EHR Clinical Decision Supports online session

Tuesday, February 14 (12:30 - 1:00 pm; online session)

Clinical Decision Supports: Maximizing their Value; Minimizing your Efforts

Healthcentric Advisors and partners (RI REC and Rhode Island Medical Society)

This 30-minute "drop-in" call is a follow-up to a February 7th micro-session about the same topic. Get answers to your questions about how to get the most value from your EHR's clinical decision supports, including how to use them efficiently; choose the best ones for your workflows; and prevent alert fatigue.

 
Visit The EHR Network site to

• Register for any of the micro-sessions and follow-up calls in this program series
• Listen to recordings of previous sessions
• Download the tools discussed

For additional information, please contact Lauren Capizzo at lcapizzo@healthcentricadvisors.org or at 401-528-3239.

This session is the follow-up to the second in a series of eight 15-minute webinars that provide practical tools and support in getting the most out of your EHR for the least amount of effort. These free sessions are part of Healthcentric Advisors' EHR Network Project, funded by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid. Although the webinars are designed for those already using an EHR, any RI physician practice may participate.  

EHR software demonstrations

If you are evaluating EHR systems to implement in your practice, join us for our series of EHR software vendor demonstrations. You will have the opportunity to see the features of the software and ask questions about implementation and workflow. A light dinner will be provided beginning at 5:30 pm.

• Wednesday, February 15 (6:00 - 8:00 pm; Rhode Island Quality Institute, Providence, RI) (Directions & parking information)
  EHR Vendor Night: Greenway 

  Greenway® representatives will demonstrate their PrimeSUITE®, PrimeSPEECH™ and PrimeMOBILE™ products.
  
  PrimeSUITE® is their single-database platform EHR, practice management, and interoperability product. It integrates all clinical, financial, and administrative data to promote information sharing and ensure quick adoption through simple, intuitive tools that optimize daily processes. PrimeSUITE is fully certified for Stage 1 Meaningful Use criteria.  

  
  PrimeSPEECH provides embedded speech understanding that replaces transcription services and advances beyond simple dictation. PrimeMOBILE is a mobile EHR application that provides access to ambulatory data housed in PrimeSUITE, across a range of handheld devices.

   

  To register for this session, please send the name of your practice and the name, email address, and phone number for each person who plans to attend to rirec@riqi.org.
  
  Save the Date:
• Wednesday, May 2 (6:00 - 8:00 pm; RIQI, Providence, RI)
  EHR Vendor Night: CureMD
  CureMD is a network of health information management systems and services offering certified SMART Cloud EHR, practice management, patient portal, revenue cycle management, and discrete reportable transcription to help accelerate adoption and Meaningful Use. CureMD's specialty EMR offers rich functionality for various medical specialties.

   

  To register for this session, please send the name of your practice and the name, email address, and phone number for each person who plans to attend to rirec@riqi.org.

Meaningful Use presentations - offering CME credits

Please join for the first presentation in a series about Meaningful Use sponsored by RI REC and the Lifespan/Physicians PSO. Whether you have just started using an EHR or have already attested to Stage 1 Meaningful Use, you'll find a session in this series to meet the needs of your practice.   

• Wednesday, February 24 (8:00 - 9:00 am)*
  Lifespan Coro Building, Suite 3A Boardroom, Providence, RI
  Meaningful Use: Are you eligible for incentive dollars? and How to create a strategy for your practice
  Presenter: Andréa Levesque, Relationship Manager, RIQI's Regional Extension Center

  This first-in-a-series presentation about Meaningful Use of an EHR will provide an overview of Meaningful Use and how to choose a strategy to achieve it in your practice. Ms. Levesque will review the Medicare and RI Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs and provide an understanding of the incentive dollar amounts that providers are eligible to receive. She also will share a Meaningful Use Strategy Checklist and explain the next steps to take.

   

  Rhode Island Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.  Download the presentation flyer. To register, please contact Cath Ann Nassef at cnassef@lifespan.org.   
  
  *Participants may also login to view the live event at:

   http://tinyurl.com/meaningfuluseFeb-24

   

Free 3-day CPEHR training and certification program 

This is a great opportunity to take and complete a course in 3 days that usually meets over a 12-week period. At the end of three days, you will take an exam to become a Certified Professional in Electronic Health Records (CPEHR).

 

• Wednesday, February 29 - Friday, March 2 (8:30 am - 4:30 pm each day)
  
  New England Institute of Technology, Post Road, Warwick, RI (NEIT map)
  CPEHR Training and Certification Program
  Collaboration of New England Institute of Technology, Healthcentric Advisors, and the RI Regional Extension Center 

  This three-day program covers the material usually presented in a 12-week classroom setting. The training is designed for those involved in designing, implementing, optimizing use of, or using data from an EHR. Topics include strategic planning, HIT project management, practice workflow redesign, data standardization and reporting, computer physician order entry, interoperability, clinical decision support, privacy and security, and using EHRs for quality improvement.
  
  For more information, please contact Ann Messier at amessier@healthcentricadvisors.org or at 401-528-3265.  

   

• Can't attend the three-day course? Add to your knowledge of Health IT by participating in RI REC's Health IT Certification Program.
  
  All members of the RI healthcare community are eligible for free EHR training and to become a certified professional in EHRs. If you're a primary care provider enrolled in our EHR Adoption Program, you're eligible to take the courses online; contact your Relationship Manager or click here. For all providers and staff, click here for more information.    

Recordings of previous educational sessions

If you missed our educational sessions in January and early February, the following ones are available as recordings:

January 24 & 31; February 7 - Micro-sessions:
 #1: EHR Data Reporting: What You Must Do First and Last
 #2: Clinical Decision Supports: Maximizing their Value; Minimizing your Efforts  

Sponsors: Healthcentric Advisors and partners (RI REC and the Rhode Island Medical Society) 

February 1 - Webinar:
ICD-10 May Affect Your Cash Flow--Are You Prepared? 

Sponsors: Webster Bank, RI REC, and Rhode Island Medical Society

Contact us

For questions about any of RI REC's educational programs and to suggest topics for future sessions, please contact Peggy Menna, RI REC Program Development, at mmenna@riqi.org or at 401-276-9141, ext 277.

Membership in the RI Regional Extension Center is free for providers and staff in the Rhode Island healthcare community. Any questions? Call RI REC at 888-858-4815 and select option 4, or write to RIREC@riqi.org.