Bamboo Health and the Texas Health Services Authority (THSA) have expanded real-time patient event notifications across Texas. The new partnership now reaches approximately 75% of Texas acute care facilities. It also strengthens statewide healthcare interoperability and care coordination. Bamboo Health provides care navigation and care coordination solutions for healthcare organizations.
THSA operates HIETexas and supports health information exchange across the state. Together, both organizations launched a live bidirectional data-sharing partnership. The agreement allows connected healthcare organizations to access broader patient event information. Organizations connected to either network can receive real-time admission, discharge and transfer notifications.
You get access via one connection so no need for more than one interface. “The earlier providers see important patient care transitions, the better.” Care teams also can respond more quickly as patients move between health care settings. These settings include hospitals, emergency departments and other care sites.
Real-Time Patient Data for Improved Care Coordination
The collaboration aims to make real-time data from patients more actionable. Timely information can help health care teams identify critical moments that require immediate attention. For example, a patient may need follow-up care after being discharged from a hospital. Another patient could present to an emergency department following a behavioral health episode. Either way, faster notification enables teams to intervene before gaps in care occur.
Bamboo Health says its provider partners have reduced avoidable utilization by 20%. THSA participants have also recorded fewer hospital readmissions and potentially preventable emergency visits. Those results helped save Medicaid approximately $8 million during 2024.
Patients often are treated by multiple providers and health systems. But, patient activity can be hard to track on fragmented data networks. Multiple interfaces might be needed for healthcare organizations to access complete patient information. This new connection addresses these challenges by connecting complementary healthcare data networks. That lets organizations get richer information, but in a simpler process. The partnership also helps to increase interoperability in healthcare across Texas.
“Healthcare organizations don’t need more data, they need to be able to act on connected data that provides the right information at the moment it can improve care,” said Jeff Smith, CEO of Bamboo Health. “This partnership expands the reach of real-time patient event data across Texas, giving providers and health plans broader visibility into care transitions so they can intervene sooner, coordinate care more effectively and improve outcomes.”
Partnership Strengthens Healthcare Interoperability
The partnership brings together the expertise of Bamboo Health and THSA. Both organizations are focused on improving healthcare through better data exchange. Their broader network seeks to tie data to moments needing action in a timely way. This doesn’t stop at just having access to healthcare information. It helps providers, payers and communities use information to make better decisions. This results in improved care coordination and patient outcomes for organizations.
“Patients don’t experience healthcare one organization at a time, and health information shouldn’t be limited by organizational boundaries,” said Phil Beckett, Ph.D., CEO of Texas Health Services Authority. “By connecting our networks, we’re making it easier for organizations to access timely patient event information through a single connection. It’s a collaborative approach that strengthens interoperability across Texas while preserving choice for providers and ultimately improving care for Texans.”
The partnership supports several types of healthcare organizations across Texas. These organizations include hospitals, physician groups and accountable care organizations. Health plans and community providers can also benefit from expanded patient visibility.
Texas healthcare organizations can use the expanded event-notification reach to:
- Improve care transitions following hospital visits
- Strengthen post-discharge follow-up
- Coordinate care between multiple providers
- Support value-based care programs
- Improve access and coordination in rural communities
- Strengthen care delivery in underserved areas
Bamboo Health Turns Patient Data Into Action
The agreement reflects a wider shift within healthcare interoperability. The industry is moving beyond basic data exchange and information availability. Healthcare organizations increasingly need data at the right time and place. That timely access can support clinical and operational decisions. It can also help care teams act during important patient care transitions.
Bamboo Health can support this approach through its healthcare technology solutions. Its Automated Transitions solution helps organizations manage important care transitions. Its Bamboo Bridge solution can also help turn data into coordinated action. These solutions can support timely follow-up after acute healthcare visits. They can also help organizations connect behavioral health and physical health services.
Beyond Texas, Bamboo Health has reported measurable results across healthcare organizations. Leading provider groups working with Bamboo Health reported a 20% reduction in avoidable utilization. Leading Medicaid health plans have also reported improvements in quality performance. For example, Follow-Up after Hospitalization scores increased from the 34th percentile. Those scores reached the 95th percentile among leading Medicaid health plans.
Bamboo Health’s platform is integrated with more than 2,500 hospitals nationwide. It also links 30 health plans and 45,000 pharmacies. The platform also links to 8,000 post-acute facilities. So the partnership gives THSA access to an established healthcare data network. It also opens doors to expanding real-time patient information across the state of Texas. Ultimately, the partnership aims to improve care coordination through connected healthcare data.
Bamboo Health and THSA Extend Real-Time Patient Event Notification to Boost Healthcare Interoperability The partnership enables providers to respond more quickly to critical patient events. It could also improve coordination among health care settings in Texas. With more healthcare organizations choosing to use connected data solutions, timely information is becoming even more important. One example of data sharing that can deliver real-world health outcomes is the Bamboo Health partnership. It additionally emphasizes the increasing importance of real-time healthcare data in collaborative patient care.
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News Source: Businesswire.com
