HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS: COVID-19 INFORMATION AND PATIENT DATA ACCESS
GRAChIE is a network that connects practitioners and healthcare settings across Georgia, all of whom have made the decision to participate for one reason – to improve patient care.
Across the country, networks like GRACHIE, known as Health Information Exchanges (HIEs), are being formed in every state. Currently, GRAChIE links providers across Georgia from various care settings, including pediatrics, primary care, long-term care, home health and hospital emergency departments. Many more doctors and hospitals are jumping on board.
GRAChIE will allow doctors, nurses and other healthcare providers to access vital information securely and electronically, reducing the need for patients to relay medical information to every health professional involved with their care.
EMERGENCY TEMPORARY ACCESS
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, GRAChIE is extending temporary services to our non-Member healthcare community providers, facilitating the urgent need to quickly access patient clinical data electronically through a secure connection.
If you are interested in signing up for our services as a temporary non-Member or if you would like to join as a new permanent Member, please submit a request on our website at https://grachie.org/contact-us/#message, please include a brief description of the clinical treatment scenario. You may also submit a detailed request via email to Jwalkingstick@grachie.org or rbonham@grachie.org. Once received, we will respond with an agreement for signature and a request to complete a user list for processing. After your account is set up, we will contact you with your temporary login information and provide a brief tutorial if needed.
GRAChIE’s MESSAGE
We are pleased to provide a unique service during this critical time and hope that our collaboration can assist you to be bring better outcomes as you treat your patients. We are confident that together we can be better prepared to treat the crucially ill and get through this global pandemic.
COVID-19 INFORMATION SOURCES
As an effort to support the coordination and communication of critical information during the COVID-19 pandemic, please visit these sites for updated information.
- Centers for Disease Control (CDC) https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
- Georgia Department of Community Health https://dph.georgia.gov/novelcoronavirus
- Georgia COVID-19 Hotline (844) 442-2681
- CMS Frequently Asked Questions to Assist Medicare Providers https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/press-releases/covid-19-response-news-alert-cms-issues-frequently-asked-questions-assist-medicare-providers
- HealthIT.gov COVID-19 Response: Tools and Resources for the Health IT and Clinical Community https://www.healthit.gov/coronavirus