Organization: KANSAS HEALTH INFORMATION NETWORK INC
Mission: THE KANSAS HEALTH INFORMATION NETWORK (KHIN) PROVIDES HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE SERVICES TO KANSAS HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. SERVICES INCLUDE SECURE MESSAGING, QUERY BASED EXCHANGE, TRANSPORT OF DATA TO PUBLIC HEALTH REGISTRIES, PERSONAL HEALTH RECORD AND RELATED SUPPORT NECESSARY TO ASSIST HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS MEET THEIR MEANINGFUL USE REQUIREMENTS.
Activities: DURING 2019, KANSAS HEALTH INFORMATION NETWORK, INC. (KHIN) PROVIDED HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE SERVICES TO OVER 1,500 KANSAS HEALTH CARE MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS. THESE INCLUDED QUERY BASED AND DIRECT MESSAGING SERVICES. THESE SERVICES ALLOWED KHIN MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS TO ACCESS A LONGITUDINAL RECORD OF ALL OF THE PATIENT'S HEALTH AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INFORMATION ACROSS ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS IN WHICH THE PATIENT HAS RECEIVED CARE. APPROXIMATELY 450,000 QUERIES FOR PATIENT INFORMATION WERE MADE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. KHIN ALSO PROVIDED DIRECT SERVICES WHICH ALLOW IMPORTANT HEALTH INFORMATION TO BE EXCHANGED ELECTRONICALLY THROUGH A SECURE ENCRYPTED EMAIL SYSTEM DEVELOPED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. IN ADDITION, KHIN SERVES AS THE TRANSPORT LAYER FOR KANSAS HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO TRANSPORT THEIR PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATION TO THE STATE AND FEDERAL REGISTRIES. THIS INCLUDES SENDING IMMUNIZATION DATA TO THE KANSAS IMMUNIZATION REGISTRY/WEBIZ, SENDING REPORTABLE LABS TO EPITRAX, SENDING SYNDROMIC SURVEILLANCE DATA TO BIOSENSE/CDC, SENDING CANCER SUMMARY DOCUMENTS TO THE KANSAS CANCER REGISTRY AND SENDING DATA TO THE KANSAS INFECTIOUS DISEASE REGISTRY AS WELL AS THE KANSAS SBIRTH DEFECTS REGISTRY.LASTLY, KHIN PROVIDES A PERSONAL HEALTH RECORD (PHR) FOR ALL KANSAS PATIENTS. THIS IS A SECURE ELECTRONIC LOCATION FOR PATIENTS TO RECEIVE AND SEND SECURE EMAILS TO HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. PATIENTS CAN ALSO MAINTAIN THEIR HEALTH RECORDS HERE AS WELL AS MAINTAIN IMPORTANT HEALTH DOCUMENTS SUCH AS A LIVING WILL. MYKSHEALTHERECORDS' INTEGRATES WITH THE KS IMMUNIZATION REGISTRY. THIS ALLOWS PATIENTS TO VIEW, TRANSMIT, AND DOWNLOAD THEIR IMMUNICATION RECORDS FROM THE STATE OF KANSAS.KHIN IS A MEMBER OF THE EHEALTH EXCHANGE. EHEALTH EXCHANGE IS THE GOVERANCE MECHANISM THAT THE OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR ESTABLISHED FOR THE NATIONAL HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE. THIS MEMBERSHIP ALLOWS KHIN TO CONNECT TO OTHER HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGES AS WELL AS MAKE CONNECTIONS WITH THE VETERAN'S ADMINISTRATION.
NTEE category: Health Care
Secondary category: Medical Research