CareSpark
Hospitals and Health CareTennessee, United States2-10 Employees
CareSpark is a non-profit regional health information exchange that covers a 34-county area in East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. It builds and operates a secure network that lets physician offices, hospitals, public health departments, pharmacies, laboratories, and imaging centers exchange information electronically to support better patient care and safety while helping to reduce costs. The network enables programs around medication management, diagnostic services, preventative medicine, and disease management, backed by technology, training, clinical process improvement, and incentives. Its mission is to improve the health of people in the region through collaborative use of health information, aiming to keep patients and health professionals better informed and more engaged in decisions about personal health and wellness. CareSpark is based in Kingsport, Tennessee, and operates within the hospitals and health care industry as a health information exchange. The organization is a small nonprofit focused on facilitating information sharing among healthcare providers and other stakeholders to support coordinated care.