Kettering Health Network in Ohio on Tuesday announced a new pilot project in which patients and their physicians will be able to access Web-based individual health records with information from various physicians, labs and hospitals, the Dayton Business Journal reports.
Kettering on June 1 rolled out the program, called DaytonHealthKonnect, for the 6,800 network employees and their dependents who are insured by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. The program later will be expanded to all Kettering Health Network patients, regardless of their health plan, Frank Perez, Kettering Health Network CEO, said (Kershaw-Staley, Dayton Business Journal, 6/12).
The individual health records include information from Anthem's insurance-claim database and medical files from Kettering affiliates, the Dayton Daily News reports (Lamb, Dayton Daily News, 6/13).
The systems uses a red light to alert physicians and patients to health issues that require attention, a yellow light to indicate issues that need monitoring and a green light for issues in good standing (Dayton Business Journal, 6/12).
The program encourages employees to use Kettering facilities because only Kettering providers can access and add to patients' individual health records, the Daily News reports. Only medical professionals involved in an employee's care can access a record without permission. In addition, the employee can block access to anyone at any time (Dayton Daily News, 6/13).
Kettering invested $1 million in the pilot and expects additional operational costs. Anthem invested between $250,000 and $500,000 to help launch the program, Charles Kennedy, vice president of health IT and research for Anthem, said (Dayton Business Journal, 6/12).