Whole Person Care Connections

November 2025

Connection Progress: What’s Moving Forward This Month

GaHIN’s statewide network is expanding again. Three major connection initiatives are advancing, each strengthening the data infrastructure Georgia’s providers rely on every day.

DPH (State Electronic Notifiable Disease Surveillance System) SENDSS: A Major Win for Public Health

GaHIN and the Georgia Department of Public Health have completed the SENDSS connection.

What this delivers: Faster, more consistent disease surveillance data flowing across the state, improving early detection, reporting, and response.

LifeSouth Blood Bank: Newly Connected

LifeSouth is now fully integrated with GaHIN, marking one of this year’s most meaningful additions.

What this delivers: Broader access to critical blood bank data for clinicians statewide, supporting better emergency response and care coordination.

DPH Registries HL7 Conversion: Modernizing Reporting

The Alzheimer’s registry (ALZ) is now live as part of DPH’s modernization requirements, with additional registries progressing next.

What this delivers: A more modern, standardized HL7 reporting structure that supports accuracy, speed, and statewide interoperability.

Why This Matters

These new connections --SENDSS, LifeSouth, and the HL7 registries — strengthen the ecosystem that clinicians, crisis responders, hospitals, and community partners depend on.

More connections mean fewer blind spots, faster decisions, and more coordinated care for Georgia’s 11 million residents.

Did You Know?

GaHIN’s core tools—GeorgiaConnX and GeorgiaDirect—are free for credentialed, authorized healthcare professionals in Georgia.

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Continuum of Care Connection Update: Real Progress Across Georgia

GaHIN’s work with Continuums of Care (CoCs) is accelerating, bringing more community-based organizations into the statewide network.

Atlanta Continuum of Care: Rollout Accelerating

22 organizations already connected
10 additional organizations begin onboarding on November 24

Why it matters: Atlanta providers dedicated to ending homelessness will gain streamlined, secure single sign-on access to the tools and data they need to serve people more effectively.

Savannah Continuum of Care: Onboarding Begins

Implementation is now underway, with 11 organizations preparing to join.

Why it matters: Savannah partners will come online quickly with clear support, training, and a bi-weekly coordination cadence.

Augusta-Richmond & DeKalb CoCs: Readiness Checks

Outreach to 16 Augusta-Richmond organizations is beginning
DeKalb readiness discussions are in progress with DCA

Why it matters: These steps expand statewide coverage and ensure more regions are prepared to integrate smoothly into the network.

GaHIN Securing Elite Status

If there were frequent flyer miles for advancing connected care, GaHIN would be gold status by now.

This fall, our team has been traveling across Georgia, from the Georgia Primary Care Association Conference to GA HIMSS and the GA Behavioral Health Innovation Summit, sharing how interoperability turns information into impact. And just last week, we were at the Department of Community Health’s (DCH) Division of Medical Assistance Plans and Gainwell Technologies' Georgia Medicaid Fall Fair

Each stop adds another mile to GaHIN’s journey as a national model for health data exchange, one where providers have what they need, when they need it, to care for the whole person.

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