Name
Clinical Health Data with a TWIST: Cross-Cabinet Collaboration Gives Child Welfare Workers Access to the Kentucky Health Information Exchange
Date & Time
Monday, August 21, 2023, 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Description

Multiple agencies within the Commonwealth of Kentucky collaborated to provide case managers with access to the health records of children in out-of-home care through the Kentucky Health Information Data Sharing (KHIDS) project. The central goal of KHIDS was to put critical health information in the hands of the case managers working with out-of-home youth by connecting Kentucky’s child welfare information system (TWIST) to the state health information exchange (KHIE). By having access to the critical health data stored in KHIE and its additional services, case managers can have a more robust understanding of the child’s need and perform the appropriate case management and care coordination activities to provide safety, permanency, and wellbeing to children in out-of-home care.

Location Name
Breakout 3 - National Harbor 8
Session Type
Breakout Session
Presentation Learning Objectives
This presentation will examine the efficacy of a Health and Human Services project, provide lessons learned for future cross-agency collaborations, and lay out next steps following the project.
Andrew Bledsoe, MS, MBA, Kentucky HIE
Matthew Walton, PhD, MSSW, Office of Data Analytics, Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services
Kiran Maringanti, PhD, Deloitte