To help ensure that doctors, hospitals, post-acute facilities, home-health agencies, EMS services and others have access to real-time clinical data and longitudinal patient history during the COVID-19 outbreak, WISHIN is announcing that it will offer new participants free access to the WISHIN Pulse Community Health Record for a limited time.
The WISHIN network includes more than 1,700 sites of care around the state, each feeding clinical data in real time from their electronic health record systems to WISHIN. WISHIN Pulse aggregates clinical data from multiple sources about each patient in a single, patient-centric record.
In order to participate, health-care organizations must:
Free access to WISHIN Pulse will be in effect through July 31.
To provide additional information and answer questions, WISHIN has scheduled four webinars:
Q: Which organizations currently participate in WISHIN?
A: A list of WISHIN participants may be found at: (this list changes frequently) https://www.wishin.org/ParticipatingProviders/WISHINPulseParticipantList.aspx
Q: How would I access WISHIN Pulse?
A: WISHIN Pulse can be accessed via web portal. Users must have a valid user name and password. There is no need to know where the patient had previous encounters. All that is needed is the
patient name, and, if known, other demographic information.
Q: What happens to access after July 31?
A: Organizations will have the opportunity to continue using WISHIN Pulse. Standard subscription
fees would apply after July 31.
Q: What if my organization recently signed up as a WISHIN participant?
A: Organizations that executed Participation Agreements effective March 1, 2020, or later will receive
free access through July 31.
Q: Can I just start the process without attending one of the webinars?
A: Yes! Just send us an email at wishin@wishin.org and we will walk you through everything you
need to know.