Mary Washington Health Alliance Offers Integrated Care

The Mary Washington Health Alliance is a clinically integrated network that was formed through a joint venture of community providers and Mary Washington Healthcare. It covers more than 50,000 people in the Rappahannock region.

The Alliance completed its first year as an Accountable Care Organization that participates in the CMS Medicare Shared Savings Program, successfully demonstrating that it meets all performance quality standards.

The network’s capabilities have been enhanced through partnership with Rappahannock Health Connect, a database to which Mary Washington Hospital, Stafford Hospital, and Mary Washington Medical Group practices contribute patient demographics, lab reports, and dictated notes. This enables all Alliance physician members to share patients’ electronic medical records and access their histories across specialties so they may provide more cohesive care.

In 2015, Mary Washington Health adopted the Allscripts FollowMyHealth Patient Portal to give patients easy online access their medical information. This capability was rolled out throughout the year to Mary Washington Medical Group practices, Mary Washington and Stafford Hospitals, and our three emergency departments. In addition, Rappahannock Health Connect brought another 16 community practices into its store of information.

Families who receive medical services through our health system now find it more efficient and coordinated than ever, thanks to seamless integration of electronic medical records.