The Primary Care Collaborative Centers for eHealth Adoption and Exchange and the Center for Multi-Stakeholder Demonstrations is pleased to offer a timely webinar regarding Two HITECH programs: The Regional Extension Center (REC) and Beacon Communities. The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) was signed into law in 2009. The HITECH Act represents an investment in improved care delivery and patient care through an investment in health information technology (HIT) and technical support for provider adoption and implementation.
There was overwhelming positive feedback for the final roundtable at the October 21 PCPCC Summit in Washington, DC. You may recall that this segment was unceremoniously interrupted by a building fire alarm and many attendees had to leave shortly after to catch flights home. Well, you spoke - and we listened about your recommendations to re-present this panel as a national webinar.
Dr. Kibbe will describe the political and economic environment within which new models of patient-centered health care delivery, including the PCMH and ACO, are emerging. Alongside patient-centeredness, the "big idea" within these new frameworks is the assumption of both clinical and financial risk by providers and their organizations. Accountability for both quality and costs of care requires that providers choose health IT resources empowered by new insights regarding the tasks to be achieved and the available innovations in the market.
Dana Stephenson, MPHQuality Improvement Specialist Primary Care Information ProjectNYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Topics Covered:• The unrealized promise of EHRs as quality improvement tools• EHR functionality for enhancing practices' capacity to provide patient-centered, continuous, coordinated care and to improve population health• A brief history of the New York City Primary Care Information Project (PCIP) and an overview of the suite of services available to PCIP members • Insights from the QI Team: Learn how the Quality Improvement Team works with primary care physicians t
