Using Health IT To Improve Coordination for Patients With Complex Care Needs

The Health IT program is hosting a free Webinar outlining the findings from recent research that advances knowledge about how health IT can impact outcomes for patients with multiple chronic conditions seen across a variety of settings.  Included will be a review of: 

• Coordinating care outcomes for patients with two or more chronic conditions who were discharged from a hospital to a rural primary care clinic.
• Developing a medication management system to improve clinician practice and enhance patient engagement by identifying patients with complex medication regimens.
• Facilitating the availability of information following care transitions including hospital and emergency department discharge and specialty care referrals into ambulatory care.

Speakers:

• Elizabeth Ciemins, Ph.D., research director, Billings Clinic Foundation, Billings, MT
• Penny Feldman, Ph.D., senior vice president for Research and Evaluation, Visiting Nurse Service of New York
• Eric Eisenstein, D.B.A, associate professor in medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC

Moderator:

•  Vera Rosenthal, M.P.H., program manager, AHRQ