ADT Event Notifications

  • What are ADT Notifications
    Admit, Discharge, or Transfer Alerts
  • What are ADT Notifications?

    Admission/Discharge/or Transfer (ADT for short) notifications alert care teams to changes in patient status and care.  The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) are requiring hospitals to send these ADT notifications about mutual patients to primary care, post-acute, and other providers by May 1, 2021.

  • Why will providers benefit
    from ADT Notifications?
    Right Information at the Right Time
  • Why will providers benefit from ADT Notifications?

    Notifications empower care teams with the right information at the right time! Gain visibility into real-time changes of your patient’s care.  Know when they are being discharged from the hospital and into your care so you can make informed decisions and positively impact their care.

  • How do ADT Notifications
    Work?
    Leveraging the Direct StandardTM
  • How do ADT Notifications work?

    Event Notifications via the Direct Standard™ offers the shortest path to compliance with the CMS requirement because it leverages existing standards and technologies in place today.  This means you’ll receive these ADT Notifications through Direct Secure Messaging.  Just like how Direct works today, a hospital may look another organization’s Direct Address up in the directory, and send the secure and encrypted message through a trust network to the designated provider or care team.

  • What is Context?
    Enables Message Routing
  • What is Context?

    Context provides information about the message, like what it is, who it’s about, and where it’s from.  Context allows for care teams to prioritize which messages they address. Additionally, Context enables message routing to the right person on the care team for more efficient communication.

What are ADT Notifications?

Admission/Discharge/or Transfer (ADT for short) notifications alert care teams to changes in patient status and care.  The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) are requiring hospitals to send these ADT notifications about mutual patients to primary care, post-acute, and other providers by May 1, 2021.

Why will providers benefit from ADT Notifications?

Notifications empower care teams with the right information at the right time! Gain visibility into real-time changes of your patient’s care.  Know when they are being discharged from the hospital and into your care so you can make informed decisions and positively impact their care.

How do ADT Notifications work?

Event Notifications via the Direct Standard™ offers the shortest path to compliance with the CMS requirement because it leverages existing standards and technologies in place today.  This means you’ll receive these ADT Notifications through Direct Secure Messaging.  Just like how Direct works today, a hospital may look another organization’s Direct Address up in the directory, and send the secure and encrypted message through a trust network to the designated provider or care team.

What is Context?

Context provides information about the message, like what it is, who it’s about, and where it’s from.  Context allows for care teams to prioritize which messages they address. Additionally, Context enables message routing to the right person on the care team for more efficient communication.

Event Notifications via the Direct Standard™

Additional Resources

Fact Sheet

Get the Facts about ADT Notifications
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Benefits

Benefits care teams will experience with ADT notifications
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What is Direct?

Direct Secure Messaging At a Glance
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