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 hospital admissions and discharges.
- 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
What are our Participants telling us about their Use Cases?
Event Notifications
for Bariatric Patients
Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center leveraged KHIE to
enhance patient outcomes and improve resource management. KHIE facilitated effective patient monitoring and
transfer management, ensuring continuity of care and optimizing resource utilization amidst rapid patient
turnover.
The KHIE Portal offered hospital clinicians an
efficient way to gather information related to their
bariatric patients from one source to inform postprocedure progress.
The Event Notifications were set up to provide real-time
updates (1) when a bariatric patient was admitted to
another healthcare organization or (2) when a patient
was treated for any complications related to the bariatric
procedure.
Enhancing Pharmacy Care for
Substance Use Patients
Med-Save Pharmacy incorporated KHIE into its daily
workflow when serving outpatients in substance use programs, many of whom are Medicaid patients receiving
care from a variety of healthcare providers in different locations. The lack of complete medical
histories for these patients is effectively addressed through KHIE. It turns out that using this tool to serve patients also increases the pharmacy’s operational efficiency.
The KHIE Portal offers pharmacists an efficient
way to gather contact information from other healthcare
organizations.
Accessing the Medicaid Claims data in KHIE provides a
better picture of the patient’s health status, current
treatment plan, and past care received; thus, minimizing
the tedious process of information gathering.
Reconciling Medications for Med-Packaging Patients
Med-Save Pharmacy leveraged KHIE’s secure access to comprehensive health information to enhance its med-packaging service that supports individuals in assisted living and those requiring
additional care at home. The data in the KHIE Portal and Event Notification Service emerged as valuable tools for the pharmacy. KHIE facilitates healthcare coordination by making the Medicaid
Claims data available for pharmacy staff to manage medications for its Medicaid patients.
Event Notifications were set up to track patients as they are admitted to an emergency room or hospital,
informing pharmacists when their patients move
through the healthcare system.
INFLUENCING THE WAY HEALTHCARE IS PLANNED, COORDINATED, AND DELIVERED.