J2 Global Offers Free Patient Record Query Through Consensus Interoperability Platform During COVID-19 Crisis
March 30 2020 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Providers Can Obtain Critical Patient
Information On-Demand Decreasing the Burden on a Stretched
Healthcare Community
J2 Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: JCOM), a leading Internet and
information services company, announced today that it will offer
healthcare providers free access to on-demand patient record query
during the COVID-19 crisis through its recently introduced
Consensus healthcare interoperability platform. On-demand record
query is a valuable tool within Consensus that enables healthcare
providers to access patient records needed for treatment through
Carequality.
The need for sharing important patient information —
facilitating requests and response for patient records — is vital
to ensuring proper patient care during a public health crisis such
as COVID-19. The Consensus query tool, connected by Kno2®, ensured
timely, coordinated care responses by providing access to a
comprehensive on-demand patient record-retrieval service, at no
charge, from a surrounding community of providers.
The stress on frontline healthcare workers to quickly assess a
patient’s acuity level and history, and prioritize patients at
greater risk, has increased dramatically with COVID-19. Emergency
rooms, urgent care centers, specialty providers, telehealth
providers, skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), durable medical
equipment (DME) companies and others across the care continuum are
all struggling with access to needed patient data. The Consensus
query tool lessens that burden for the entire healthcare community
with an on-demand record retrieval service.
“Consensus can be used to quickly and securely obtain patient
data on past and current conditions and treatments from a
surrounding healthcare community. This helps enable care teams to
make better decisions at the point of care,” said Nate Simmons,
President of J2 Cloud Services. “Consensus can be used by providers
with or without an electronic health record system (EHR). Some EHRs
already connect to Carequality. If not, Consensus users now have
the benefit of on-demand query for no charge.”
“We are all deeply aware of the stress that the COVID-19
pandemic is putting on our healthcare system,” said Dave Cassel,
Executive Director of Carequality. “Recognizing the need for
patient information to flow seamlessly during this crisis,
Carequality wants to ensure that as many clinicians as possible are
able to take advantage of the nationwide connectivity the
Carequality Framework provides. We have temporarily waived some
prerequisites to access that make sense in normal times but can be
removed to streamline access in extraordinary times.”
The full version of Consensus offers one comprehensive
connection with a simple, inbox-like dashboard to manage all
incoming and outgoing patient documents including cloud faxes,
direct secure messaging, patient query and API integration into
exchanges. Users do not need an EHR to provide this level of
enhanced data fluidity and digital interoperability. Those with an
EHR will find an easy workflow for integrating patient data.
About Consensus
Consensus is offered by J2 Global with eFax Corporate, the
largest enterprise-grade cloud-fax solution that has also earned
HITRUST CSF Certification. Consensus, connected by Kno2, offers an
additional level of collaborative data sharing including cloud
faxing, direct secure messaging, patient query, HIE connectivity,
and an exchange API integration all in one easy-to-use
platform.
For more information about Consensus, visit
https://www.consensus.com.
About J2 Global
J2 Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: JCOM) is a leading Internet information
and services company consisting of a portfolio of brands including
IGN, Mashable, Humble Bundle, Speedtest, PCMag, Offers.com,
Spiceworks, Everyday Health, BabyCenter, and What To Expect in its
Digital Media segment and eFax, eVoice, iContact, Campaigner,
Vipre, IPVanish and KeepItSafe in its Cloud Services segment. J2
reaches over 180 million people per month across its brands. As of
December 31, 2019, J2 had achieved 24 consecutive fiscal years of
revenue growth.
For more information about J2, visit
https://www.j2global.com.
About Kno2
Kno2® is leading healthcare’s path to interoperability across
every patient care setting with the capability to send, receive,
find, and use patient information with everyone. Through Kno2’s
Interoperability as a Service™, common exchange methods, including
cloud fax, direct secure messaging using the DirectTrust™
framework, patient information query with providers live on
Carequality – including those connected through CommonWell Health
Alliance® – IHE profiles, HL7 messaging, FHIR, and patient care
networks (Referrals, ACOs, HIEs) are standardized into simple send
and receive workflows, and available to technology vendors, like J2
Global, through a simple set of REST-based APIs.
For more information about Kno2, visit https://kno2.com/
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