Case Study

Public Health Initiative to Stop HIV/AIDS Supported by Health Information Exchange (HIE)

Public Health Initiative to Stop HIV/AIDS Supported by Health Information Exchange (HIE)

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Healthix has worked with the AIDS Institute in the New York State Department of Health for close to a decade, providing valuable data to support detection and improve the long-term care of HIV/AIDS patients. Recently, Healthix was tasked with developing a series of algorithms to identify HIV+ patients. The goal was to find patients who had been lost to care (no primary care visits in the last 12 months). When the lost-to-care patient registers at an ER, Healthix delivers a real-time alert to the provider of record. A secondary project focused on improving the care and engagement of patients living with HIV. Alerts are delivered to Health Home care managers, outreach workers, and other care team members when a consenting patient is out of care (no primary care visit in 26

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