive care throughout the West.

To sign up for out-of-state ADTs, please contact your Member Relations Team Rep.

UHIN is excited to announce the addition of even more new data sources to the CHIE, including additional Skilled Nursing Facilities! New SNFs contributing valuable data to the clinical Health Information Exchange are: Harrison Pointe Healthcare and Rehabilitation, Holladay Healthcare Center, and St. Joseph Villa. Joining these organizations are home health and hospice entities Community Nursing Services, and OneCare Home Health and Hospice.

Community Nursing Services provides compassionate care when a person becomes seriously ill, suffers an injury or is nearing the end of life. Their nurses and staff are committed to helping patients as well as their family members and caregivers throughout the healing process.

Harrison Pointe Healthcare and Rehabilitation continually strives to make a difference in the lives of the those they serve. Its staff works to provide a level of service that ensures a comfortable, safe and therapeutic stay at their facility.

Holladay Healthcare Center understands that each patient has unique and different needs. That’s why its therapy programs are truly state-of-the-art, offering the finest in therapists, equipment and services. Programs are always designed for optimal comfort and results.

OneCare Home Health and Hospice provides personalized, high-quality care to those needing home health or hospice support. They work diligently to serve those suffering with decline, aging, or end of life issues, reassuring family members that help is available; often at no cost.

St. Joseph Villa offers unique services required for each individual situation. Their Interdisciplinary Care Team meets with clients and their families shortly after admission to allow nurses, therapists, nutritionists, social services workers, and others the opportunity to discuss a broad spectrum of topics to ensure the patient feels comfortable and gets as well as possible.

UHIN is excited to add these new data sources as we continue to grow the CHIE. The Clinical Portal now includes data from over 500 clinics and hospitals in Utah and the surrounding states! For a full list of facilities sharing data through the CHIE, visit https://uhin.org/the-chies-data-sources/.

UHIN is excited to announce the addition of four new data sources to the CHIE. These new data sources include some of our LTPAC community (Home Health and Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs)! Now providing valuable information to the clinical Health Information Exchange are: Provo Allergy and Asthma Clinic, and LTPAC providers: Horizon Home Health and Hospice, Dignity Home Health and Hospice, and Mt. Ogden Health and Rehabilitation Center.

Dignity Home Health and Hospice focuses on providing superior care to clients and their families. They pride themselves on helping clients turn moments of vulnerability into times of grace and dignity. In business for more than a decade, Dignity offers services throughout Davis, Salt Lake, Utah, and Weber Counties.

Horizon Home Health and Hospice provides individualized and compassionate intervention to maximize the independence and quality of life for their home health clients, while delivering unparalleled quality care for those clients needing hospice.

Mt. Ogden Health and Rehabilitation Center uses a combination of high-tech and hands-on therapeutic approaches to help its clients get back in the swing of things. Highly-trained therapists work closely with patients and their families to ensure the best results.

Provo Allergy and Asthma Clinic delivers competent medical care accompanied by concern and compassion. They diagnose and manage allergies, asthma and related disorders with proven methods. The staff prides itself on professionalism and commitment to stay abreast of the latest trainings and research reviews.

UHIN is excited to add these new data sources as we continue to grow the CHIE. The Clinical Portal now includes data from over 500 clinics and hospitals in Utah and the surrounding states! For a full list of facilities sharing data through the CHIE, visit https://uhin.org/the-chies-data-sources/.

UHIN Offers New Electronic Eligibility

-First tool in new MYUHIN portal

-Eliminates calls to payers to verify eligibility

-Provides insight into patient coverage before services are provided

-Included in price of existing clearinghouse services

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – March 23, 2017 – UHIN, a not-for-profit positively impacting healthcare through reduced costs, improved quality, and better results by fostering data-driven decisions, is pleased to introduce its electronic eligibility tool. It is the first tool in the new MYUHIN portal. The new MYUHIN portal will house all UHIN’s clearinghouse and HIE tools in one convenient location, allowing users to access all the tools with just one login.

The new electronic eligibility tool is included in the services of existing clearinghouse clients for no additional charge.

Intended to allow smaller medical offices whose practice management systems lack the ability to request their patients’ eligibility and benefits before their appointment, it also ensures claims are submitted with the correct contract number on the first submission, saving time and decreasing the payment cycle time.

“Studies show $3.00 in administrative costs can be saved per office visit simply by requesting eligibility. Yet for many smaller medical offices, verifying patients’ insurance eligibility by calling individual payers and visiting multiple payer websites, is both costly and time consuming,” said Teresa Rivera, President and CEO of UHIN. “Our new electronic eligibility tool is a convenient and cost-effective solution to help these practices save money while improving claim acceptance and eliminating payment delays.”

To access the new electronic eligibility tool, a free account upgrade to MYUHIN is required. The upgrade can be completed by following the easy instructions at https://my.uhin.org.

New members can access the eligibility tool for minimal cost by contacting UHIN at customerservice@uhin.org.

UHIN is pleased to announce that Wasatch Peak Family Practice began sharing transcription information with the cHIE on November 30, 2016. Wasatch Peak is a four-physician clinic in Layton that offers general and preventive care for children and adults. They’ve been contributing laboratory and radiology data since July. With the addition of the transcription feed, Wasatch Peak is now also contributing valuable information such as office notes and history and physical reports. Thanks to Wasatch Peak Family Practice for their dedication to improving care coordination!

UHIN is pleased to announce the CHIE’s newest data sources, Beaver Valley Hospital and Milford Valley Memorial Hospital! Beaver Valley Hospital is a 49 swing-bed medical center in Beaver City, Utah, offering surgical, birthing, emergency and long-term care services. Beaver Valley Hospital, the nearby 25-bed Milford Valley Memorial Hospital, and three medical clinics form the Beaver Area Healthcare Network. In addition to providing acute care and family medicine, the healthcare network actively encourages disease prevention and healthy living in the community.

Beaver Valley Hospital and Milford Valley Memorial Hospital are contributing laboratory results and radiology reports to the CHIE’s Clinical Portal. The two hospitals are also contributing Admit, Discharge and Transfer (ADT) messages to the CHIE Alerts hospital encounter notification system.

CHIE participation by rural healthcare facilities helps ensure that patients throughout Utah receive the care they need, when they need it while traveling or seeking specialty care away from home. UHIN congratulates Beaver Valley Hospital and Milford Valley Memorial Hospital for their commitment to quality patient care.

The CHIE is continually growing, closing information gaps for patients in more and more areas. The Clinical Portal now includes data from 448 clinics and 45 hospitals in Utah and surrounding states. The CHIE Alerts system sends notifications from 24 Utah hospitals, as well as 41 hospitals in Colorado and Arizona through the Patient-Centered Data Home (PCDH) project. For a list of facilities sharing data through the CHIE, visit uhin.org/the-chies-data-sources/.

The CHIE is now receiving Continuity of Care Documents, CCDs, from Tanner Clinic! Tanner Clinic has locations in Kaysville, Layton, Roy, and Syracuse, and offers care in specialties including family medicine, pediatrics, OB/GYN, podiatry, sports medicine, orthopedics, endocrinology, urgent care and more. Tanner Clinic will automatically send CCDs, also called patient summaries, to the CHIE for all of their patients. Simply search for your patients in the Clinical Portal to find Tanner Clinic data in the Patient Summary view, whenever you need it. Additional details, such as the text of provider notes, may also be available under the “Documents” tab. To view these details, click on the CCD you’d like to view and choose the HTML option.

CCDs are now available in the CHIE from:

-Canyon View Medical Group

-Foothill Family Clinic

-Intermountain Healthcare

-Lone Peak Hospital

-41 clinics that are part of Physician Group of Utah, including Heart and Lung Institute and Rocky Mountain Women’s Health Center facilities

-Planned Parenthood Association of Utah

-St. Mark’s Hospital

-Utah Gastroenterology (formerly called Mountain West Gastroenterology)

-The Veterans’ Affairs Health Care System

-27 hospitals participating with Quality Health Network in western Colorado and 14 hospitals participating with Arizona Health-e Connection, as part of the Patient-Centered Data Home project

You can see the full list of organizations contributing data to the CHIE at www.uhin.org/the-chies-data-sources/.

CCDs are a user-friendly way to get the latest information on your patients’ health, including problems, medications, allergies, lab results, care plans, procedures, and more. The Patient Summary view displays the data in easy-to-read categories so you can quickly find the information you need, when you need it. We are actively working with a diverse range of data sources to close gaps in care coordination by including their CCDs in the CHIE.

UHIN is pleased to welcome Uintah Basin Medical Center to the CHIE! As the CHIE’s newest data source, the 49-bed hospital in Roosevelt, Utah is utilizing CHIE Alerts, to notify providers when their patients have encounters at Uintah Basin’s inpatient facility or emergency department. Additionally, as of August 29, 2016, Uintah Basin contributes general laboratory information to the Clinical Portal, and is actively working with UHIN to send radiology reports and transcription notes in the near future.

As the only hospital within 25 miles of Roosevelt, Uintah Basin plays a crucial role in coordinating care and enabling seamless hospital-to-home transitions for area residents. CHIE Alerts enable providers to follow up with their patients in a timely manner after discharge, reducing the risk of readmissions and complications. UHIN is working with Uintah Basin Medical Center and area clinics to make transitions of care smoother by connecting more clinics to receive CHIE Alerts and locate patient data in the Clinical Portal.

Current users of CHIE Alerts can receive Uintah Basin’s Alerts without any changes to your existing setup. In addition to Uintah Basin, CHIE Alerts are now available from 18 other hospitals throughout Utah, as well as 27 Colorado hospitals and 14 Arizona hospitals through the Patient Centered Data Home initiative, allowing information to follow the patient no matter where they are in the care continuum.

If you would like to receive CHIE Alerts for your patients, please contact us at chie@uhin.org to get started.