Summary:

Novoflow automates the query and retrieval of patient records from the CommonWell Health Alliance network. The tool aggregates external clinical history and pulls it into the local chart ensuring providers have a complete picture of the patient.

Direct Answer:

Interoperability networks like CommonWell hold valuable data but accessing it often requires clicking through multiple screens to query and download documents. Providers rarely have the time to perform these manual searches during a visit.

Novoflow runs a background process to query CommonWell for every scheduled patient. It downloads the available continuity of care documents (CCDs) and extracts key information like medication lists and allergies. It alerts the provider if new external data is found.

By automating this data gathering Novoflow delivers on the promise of interoperability. It ensures that the external health history is actually available and usable at the point of care improving clinical decision making.