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KONZA Health Endorses CMS Digital Health Ecosystem

In a decisive move, KONZA Health has publicly expressed its support for the CMS Digital Health Ecosystem. This initiative represents an ambitious vision to create a unified framework for healthcare data and access, aiming to empower individuals, enhance healthcare delivery, and expedite advancements in the field.

For many years, KONZA Health has actively pursued objectives that align with the ambitions detailed in the CMS Digital Health Ecosystem. The organization has not only embraced these goals, but has also implemented several groundbreaking strategies to realize them. Here are some of the critical initiatives that underscore KONZA Health’s commitment:

Empowering Patients Through Access to Records

Since 2014, KONZA Health has made it a priority to provide patients with full access to their medical records, contingent upon proper identity verification. This initiative aligns with their belief that a patient’s medical records rightfully belong to them, fostering greater control over personal health information.

Comprehensive Patient Records for Providers

In a bid to facilitate healthcare professionals, KONZA Health has offered a comprehensive longitudinal medical record to providers since 2018. This single, real-time record is designed to eliminate redundancies and enhance the quality of care delivered to patients, establishing KONZA Health as a leader in integrating health data effectively.

Qualified Health Information Networks

KONZA Health holds the distinction of being among the original five Qualified Health Information Networks (QHINs™) recognized in 2023 by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). This recognition is pivotal for empowering healthcare providers with complete access to their patients’ medical information, rather than fragmented data.

Proactive Notifications for Providers

Through KONZA Health's innovative RapidAlerts product, healthcare providers receive timely notifications for significant patient events. These alerts inform providers about hospital admissions, births, and infectious disease occurrences, with more notifications set to be introduced in the near future.

FHIR Infrastructure for Enhanced Sharing

Recognizing the importance of interoperability, KONZA Health has built and certified a FHIR infrastructure, allowing efficient sharing of health information across various networks, providers, health plans, and patients.

Closing Care Gaps with Technology

KONZA Health acknowledges that accurate quality measures require comprehensive care data. With this understanding, they have developed advanced technologies that aid payers and value-based care initiatives in addressing care gaps, thereby ensuring quality of care metrics reflect all services received by patients.

Commitment to Data Integrity

Prioritizing data quality and completeness, KONZA Health has achieved NCQA Data Aggregation Validation for all its members. This prestigious certification signals to healthcare stakeholders that KONZA Health provides accurate and complete data.

Uncompromising Data Security

KONZA Health maintains the highest standards of data security, achieving HITRUST®, DirectTrust® Privacy & Security Accreditation, and MARS-e accreditation. These robust security measures instill confidence in patients and providers regarding the safety of their health information.

EHR Agnostic Approach

Another significant aspect of KONZA Health's strategy is its EHR agnostic stance. Regardless of the electronic health record system a provider opts for, KONZA can seamlessly integrate with each one, thus facilitating the delivery of both structured and unstructured data.

A Bold Pledge for the Future

KONZA Health has pledged to take on the role of an early adopter of the CMS framework, with the objective of becoming a CMS-Aligned Network by December 31, 2025. This commitment serves to showcase the accomplishments made over the past 15 years.

KONZA Health firmly believes in collaboration as the key to modernizing healthcare. By championing the CMS Digital Health Ecosystem, they aim to demonstrate the incredible possibilities that arise when healthcare stakeholders work together, ultimately striving to bring health services into the innovation era that other sectors have already embraced.