CommonWell members have rolled out CommonWell services at provider sites in all 50 states, D.C. and US territories including Puerto Rico. For a list of where our services are live, visit our Who is Connected page.
Care providers might utilize multiple products that are connected to CommonWell Services, enabling access to their patient’s records in multiple systems.
Contact your EHR vendor representative to be notified when CommonWell services will be available. Care providers contract directly with health IT suppliers for the EHRs and other health technology services to ensure accurate patient data collection and improved patient outcomes.
Visit our Member page for a list of current members, including notation of which members have committed to deploying CommonWell services.
No. Neither CommonWell nor its service provider are allowed to sell data that is transmitted with the CommonWell services.
Currently, CommonWell facilitates the exchange of structured chart and encounter data, formatted as Consolidated-Clinical Document Architecture (CCDA) documents. CommonWell also enables the sharing of clinical narratives and notes. Other types of health data (e.g., Advanced Directives) are expected to be shared over time.
No, CommonWell does not maintain a central copy of clinical records. That data remains within the provider HIT system where it was collected. CommonWell services will provide identification and matching that facilitate trusted data sharing among member systems.
CommonWell Health Alliance was one of the first vendor-led, health IT interoperability initiatives of its kind. CommonWell members build the capability to exchange health data into their software, which enables health care practitioners to work within their existing workflows. From a solution-specific perspective, CommonWell services focus on solving the foundational needs of record location, patient record matching and linking, as well as federated query of data at national scale. CommonWell services collectively allow individuals and caregivers to find and access records associated with a patient regardless of where the care was delivered. The combination of network scale and the use of a Record Locator Service (RLS) is an important distinction for CommonWell. The RLS allows a provider organization linked to CommonWell to search the entire nationwide network in real time [...]
CommonWell leverages existing standards that members use to enable scalable, secure and reliable interoperability. Our service provider has built access to the services using the incumbent IHE standards (e.g., PIX for patient identity, XCA and XDS.b for locating and retrieving patient data) as well as the more modern HL7 FHIR-based standards (i.e., RESTful interfaces, such as the IHE MHD profile), thus allowing members to choose their preferred approach to connect to the network. Learn more at specification.commonwellalliance.org.
Participation in CommonWell enables Members to shape the direction of the Alliance and help drive the future of nationwide interoperability. Members who take the next step to connect to the CommonWell Network, work with our service provider to build the capability to exchange health data into their software. This allows connected providers to work within their existing workflow and access all available health data on enrolled individuals in real-time. See this in action.
