Information access is receiving much attention as hospitals migrate from paper-based to electronic environments. Smart cards offer a prime solution. With one swipe of a smart card, patient data is captured, updated, and stored. Eliminate duplicate records and repeated requests for patients to fill out the same information at multiple points during their care experience. Positive patient experience builds brand loyalty and awareness within the community, creating opportunities to positively impact revenue.

The Solution: EXTENSION® HealthID™

EXTENSION HealthID smart card solution provides fast and accurate patient identification and information exchange improving the patient experience and clinical workflow.

Distinguishing Features:

• stackable and scalable network appliance, HealthID includes the EXTENSION appliance, smart cards, and card readers
• integrated with existing scheduling, registration, clinical and financial systems
• gateway and interface engine that uses HL7 and web services to communicate with applications and external devices such as web enabled mobile phones
• web-based administrative interface lets hospitals customize operational processes including patient registration, discharge, and billing.
• store patient information for access by the system
• Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)-enabled encryption mechanism ensures data security
• private PIN issued to each patient receiving a smart card enables access to personal information
• build brand loyalty among patient population

Why does AHA Endorse EXTENSION® HealthID™ Smart Cards?
Security: Requisite authentication techniques necessary to secure a smart card program have been integrated.
Ease of Implementation: HealthID is offered as a network appliance. Efficient implementation processes capitalize upon existing system core functionality and workflow. The HealthID security solution is powering the largest healthcare smart card program in the U.S. at Mount Sinai Health System in New York.
Comprehensive Solution: EXTENSION's 'pre-packaged' smart card solution provides a level of clarity and ease of use and implementation not readily available at this time. Many solutions reviewed by AHA Solutions provided components of an overall smart card program, but not a comprehensive solution.

Benefits of the HealthID™Smart Card Solution

Patient

• Accurate patient identification
• Streamlines registration and signing of HIPAA forms

Clinician

• Improves clinical workflow
• Enhances physician satisfaction

CEO

• Builds brand loyalty and brand awareness in community
• Streamlines operational processes

CFO

• Affordable solution for preventing fraud, patient misidentification and delayed or denied insurance claims
• Reduces administrative costs

CIO

• Provides gateway and interface for HL7 and web services to communicate with applications and devices
• Incorporates PKI-enabled authentication

Revenue Cycle

• Reduces reduplication entries and administrative costs to correct mistakes
• Eliminates human-input errors for insurance processing