Multi-System Hospital Leverages Chenoa's Patient Portal to Enable NCQA Patient Centered Medical Home

Online, May 15, 2014 (Newswire.com) - Chenoa Healthcare Technology Services announced today that a multi-specialty hospital system in Brooklyn, NY selected their web-based Patient Portal solution to enable patients to manage their own healthcare and improve overall quality of care. With the implementation of the portal, the hospital system is recognized as an accredited NCQA Patient Centered Medical Home.

The Patient Portal, an intuitive and fully customizable web-based platform enables patients to have secure access to their medical information, conveniently allowing them to view, track, manage and share medical records such as prescriptions, lab results, referrals, immunizations, procedures, allergies and medical billing. Additionally, the portal enables patients to instantly communicate with their physicians and caregivers, share medical information, schedule appointments, request referrals, receive appointment and medication alerts, view and pay bills, and answer any critical questions - all online.

"Without a patient portal, our hospital was not able to provide patients with access to their medical information," said the Director of IT. "Chenoa's Patient Portal has not only allowed us to become a Patient Centered Medical Home, a long time goal we've been trying to obtain, but it is a vital tool to ensure patients receive preventive and chronic care evidence-based guidelines and improve communications with their physicians and caregivers for shared healthcare decision making."

The Patient Portal is built on HIE and HL7 platforms to offer secure messaging capability and is in compliance with mandated HIPAA regulations. The beauty of the portal is that it's EHR agnostic allowing the hospital system to leverage their existing data from multiple EHR and transactional data management systems requiring no additional EHR staff training. Chenoa's team continues to enhance the portal based on our clients' needs in conjunction with their EHR system. Currently the portal is equipped for ambulatory healthcare settings, but will soon be implementing inpatient care transactional data. Following the model of the Patient Centered Medical Home, the hospital system now meets Meaningful Use Stage 2 requirements, automates the routine tasks of population health management, enhances patient engagement, tracks and coordinates care, and delivers better care and better quality at lower costs.

About the client
A multi-system hospital is an 864-bed medical training institution, comprised of a 326-bed acute care hospital and a 538-bed adult and pediatric skilled nursing long-term care facility. To ensure continuous quality of care, the hospital system has several ancillary departments that work with medical departments to have patients rest at ease knowing they are getting treated by true professionals committed to their total care.

About Chenoa
Chenoa is a sustainable IT services and Solutions Company that delivers strategic software architecture, integration and implementation for organizations worldwide. At Chenoa, we deliver a comprehensive set of healthcare technology services and solutions including software development, mHealth, meaningful use, interoperability, analytics, risk scoring, predictive modeling, claims, revenue and utilization management. Across the spectrum of healthcare providers, DME suppliers, HIT vendors and Payers, our certified engineers use the latest technologies and protocols like; HL7, DICOM, W3C, IHE Profiles, XDS Toolkit, SOA, Web Services and EAI. We'll help you see technology in a whole new light.

To learn more about Chenoa's Patient Portal solution that will help you qualify for NCQA's Patient Centered Medical Home, please contact Mike Fortino, EVP of Client Solutions, at (732) 549-6800 x 209 or email mfortino@chenoainc.com