CTHealthLink Expands Health Information Exchange Network To Include Yale New Haven Health and UCONN Health
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The new health system connections are a part of a growing list that make up CTHealthLink's physician-led health information network
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (PRWEB)
December 22, 2020
CTHealthLink (CTHL), the Connecticut State Medical Society’s (CSMS) robust health information exchange announced today they have added connections to Yale New Haven Health and UConn Health through the eHealth Exchange.
“The connections to Yale New Haven and UCONN are important milestones for Connecticut physicians and their patients,” said Dr. Robert Aseltine, a UConn Health professor who chairs the CTHL Advisory Board. “These connections allow Connecticut healthcare providers to gain access to critical patient data from hospitals, clinics, and practices, data that are needed to provide safe and comprehensive care to their patients. Data sharing across providers and facilities is particularly important when patients are transferred from their home communities to receive care, which is becoming more common as COVID-19 strains hospital capacity. Having immediate access to a patient’s full medical record under these conditions may save lives and significantly improve health care for Connecticut patients.”