NextGen Healthcare and Mirth First in Nation to Power Statewide Behavioral Health Information Exchange
Interoperability Platform and Architected Consent Management Services to Make Behavioral Health Care Safer and More Efficient
Driven by healthcare reform, BHINAZ is a collaborative initiative
comprised of community stakeholders, behavioral health providers, public
agencies, the Health Information Network of
BHINAZ was the brainchild of a consortium of behavioral health providers
who are customers of Topaz
Information Solutions, an authorized NextGen® reseller
and outsource partner that specializes in behavioral health and social
services. Topaz, in partnership with
Leveraging NextGen® Ambulatory EHR, NextGen® Health Information Exchange (HIE) and Mirth® Connect, BHINAZ has created the legal and operational framework necessary to protect confidentiality while helping to facilitate data exchange and streamline the process for behavioral health providers to obtain and manage patient consent, specifically as it relates to exchanging patient information. As a result, BHINAZ will provide clinicians throughout the state with a longitudinal patient history at the point of care — this will make information available when and where it's needed for medical care. This will allow providers to better understand an individual holistically thereby delivering the safest and most appropriate treatment recommendations.
Operating under an "Opt-in" Consent Management model, BHINAZ will ensure that data protected under Federal Law 42 CFR part 2 is not re-disclosed without proper consent. Within the NextGen EHR, customized behavioral health consent management templates were created by working collaboratively with BHINAZ to include required content management language and capture electronic signatures at the point of care. Using these templates, information will be sent to the NextGen HIE, which then dictates specifically what data a given provider can access within the EHR. By developing the robust consent management system, patients and clients have the option to choose if they would like their data to be shared with the rest of the closed network at each BHINAZ location. This type of consent model for behavioral health provides patients with additional options for sharing their health information and allows them to identify certain providers who can access more sensitive aspects of their health records through BHINAZ at the point of care.
Information of all types may be exchanged — continuity of care documents (CCDs), lab results, dictated reports, discharge summaries and scanned documents as well as other key reports. BHINAZ supports the ability to transmit real-time alerts directly to the EHR or via email. This information is critical for clients in crisis that require immediate case management and follow-up after receiving crisis services or visiting an emergency room.
"Information vital to making complete, accurate and timely decisions
regarding critical behavioral health care decisions is often not
available, particularly in a mental health emergency," said
A key component to BHINAZ's success is its ability to connect with all certified EHR systems, allowing for the sharing of information across multiple systems and organizations. This is in direct contrast to some health information networks that limit connectivity and services by requiring software from a specific vendor. Leveraging Mirth's vendor-agnostic interoperability platform, BHINAZ can deliver real-time alerts to behavioral health providers about each patient and every emergency room visit. BHINAZ connects a broad array of health systems, users and applications, elevating the volume and value of information within the network while making comprehensive electronic health records possible.
"Traditionally, behavioral health care providers, primary care
physicians and hospitals have maintained separate medical records for
their patients, which can lead to difficulty when communicating relevant
information and potentially, create gaps in care," said
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About Topaz Information Solutions
Founded in 2000 by two community behavioral health organizations, Topaz is an authorized NextGen® reseller, specializing in behavioral health and social services and is active in other behavior health statewide initiatives. For more information, visit www.topazis.com.
About Behavioral Health Information Network of
BHINAZ brings together behavioral health providers, consumers, and public agencies around a shared vision: using information technology to make behavioral health care safer and more efficient throughout Arizona. The development of a behavioral health driven information network will improve quality, safety, create efficiencies, reduce health disparities, engage patients and their families, improve care coordination, protect patient health information, and improve the population and public health while protecting and maintaining the integrity of the behavioral health system. For more information, visit www.bhinaz.com.
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