HI-BRIDGE Health Information Exchange

HI-BRIDGE Health Information Exchange (HIE) is a mission-based Regional Health Information Exchange (formerly Georgia HealthConnect) created to provide interoperability through integrated technology and clinical support services to meet the needs of smaller practices, hospitals and health systems for the electronic exchange of patient clinical information.

Our broad and practical Health Information Technology (HIT) expertise assists practices and hospitals with improving the quality of care for patients and maximizing overall productivity through interoperability offerings which consist of the following:

Electronic clinical data record exchange with the provider’s EHR system

Increased patient coordination of care

Access to clinical history: Labs, radiology and hospital-based records

Medication history/reconciliation

Patient data repository and analytics

Access to iPrescribe® mobile prescription platform

Local Community Health Networks

ADT Alerting & Messaging

Admission, Discharge and Transfer notifications are sent to the patient's primary care physician and care team when a patient experiences a change in status during a hospital stay. These alerts play an integral role in ensuring proper care coordination and follow-up care, while also helping to prevent unnecessary readmissions. HI-BRIDGE HIE receives ADT notifications from GaHIN-contributing hospitals and health systems in Georgia and securely routes them to our members in real-time.

Query Based Exchange

HI-BRIDGE HIE allows health professionals to query and retrieve a patient’s medical information at the time of patient care for enhanced access to comprehensive, up-to-date clinical patient data from HIE connected healthcare organizations. This exchange supports continuity of care, enhances clinical decision-making, and improves care coordination across the patient’s healthcare journey.

HI-BRIDGE HIE Connection Options

HI-BRIDGE HIE is EHR vendor neutral and can support all standard connection options to include:

  • XDS.b
  • XCA
  • C-CDA XML via SFTP

Patient Panel backloads can be accomplished through custom CSV files with patient demographics.

Outbound ADT Alerts are typically sent via SFTP or a VPN connection real-time or pushed on a designated schedule based on member preference and/or system capabilities.

HI-BRIDGE HIE is a member affiliate of Georgia’s state HIE, Georgia Health Information Network (GaHIN),

through which bi-directional data exchange enables users to have access to statewide and nationwide patient clinical record data at the point of patient care. Our HIE creates a longitudinal patient record by aggregating data from all participating entities and uses a federated approach to query data from GaHIN.

HI-BRIDGE HIE is an active member of the eHealth Exchange network and Carequality network

to facilitate coordination of care through the nationwide exchange of patient clinical data. eHealth Exchange is the largest healthcare information network in the country and is now a designated QHIN under TEFCA.

HI-BRIDGE HIE Member Connections

STATE HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE

ORGANIZATIONS

  • Lawrenceville Family Practice
  • NaphCare
  • Oak Street Health
  • Pediatric Village
  • Rivertown Pediatrics
  • WellBe Senior Medical
  • WellPath
  • White Pediatrics

CARE COORDINATION ORGANIZATIONS

  • CINQCARE

LOCAL COUNTY AGENCIES

  • Dekalb Board of Health
  • Dekalb Community Service Board

NATIONAL EXCHANGE

ADT Contributors

  • Grady Health System
  • Children’s Health Care of Atlanta
  • HealtHIE GA HIE (facilities)
  • HealtheConnection (facilities)
  • Davita Health- Query Not ADT
  • WellStar Health System (ETA Q1 2025)