Mount Sinai St. Luke’s and Mount Sinai West staff participate in a Community Gateway launch workshop. Attendees were from various administrative, clinical, and social service departments.
Mount Sinai St. Luke’s is at the center of the Mount Sinai PPS (Performing Provider System) implementation of the Community Gateway platform. The Community Gateway is a web-based tool designed for Mount Sinai PPS health care professionals to access innovative tools and applications for clinical transformation.
Overall, the Community Gateway is expected to support clinical workflows and improve patient care. Providers and select staff will be able to access clinical information, collaborate with community resources, and assist in providing whole-person care that extends beyond the hospital and encompasses all aspects of a person’s life to enhance health and wellbeing.
During the next phase of the implementation plan, the system will collect data and analyze feedback from Mount Sinai St. Luke’s to develop and improve roll-out plans and trainings within the PPS network. As one of its chosen pilot locations, St. Luke’s will trial various Community Gateway applications with St. Luke’s social workers, nurse care managers, hospitalists, and care teams in the ambulatory, emergency, psychiatry, and HIV departments.
Arthur Gianelli, MBA, MPH, President at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s and Mount Sinai PPS, said that the Community Gateway platform will “fundamentally transform how our providers communicate with each other, how they communicate with community-based organizations, and how they deliver care to our most vulnerable patients.”
Mount Sinai St. Luke’s is thrilled to be piloting these programs and to continue making strides to better serve its communities. As stated in the “5 P’s” of the hospital’s Strategic Plan, the organization’s goal to make improvements for our patients is to “Transform care by putting patients at the center of everything we do, addressing unmet social needs, and forging clinical and community partnerships to improve the health of our population.”
This article has been adapted from a previous publication in the Mount Sinai PPS DSRIP Newsletter.