CHESAPEAKE REGIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR OUR PATIENTS INC

Programs

1. Grant funding- crisp has been working on several significant grant funded initiatives. The significant grants are as follows: prescriptions drug monitoring program (pdmp): crisp was awarded funds from the maryland state department of health and mental hygiene (mdh) for the purpose of developing and implementing prescription drug monitoring capabilities into the existing framework of the hie. Implementation was completed by close of fy15, and project focus has since shifted to maintenance and new physician enrollment. Continued on schedule oadvanced planning document (apd): in late fy13, mdh was awarded funds by cms for the purposes of augmenting the statewide hie with additional services made available to eligible providers within maryland. Crisp is the specified subrecipient for mdh. Continuing through fy25, projects and services such as notification services, direct messaging, portal enhancement, embedded app, reporting and analytics and image exchange will be optimized and rolled out to the provider community and other stakeholders. In order to drive adoption and incorporation of the services, the apd grants allows funding for outreach educational activities for the provider…

   $34,563,770 spent
   81% of program spending

2. Other education activities- an important part of crisp's mission is to educate the public (including healthcare providers) regarding the benefits of electronic health records, and, by extension, crisp's mission to encourage electronic health record adoption and meaningful use. To further this aspect of its mission, crisp has created educational programs for providers and the public regarding health information networks, electronic health records, and health information privacy, crisp will continue to investigate, implement, and widely publicize "best practices" with regard to electronic health record security and accuracy. Continued on schedule oin conjunction with other organizations, crisp continues to engage in outreach programs targeting the provider community and which provide resources and guidance regarding ehr adoption and achieving meaningful use of required systems. In addition to providing general education of the health information exchange, crisp's educational efforts have expanded beyond the basic crisp services, portal, notification service, and the prescription drug monitoring program, to include an emphasis on ambulatory connectivity and the bi-directional…

   $4,179,640 spent
   10% of program spending

3. Health information exchange (hie)- crisp continues to focus on the exchange. Since build-out of the exchange, crisp hie has allowed providers practicing at one location to instantly access patients' records, test results, and other important information even if that information is physically stored miles away in several unrelated locations. A brief description of the hie concept is as follows: while physician access is improved by an hie, so is the security of patients' medical information. Secure electronic transmission of medical data ensures that it has reached the intended recipient and only the intended recipient. Continued on schedule othe instantaneous near real time access and improved security offered by a hie is made possible by the high-speed computer networking hardware used to connect all participating health care facilities and identify the location of patient records within those participating facilities. Increased availability and security of patient information reduces errors, improves patient care, and lowers health care costs. The hie also permits, on a vast scale, the collection of epidemiological and other data providing unique scientific and educational…

   $4,002,587 spent$6,380,360 earned by the program
   9% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $42,745,997.