Tennessee HIE adds practice management toolkit
Shared Health, a Tennessee-based public/private Health Information Exchange (HIE), has launched two new practice management tools, Clinical Insight and Condition Tracker.
The applications combine patient data and evidence-based guidelines into a system that helps physicians operate their practice more efficiently, meet the increasing demand for performance accountability and provide the best outcomes for their patients, according to Shared Health.
With Clinical Insight, clinicians can access a practice management tool that presents a broad view of the care delivered across their patient population. Clinical Insight allows practices to generate reports that determine opportunities to provide care for specific groups of patients and ultimately improve outcomes for all patients, Shared Health said.
Condition Tracker provides a patient-centric view of a patient's adherence to evidence-based guidelines for specific medical conditions, regardless of who administered the care. Clinical Insight allows clinicians to generate reports that help them evaluate adherence to quality and program-specific measures.
Shared Health's Condition Tracker provides a simpler way to view each patient's history and key clinical indicators by condition. It's a collaborative registry that allows clinicians to add procedural and outcome indicators to each patient's record. As a result, physicians are able to determine the appropriate course of treatment, identify potential care opportunities and meet proper quality and performance measures.
"Today's clinicians must focus on more than providing the best possible care for their patients. There's an ever-increasing need to provide more performance metrics for payers. Coupled with spiraling operating costs and declining reimbursements, it's more important than ever for physicians to find ways to maximize their practice's income and better manage financial and medical record-keeping systems," said Adnane Khalil, Shared Health vice president, technology, and chief information officer.
The Shared Health-supported HIE manages the data of more than 2.6 million patients, has more than 2,500 clinical users and has already shown a 17 percent improvement in efficiencies across clinical care, according to the organization.
The applications combine patient data and evidence-based guidelines into a system that helps physicians operate their practice more efficiently, meet the increasing demand for performance accountability and provide the best outcomes for their patients, according to Shared Health.
With Clinical Insight, clinicians can access a practice management tool that presents a broad view of the care delivered across their patient population. Clinical Insight allows practices to generate reports that determine opportunities to provide care for specific groups of patients and ultimately improve outcomes for all patients, Shared Health said.
Condition Tracker provides a patient-centric view of a patient's adherence to evidence-based guidelines for specific medical conditions, regardless of who administered the care. Clinical Insight allows clinicians to generate reports that help them evaluate adherence to quality and program-specific measures.
Shared Health's Condition Tracker provides a simpler way to view each patient's history and key clinical indicators by condition. It's a collaborative registry that allows clinicians to add procedural and outcome indicators to each patient's record. As a result, physicians are able to determine the appropriate course of treatment, identify potential care opportunities and meet proper quality and performance measures.
"Today's clinicians must focus on more than providing the best possible care for their patients. There's an ever-increasing need to provide more performance metrics for payers. Coupled with spiraling operating costs and declining reimbursements, it's more important than ever for physicians to find ways to maximize their practice's income and better manage financial and medical record-keeping systems," said Adnane Khalil, Shared Health vice president, technology, and chief information officer.
The Shared Health-supported HIE manages the data of more than 2.6 million patients, has more than 2,500 clinical users and has already shown a 17 percent improvement in efficiencies across clinical care, according to the organization.