In the following RosettaHealth podcast interview, we speak with Phil Beckett, CEO of HASA; and Nance Shatzkin, founder of Shatzkin Systems, who discuss how the Bronx RHIO and HASA are managing health data exchange and care coordination in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

With the COVID-19 pandemic growing in scope in the U.S., many HIEs are rapidly pivoting to help best manage health data exchange and care coordination in these challenging and unprecedented times.

These new efforts include focusing on reporting testing results to public health organizations, as well as supporting new telehealth initiatives to decrease the spread of the virus.

With the city of New York being a coronavirus epicenter, the Bronx RHIO has quickly developed the definitive list of codes that define and identify cases for sharing with the New York Department of Health. The organization has also helped make lab-testing results to all of its users, and has been using NLP reporting to identify overall ventilator usage data.

In addition, Phil Beckett participated in SHIEC’s recent conference call where HIE leaders shared best practices and insights about their responses. Some HIEs are doing reporting and sharing of data around drive-through testing by taking a page from the Bronx RHIO who are working closely with public health organizations.

Here are the highlights of this podcast interview:

• The immediate things that HASA and the Bronx RHIO are focusing on when it comes to COVID-19 response. (:50)

• More insights from the recent SHIEC community call where other HIEs shared their best practices. (8:22)

• How telehealth is rising in prominence as a result of COVID-19. (11:30)

• The challenges and opportunities of how COVID-19 is going to change how HIEs operate now, and into the future. (14:50)

• Why it will take a community to help get all care organizations through these challenging times. (18:00)

The RosettaHealth team will be providing more COVID-19 podcasts and content in the coming days and weeks. In the meantime, we would like to thank the Bronx RHIO and HASA for leading the way in these uncharted times.

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