What does the WVHIN Portal do?
Access the WVHIN Portal
- Allows care teams to access patients’ clinical information, either through the WVHIN Portal or through tools embedded in the EHR
- Facilitates quick and seamless access to external patient data, aiding in continuity of care and efficient assessment of clinical needs
Real-Time Alerts
- Provides near-real-time alerts on patient encounters such as admissions, discharges, transfers, or critical changes
- Enables timely interventions, improving patient management and response to critical needs
Advance Directives
- Encompasses a registry hosted by the WV Center for End-of-Life Care, which stores advance care forms accessible 24/7
- Helps providers respect patients’ end-of-life wishes and integrate these directives into care planning, promoting patient dignity and autonomy
National Networks
- Exchanges patient data with other state and national networks like Veterans Affairs, eHealth Exchange, and state HIEs, including Ohio and Kentucky
- Expands the pool of available medical data, enhancing care delivery across state lines and ensuring caregivers have a full picture of each patient’s health
Continuity of Care Documents
- Provides clinical summaries, medication histories, diagnoses, procedures, and lab results
- Facilitates smooth care transitions by consolidating key clinical information necessary for holistic patient care
Medication Information
- Provides direct access to patient medication histories through the Controlled Substances Monitoring Program (CSMP)
- Improves medication management, reducing the risk of adverse drug interactions and overdoses
Disease Management Tools
- Provides tools for disease investigators to access clinical data for managing the spread of disease
- Facilitates timely disease management interventions and resource deployment to control disease outbreaks and maintain public health
EHR Interoperability
- Integrates with leading EHR systems
- Eliminates the need to switch systems to access patient information, increasing efficiency and reducing the likelihood of errors
Clinical Information InContext
- Enables access to clinical notes, lab results, and healthcare encounter history
- Ensures thorough care management with a detailed overview of patients’ healthcare background
Public Health Reporting
- Facilitates reporting on immunizations, syndromic surveillance, and lab tests to public health entities using methods such as HL7 and CSV
- Supports public health monitoring and intervention strategies, aiding in disease control and prevention efforts
Who can benefit the most from WVHIN Portal?
Hospitals, FQHCs, and Rural Providers: Including health systems and federally qualified health centers
Ambulatory and Behavioral Health Providers: Covering urgent care and mental health specialists
Long-Term and Post-Acute Care Facilities: Including skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), long-term care (LTC), and rehabilitation centers
Payers and Accountable Care Organizations: Including MCOs and value-based care groups
Public Health and State Agencies: Including the Department of Human Services, Medicaid, the West Virginia Department of Health, and population health stakeholders
EHR Vendors: Enabling easier access to clinical information via embedded application in some instances (not available for all EHRs)
WVHIN Tools
WVHIN Portal
The WVHIN Portal is a secure, HIPAA-compliant web-based platform that serves as a centralized hub for clinical information. Integration with various EHR systems enables real-time access to valuable patient insights within your workflow, providing a complete medical history without juggling separate systems. Quickly launch applications or perform patient searches within the portal to view key data like diagnoses, lab results, medication histories, and critical patient alerts.
Population Explorer
Population Explorer is a valuable tool within the WVHIN portal that lets healthcare providers review detailed patient encounter histories without any additional login. Robust clinical information, referrals, and controlled substance monitoring data can be filtered or summarized into a snapshot. CSS* Event Notification Delivery (CEND) enables real-time alerts that can be customized to monitor patient admissions and critical health changes, accelerating care.
*In 2016, the WVHIN joined Crisp Shared Services (CSS) as their technology infrastructure partner. (https://www.crispsharedservices.org/)
SDOH
Under the Social Needs tab of the WVHIN portal, SDOH screening assessments provide details about social determinants of health, including food insecurity, housing instability, and financial demographics. Sourced from ADT feeds related to ICD-10 codes, this data supports mandatory and voluntary SDOH reporting to assist with Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements. These assessments can help analyze community needs, inform care decisions, and personalize benefits for members.
Consent Tool
WVHIN’s consent management solution enables the secure exchange of substance use disorder (SUD) data protected under 42 CFR Part 2. Electronic signatures let patients consent to share confidential SUD data with their care team to optimize treatment, offering flexible expiration dates that give patients control over their information. Once providers register signed consent from a patient, their SUD data integrates seamlessly into existing clinical workflows.
Reports & Alerts
WVHIN allows participants to customize a variety of alerts, notifications, and demographic reports to receive real-time data and insights about their patients. Through CEND ADT notifications, smart alerts, updated demographic data, HL7 LOINC (Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes)-coded lab files, WVSIIS (West Virginia Statewide Immunization Information System) immunization data, and Continuity of Care (CCD) documents, users can receive tailored push notifications to enable timely interventions, enhance patient outreach, and close critical gaps in care.