Webinar Recap: The Value of a Provider Registry in a Real HIE

Crysta Anderson Posted by Crysta Anderson • 20 August 2010 • Print This Post Print This Post
Listen to the webinar recording and hear a real-world example of how an HIE is using a provider registry

Listen to the webinar recording and hear a real-world example of how an HIE is using a provider registry

Our July 28 webinar, The Value of a Provider Registry in Health Information Exchange, was a great success. Pat Pope, Provider Relations Coordinator with Carespark, teamed up with our Lorraine Fernandes, VP and Healthcare Industry Ambassador, to discuss how provider registries can make a difference in a real-world HIE.

A provider registry creates a unified view of a clinician across disparate sources to enable effective information sharing including results routing, secure messaging (such as referrals), user authentication, public health alerts, billing, fraud detection and meaningful use payments. (For more on provider registries, see our Intro to Provider Management page.)

Pat and Lorraine discussed:

  • What the diverse market demands for a provider registry mean for an HIE
  • How a “hub” of clinician information provides value for licensing and interstate exchange
  • The importance of supporting evolving information sharing needs including clinical, reimbursements, fraud detection, authentication and credentialing
  • How a provider registry can help meet meaningful use requirements and promote sustainability for the HIE
  • Why a flexible, scalable HIE architecture is required to support evolving NHIN requirements

After the presentation, Lorraine and Pat fielded several questions submitted via the webinar chat. The questions were excellent and helped bring up several new points and examples, including:

  • Classifying case managers as providers in accountable care organizations
  • Leveraging a provider registry to detect and prevent fraud
  • The financial impact of a provider registry, including the role of delivery fees and costs per enrollee – Pat shared some great numbers
  • Integrating a provider registry with outside organizations and national databases through HL7 queries, provider calls and other methods
  • Working with regional extension centers and Medicare and Medicaid databases
  • Coordinating data between state and local /regional HIEs, and how to avoid duplicating efforts
  • Maintaining the quality of care across facilities

This webinar is less than an hour and definitely worth your time. Watch the replay now, on demand, and leave any additional questions below.


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