CLINICAL HISTORY

All healthcare is not local. In today’s fragmented care environment, the ability to quickly locate and access clinical records is critical to unlocking safer, higher quality and lower cost healthcare.

 

RECORD LOCATOR & EXCHANGE 

Record Locator & Exchange lets healthcare providers quickly see where patients have received care and locates medical records from across all 50 states, regardless of care setting and EHR.

Bridges interoperability gaps

The nation’s most robust medical record locator provides record locations for 314 million patients and identified nearly 334 million links to clinical document sources in 2019.iii

Delivers critical information in seconds, not days

Patients whose outpatient care teams do not receive a timely hospital discharge summary are 10 times likelier to return to the hospital. Our Record Locator & Exchange reduces these dangerous delays.i

Scalable clinical history document exchange reveals the full picture

A hub-and-spoke exchange structure lets care teams access clinical documents in full, including detailed summaries of care to build a full picture of patients' health history.

Improved data aids coordinated care

More complete patient information helps prevent potential duplications of care that cost an estimated $148 billion to $226 billion annually.ii

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FAQ

What information does Surescripts store?

Surescripts stores basic demographic information, provided by healthcare providers, for purposes of patient matching and identification. Patient demographics include:

  • Patient ID / Medical Record Number
  • Patient name: First, middle, last, prefix, suffix
  • Patient Address line 1 & 2
  • Patient city, state, zip
  • Patient date of birth
  • Patient gender
What kind of information can be accessed through Record Locator & Exchange?

Record Locator & Exchange provides demographic information to ensure proper identification and matching. A typical clinical document shared between healthcare providers includes: allergies, medications, diagnoses, immunizations, family/medical/surgical/social history, test results, discharge information, vital signs and providers progress notes.

Who has access to visit locations and records?

Healthcare providers currently providing treatment or managing ongoing care can request information about previous treatment locations. Record Locator & Exchange will provide that information and assist with retrieving records from those previous visits.

What types of organizations can take advantage of this opportunity?

EHR vendors and health systems alike would benefit from the core functions of Record Locator & Exchange.

What about FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources)?

FHIR’s inclusion in the Promoting Interoperability Programs Certification requirements will help push the standard forward in the EHR community and shows great promise. Surescripts has been supporting a FHIR-based integration for clinical document exchange for several years through Record Locator & Exchange. It provides a clear path to document exchange today for technology partners and other organizations needing to connect to the Carequality Interoperability Framework without having to implement IHE transactions.

Let’s Discuss How Our Clinical History Solutions Can Work for You

Note to patients: Please contact your healthcare providers directly to access your personal health information. This form is not intended for personal health record retrieval.

i. The Quality of Transitions from Hospital to Home: A Hospital-based Cohort Study of Patient Groups with High and Low Readmission Rates, International Journal of Care Coordination, 2016
ii. Donald M. Berwick and Andrew D. Hackbarth, "Eliminating Waste in U.S. Health Care," Journal of the American Medical Association 307, no. 14 (April 11, 2012), 1513–1516, doi:10.1001/jama.2012.362.

iii. Surescripts, “2019 National Progress Report,” April 2020. 
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Let’s Discuss How Our Clinical History Solutions Can Work for You

Note to patients: Please contact your healthcare providers directly to access your personal health information. This form is not intended for personal health record retrieval.