When using the Wyoming Frontier Information (WYFI) Health Information Exchange (HIE) to reduce emergency department utilization, the goal is to provide Emergency Department (ED) notifications to a Primary Care Provider (PCP) to reduce avoidable ED readmissions.
Learn more below about how using the WYFI HIE to reduce ED utilization benefits patients and providers alike.
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Contributor Role
- Upon arrival in the office that morning, PCP receives notification of overnight inpatient admittance to the ED at regional health facility
- PCP sets task in the system for office to schedule follow-up appointment for aftercare upon discharge to manage care and prevent re-admission
- Patient admittance, labs and radiology are all available in PCP’s electronic health record (EHR) automatically for PCP to review prior to the scheduled aftercare visit
View-Only Role
- PCP receives notification of overnight inpatient admittance to ED at regional health facility
- PCP sets task in EHR for scheduling office to set up a follow-up appointment for aftercare upon discharge to manage care and prevent re-admission
- PCP’s nurse accesses the WYFI HIE to pull down the ER information and input to the office’s EHR prior to the patient’s scheduled aftercare visit
Trading Partners and Systems
- Primary Care Provider (PCP)
- WYFI
Data
- Admission, discharge, and transfer (ADT)
