Netsmart, whose EHR expertise is constructed primarily for human providers and post-acute care, has acquired designation as a Certified Well being Info Community (QHIN) beneath the Trusted Trade Framework and Widespread Settlement (TEFCA).
The Overland Park, Kans.-based firm says it has been on the forefront of interoperability efforts, advocating for improved requirements just like the sharing of behavioral well being and substance use information that meet the wants of suppliers, clinicians, sufferers and their households.
As a founding member of the Carequality community, the group developed the CareConnect interoperability platform, which the corporate stated affords purchasers a unified system that integrates with the broader healthcare information ecosystem.
Netsmart has in depth expertise in leveraging FHIR applied sciences and was has deployed 360X closed-loop referral administration requirements, enabling extra environment friendly care transitions.
“Attaining QHIN designation marks a major step ahead in our dedication to delivering whole-person care,” stated Netsmart CEO Mike Valentine, in a press release. “It creates a nationwide on-ramp for interoperability, increasing the varieties of information and organizations we are able to collaborate with. This not solely enhances seamless information sharing throughout well being programs but additionally helps our purchasers’ value-based care and affected person final result targets. We’ve constructed a easy, normal mannequin to assist our purchasers to take part rapidly and successfully, paving the best way for a brighter future in healthcare connectivity.”
The QHIN designation course of is overseen by the Assistant Secretary for Expertise Coverage/Workplace of the Nationwide Coordinator for Well being Info Expertise (ASTP/ONC) and managed by the Sequoia Mission because the Acknowledged Coordinating Entity (RCE). After thorough expertise testing, Netsmart joins the opposite designated QHIN contributors, leveraging a number of data-sharing functions throughout each personal and federal sectors.
The opposite QHINs are CommonWell Well being Alliance, eClinical Works, eHealth Trade, Epic Nexus, Well being Gorilla, Kno2, Konza, MedAllies, Surescripts Well being Info Community, and Oracle Well being Info Community.