It is time to connect our healthcare

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What is Big Sky Care Connect?

Montana’s healthcare network of providers and patients lacks a comprehensive technology platform. Patients experience this firsthand when their healthcare provider is unable to access health information from a referring provider a few blocks down the street.

Formed in 2018, Big Sky Care Connect is a nonprofit created to respond to the need for a statewide coordinated health information exchange (HIE) and related services to enhance clinical care in communities throughout Montana.

Big Sky Care Connect serves to facilitate timely and secure access by health care providers to clinical information between various organizations, and engage in other activities to improve and promote the public health and quality of health care in Montana in a cost-effective manner.

+ Enhance the Patient Experience

• Aids in coordination of care
• Closing gaps in patient care
• Analytics to optimize service delivery
• Quality reporting and tracking
• Enables innovative, value-based payment models

+ Improve Health of All Montanans

• Access to more accurate & up-to-date information
• Support integration of behavioral health
• Empower Telehealth
• Enhance patient safety
• Reduce adverse drug events
• Support community health

+ Reduce Per Capita Cost of Healthcare

• Reduce hospital readmissions
• Avoid redundant tests & procedures
• Enhance emergency response
• Streamline administrative tasks
• Reconcile medications & connect to prescription drug registry
• Assess community health needs

+ Improve the Provider Experience

• Ease of access
• Real-time access to vital health information
• Comprehensive records for improved outcome
• Reduce administrative burden
• Clinically driven tools
• Connections to prescription drug registry

Who is Big Sky Care Connect?

Team Members

  • Ben Tyrrell

    Chief Executive Officer

  • Drew Hensel

    Chief Information Officer

  • Tara Preston

    Chief Financial Officer

  • Jack Daniel

    Director of Marketing & Partner Success

  • Krista Pierce

    Partner Success Manager

  • John Jacobs

    Partner Success Manager

  • Swetha Nalakonda

    Technical Lead

  • Ricki Gregory

    Clinical Workflow & Improving Outcomes Lead

  • Jeanette Polaschek

    Clinical Analyst

  • Staci Molyneaux

    Technical Integration Specialist

  • Channon Neal

    Technical Integration Specialist

  • Aaron Fister

    Technical Integration Specialist

  • Victoria Garcia

    Project Manager

  • Cari Harris

    Director of Operations

  • Alyce Bailey

    Office Manager & Secretary to the Board of Directors

Board of Directors

  • Kevin Abel

    Chief Executive Officer Logan Health Whitefish North Valley Hospital

  • Jen Alderfer

    President Intermountain Healthcare

  • Jill Alessi

    Chief Executive Officer Mountain Pacific Quality Health

  • Debrah Anderson

    President Montana Healthcare Information & Managed Systems Society (HIMSS)

  • Dr. Eric Arzubi

    CEO & Co-Founder Frontier Psychiatry

  • Dr. Monica Berner

    Chief Clinical Officer Health Care Services Corporation

  • Jean Branscum

    Chief Executive Officer Montana Medical Association

  • Dr. Jason Cohen

    Sr. Director of Clinical Solutions Qventus

  • Emily Coyle

    Patient Representative Montana Association of Healthcare Purchasers

  • Jason Cronk

    President & Chief Executive Officer Immanuel Lutheran Communities

  • Jon Forte

    President & Chief Executive Officer RiverStone Health Yellowstone County Health Officer

  • Dr. Steve Garske

    Chief Information Officer Logan Health

  • David Langston

    Sr. Vice President & HR Director Glacier Bancorp, Inc.

  • Dr. David Mark

    Chief Executive Officer One Health

  • Marie Matthews

    Director Montana Department of Health & Human Services

  • Kailyn Mock

    Director of Montana Area Health Education & Rural Health Montana State University

  • Judi Powers

    Regional Vice President Ernest Health

  • Cindy Stergar

    Chief Executive Officer Montana Primary Care Association

  • Dr. Randy Thompson

    Chief Health Analytics Officer Billings Clinic

  • Dr. Michael Vlases

    Medical Information Officer Bozeman Health

  • Mary Windecker

    Chief Executive Officer Behavioral Health Alliance

  • Erik Wood

    Vice President & Montana Regional Director Pacific Source

Let’s start a conversation about how you can help advance healthcare for all Montanans with Big Sky Care Connect.