A use case is a story describing how a KHIE service or services are used by Participants to accomplish specific healthcare goals.
KHIE Supports the Exchange of Health Information
Making health information secure and readily available from multiple healthcare providers into one aggregated patient chart when and where it is needed is the primary use case for KHIE, as use cases support the exchange of health information to demonstrate improved care coordination and health outcomes.
KHIE Supports Care Coordination
By accessing crucial information from KHIE, you have an opportunity to improve care coordination and improve efficiency of care for your patients,
Examples of Use Cases to improve Care Coordination
- Share medical documents between two healthcare organizations with different EHR systems.
- Improve coordination of care for patients with substance use disorders.
- Improve coordination of care for behavioral health patients.
- Improve medication knowledge.
- Improve care coordination through knowledge of admissions and discharges to hospitals.
- Share medical documents via Direct Secure Messaging.
KHIE Supports Public Health Reporting
Timely and complete reporting is vital when outbreaks threaten the health of the citizens of the Commonwealth. You play a vital role in making information available to KHIE and KDPH for public health surveillance.
- Electronic Laboratory & Case Reporting
- Immunization Submission plus History & Forecast
- Syndromic Surveillance
INFLUENCING THE WAY HEALTHCARE IS PLANNED, COORDINATED, AND DELIVERED.