iReferral® automatically identifies potential organ and tissue donors and optimizes the referral process from the hospital to the OPO.
ANN ARBOR, Mich., 13 August 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Corewell Health™ and Gift of Life Michigan, the state-approved organ procurement organization (OPO) for the state Michiganhave collaborated to successfully implement InVita Healthcare Technologies’ iReferral at 34 Corewell Health locations, the largest hospital implementation of iReferral in the country to date based on the number of facilities.
InVita Healthcare Technologies, Corewell Health, Gift of Life Michigan
InVita Healthcare Technologies (InVita) offers iReferral, a secure healthcare interoperability solution that replaces Corewell Health’s previous time-intensive manual phone process to refer all potential organ and tissue donors to Gift of Life Michigan as required by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). iReferral automatically identifies potential organ and tissue donors based on established criteria and enables immediate and secure electronic transmission of the donor referral to Gift of Life Michigan’s iTransplant.® System (provided by InVita).
“Corewell Health’s partnership with Gift of Life and InVita enables our nurses to utilize an automated process that reduces workload and potential for errors, as well as the likelihood of missed referrals,” said Jill Sheipline, RNVice President and Chief Nursing Informatics Officer at Corewell Health. “The iReferral process also improves the timeliness of referrals and allows nurses to be there for the patient and family during a very difficult and emotional time. For those waiting for an organ or tissue donor, timing is everything.”
Corewell Health, Gift of Life Michigan and InVita successfully collaborated to establish a unified and scalable iReferral integration, initially with 18 West Michigan (formerly Spectrum Health) facilities in September 2023. During 2024, the interface was then successfully rolled out to 16 additional Corewell Health facilities, including facilities in the Southwest and Southeast (formerly Beaumont Health). Michigan.
“This was a significant undertaking, made possible by the tremendous efforts of our dedicated employees and partners,” said Dorrie DilsPresident and CEO of Gift of Life Michigan. “This success will undoubtedly save countless hours for those involved in the referral process and ultimately save more lives through organ and tissue donation.”
“We are so proud to partner with Corewell Health and Gift of Life Michigan on the most comprehensive rollout of iReferral to date,” said Wade-LiuChief Product Officer and General Manager at InVita Healthcare Technologies. “In a short period of time, Corewell Health has already referred over 1,000 potential donors to Gift of Life Michigan through iReferral, resulting in important time savings for caregivers and ensuring that all potential donors and families have the opportunity to donate and save lives.”
About Corewell Health™| corewellhealth.org
People are at the heart of everything we do and inspire our legacy of outstanding results, innovation, strong community partnerships, philanthropy and transparency. Corewell Health is a not-for-profit health system that delivers health care and coverage with an exceptional team of over 65,000 dedicated employees – including more than 12,000 physicians and experienced providers and more than 15,500 nurses providing care and services in 21 hospitals, over 300 outpatient facilities and several post-acute settings – and Priority Health, a provider-sponsored health plan serving more than 1.3 million members. Through experience and collaboration, we are building a better, more equitable model for health and well-being. For more information, visit corewellhealth.org.
About Gift of Life Michigan | giftoflifemichigan.org
Gift of Life Michigan is a federally recognized organ procurement organization serving the state of Michigan. Michigan as an intermediary between donors, their families and hospital staff. In partnership with Eversight, Gift of Life provides all necessary services for organ, eye and tissue donation. For more information or to register in the donor registry, visit www.golm.org or call 866.500.5801.
About InVita Healthcare Technologies | invitahealth.com
InVita provides mission-critical and chain-of-custody software technologies for complex medical, forensic and ambulatory care environments. InVita’s solutions streamline clinical workflows, optimize supply chains, specimen tracking and transparency in donation and transplant, blood and plasma operations, tissue and implant lifecycle, and environments that include DNA and forensics. InVita continues to expand the iReferral℠ and iTransplant℠ platforms, which support nearly 75% of all OPOs in the United States and are used by more than 15,000 healthcare professionals in over 100 organ, tissue, eye and birth tissue organizations around the world.
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