MASTER PATIENT REGISTRY
The foundation of KC CareLink is a master patient registry with demographic information on over 185,000 patients from throughout the Kansas City metropolitan area. The demographic information is refreshed daily.

REFERRAL PACKAGE
The KC CareLink referral application was designed so that health care providers can have information when and where it’s needed. The referral is a standardized electronic package containing patient demographic information, diagnosis, relevant medical information, and contact information. Information such as laboratory results, medications, and medical history are sent through the electronic document management system so that they are permanently available with the referral. Health care providers and their staff communicate efficiently and effectively using the message board that is encrypted and embedded within a referral. Thousands of referrals are being made through KC CareLink each month.

The value to the staff is an organized, consistent and efficient process that allows them to help the patient and provider while making their work more satisfying.

The value to the provider is having legible, complete information available at the point of care.

The value to the patient is dramatically enhanced continuity of care.

CUSTOM APPLICATIONS
Custom applications have been built on the robust KC CareLink master patient registry and referral applications. Custom applications have given subsets of providers the ability to create and track pharmacy and laboratory vouchers, request a check of a person’s eligibility for government programs such as Medicaid, and make referrals to specialty care programs. Additional custom applications are constantly under consideration.

CLINICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS
Using KC CareLink, safety net providers can generate custom reports to help manage their clinical practices, analyze trends and work flow, and compile data for funders, grant applications and reports.