April Newsletter
REMINDER: Vaccination Records Available
Through our Portal
In partnership with the Department of Health, the essential COVID-19 information you need has become available through our portal. This report enables clinicians and public health partners to more effectively track the vaccination progress.

If you use the reports, we hope you like them and welcome any feedback you may have. Reach out to our Support team [email protected]

If you haven't accessed the reports yet, they can be viewed in 2 different ways:

1. Patient Record Lookup
Vaccination information will be available for query and visible within the patient's record through Patient Lookup in the myConnections portal in the "Immunizations" category.
 
 
2. COVID-19 Vaccination Report
Use the myConnections provider portal and click “Reports” at the top of the page. A new page will appear; select "COVID-19 Vaccination Report". For details, click here.
 
Consent is the Most Important Step in Gaining Access to a Patient's Medical Records.
If you've ever wondered how consent works, what to say when talking to your patient, and how you can capture and maintain consent, we put together a webinar to address those questions and others!

Let us walk you through the process and help you capture consent for your patients to provide them with better care!
Sign up For an Upcoming Webinar Below:
Simply click on the day that works best for you and register!
Get Results Delivered Right into
Your Electronic Health Record System
With Results Delivery, HealtheConnections can route results directly into your electronic health record system (EHR). When a radiology report, laboratory result, or transcribed report is needed, they can be viewed and stored in your EHR system directly. Likewise, reports can also be delivered via the HealtheConnections Direct Mail service.

Simply contact us at [email protected] and we will help you and your organization get set up! It's that easy.
REMINDER: Be Sure to Fill out Your Telehealth & Verbal Consent Survey!
Recently, we sent out a survey regarding telehealth visits and verbal consent collection. We're seeking your feedback to assess your usage of those options provided by the NYSDOH during the pandemic as we will be required to provide this information as part of our annual NYSDOH certification.

Please fill out the following survey by Monday, May 3rd

Note: Please keep in mind we may request workflow documents for your process in the future, so be sure to keep them handy.

Thank you.
HealtheConnections Partners
with NYS Arthritis Program
This partnership will help increase physical activity counseling and referrals to evidence-based interventions
for adults with arthritis.
HealtheConnections is partnering with the New York State Department of Health to offer tools for health care providers to play an important role in helping patients with arthritis become physically active to reduce arthritis pain.
 
In recognition of Arthritis Awareness Month this May, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the New York State Department of Health encourage health care providers to talk to patients with arthritis about physical activity to relieve arthritis pain and symptoms.
HealtheConnections Tools for Health Care Providers:
 
  • myData Arthritis Dashboard – users can easily access a list of their patients with arthritis, to identify those who could benefit from counseling and referral:
  • Community Referrals – users can refer patients with arthritis to community-based and online programs like Enhance Fitness, Walk with Ease, and Chronic Disease Self-Management Programs
For more information and resources, The New York State Department of Health has recently released a new toolkit to support your counseling and referral efforts for patients with arthritis. The toolkit offers resources to help you prescribe the right “dose” of activity to get people moving, recommend local places for accessible recreation opportunities such as walking in NY State Parks, and refer patients to evidence-based physical activity programs like Enhance Fitness and Walk With Ease. 
Word on the Street:
How the HIE has Helped Participants During the
COVID-19 Pandemic
"We have been using HealtheConnections portal extensively during the COVID pandemic to help gather Covid related test results and other information. This has been a helpful tool when scheduling patients. We can't wait to connect through our EMR."

Stephanie Heinegg, Office Manager
Larchmount Family Medicine


"We have been able to access COVID-19 results in a timely manner. It has helped us within the admissions department to remain compliant with current policies. myAlerts has also been very helpful in alerting us to follow up on patients who have been hospitalized."

Judith Blatt, Director of Admissions
Cedar Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
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