Learn how THA is developing a statewide system for the collection of real-time ADT data from hospitals in Tennessee to generate clinical event notifications.
Encounter Notification Service® (ENS®), powered by Audacious Inquiry (Ai), is a low-complexity and high value population health management tool. ENS technology is easily deployable and relies on basic healthcare data in the ADT message.
THA is implementing ENS for all member hospitals in the state by the end of 2017. Non-member hospitals are also eligible to participate to take advantage of the program's benefits.
THA is expanding its Health Information Network (HIN) to provide an Event Notification Service (ENS) to hospitals across the state. When a patient has a hospital or emergency department admission, discharge, or transfer (ADT) event, information about that patient’s visit (including, but not limited to, demographic information, information on the source facility, and primary complaint) is collected, packaged into a clinical event notification, and sent securely to the following entities:
ENS offers the opportunity for hospitals to engage in better overall care coordination, reduce hospital readmissions, and ensure proper follow-up care is received for their patients.