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Welcome to the CurrentCare transition page. We aim to provide the most up-to-date information regarding the transitions to both a new opt-out consent model and a new technology vendor in the RI Health Information Exchange (HIE).

PROVIDERS PATIENTS

CurrentCare will continue to be Rhode Island’s state Health Information Exchange (HIE), and provide the healthcare community with the same valuable healthcare data.
Rhode Island Quality Institute (RIQI) is the State of RI’s designated Regional Health Information Organization (RHIO). RIQI will continue to support CurrentCare, including administrative, operational, and end-user support and training.
Provider organizations will continue to have similar services (access to clinical data and encounter notifications), plus additional services and benefits.

What will stay the same?

What will change?

In 2025, CurrentCare will receive a modern makeover. The consent model will be changing to increase the amount of patient data available in the HIE, which will benefit both the provider community and patients. At the same time, CurrentCare is transitioning to new technology, which will provide the healthcare community with exciting new capabilities today, as well as increased possibilities for the future.

New Technology Vendor:

CurrentCare’s consent model will change from "opt in" to "opt out" of data sharing.
RIQI will provide an opt-out form in various formats and languages.
All data sharing partners must inform patients about the changes to the consent model and educate patients about their options.
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HIE technology will be managed by CRISP Shared Services (CSS), an experienced HIE vendor with a growing national network of participating states, including Connecticut.
Rhode Island will benefit from and contribute to the CSS collaborative of states, that share technical infrastructure, new projects, ideas for innovation, and more.

Changes to Clinical Features for Provider Organizations:

Single Sign-On App is available as a core feature within many Electronic Health Records, including Epic, Cerner, PointClickCare, Meditech, athena, eCinicalWorks, NextGen.
Encounter Notification Services will now be free of charge and available in multiple formats.
Hospitals can now elect for CurrentCare to send Facility-Identified Alerts on their behalf to primary care providers via direct messaging free of charge.
Care Management Alerts via Direct Messaging will no longer be supported. RIQI will work with each organization to identify replacement service(s).

Changes to Patient-Facing Features:

Patients will have peace of mind knowing that their network of healthcare providers will have access to their clinical data from multiple organizations and can receive notifications when they’ve had emergency room or hospital visits.
The CurrentCare for Me (CC4Me) Patient Portal is being phased out. [Timing TBD]
The CC4Me Designee Alerts (email and text notifications to designees about encounters involving CC4Me-enrolled patients) will be discontinued as part of our service updates. [Timing TBD]

Timeline

The timeline is still being finalized, but the new system launch is currently planned for ~Spring 2025:

Fall 2024 - Early 2025: Most data sharing partners are in the process of setting up connectivity, in preparation for sending their data into the new CurrentCare infrastructure.
~ Spring 2025: Clinical users will be migrated to the new CurrentCare Portal, where one login gives access to many applications.
~ 1 month later: RIQI’s existing CurrentCare infrastructure will be sunset approximately one month after the new system is live.

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