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Happy Holidays from your IL-HITREC Team!
IL-HITREC is proud to have been "spotlighted" in a recent edition of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Last Two Weeks in Education and Outreach, which provides an overview of key E&O activities in the previous two weeks. The Success Spotlight congratulated IL-HITREC on its success in meeting its Milestone 3 targets--now at 40%!
Your IL-HITREC Team pictured above includes (from left): Louise Beukelman, Office Manager; Bill Killacky,Technical Services Director; Joan Laurino, Program Manager; John L. Lewis, Co-Director; Kathy Siebrasse, Public Relations Coordinator; Phil McCann, Education and Outreach Manager; Roger Holloway, Co-Director; and Lisa Bergeron,
Director of Health and Technology Engagement.
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IL-HITREC CASE STUDY:
Peoria's Human Service Center |
| CASE STUDY: Human Service Center of Peoria (HSC) is realizing an increase in referrals within six weeks of being engaged in a pilot program designed to test the integration of services with a local hospital through electronic health information exchange. In spite of not yet having a fully functional electronic health record or robust capabilities for the exchange of information HSC is discovering the potential for increased efficiency in the referral process. It also realizes more business could be generated which could potentially result in a significant impact its bottom line. Working out the many organizational and exchange process details with its exchange partner in this pilot continues to be one of HSC's ongoing challenges. Read the complete article |
| Holloway Recognized for Efforts |
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Roger Holloway |
Roger Holloway, Co-Director of IL-HITREC, was recognized as a "Critical Access & Rural Hospital Champion" at the recent annual meeting of The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). Holloway received a Certificate of Appreciation Nov. 30, in Washington, D.C. He was recognized for "groundbreaking collaborative efforts with public and private sector partners to accelerate Meaningful Use among Critical Access Hospitals and other small, rural hospitals nationwide." |
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| CMS releases Stage 2 MU Spec Sheets with details |
CMS has added Stage 2 Meaningful Use specification sheets for both eligible professionals (EPs) and for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) to help them participate in Stage 2 of meaningful use in the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs. Read the complete article. |
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ONC HIT Committee seeks comments on Stage 3 |
Speak up now to help ONC's Health Information Technology Policy Committee (HITPC) develop Stage 3 meaningful use recommendations that will target a collaborative model of care with shared responsibility and accountability, building upon previous meaningful use objectives through the Request for Comment. Read the complete article. |
| CMS 2014 CQM Page; new CQM resources |
CMS recently announced the release of the 2014 clinical quality measures for providers in the Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs. Along with posting the specific measures on the 2014 CQMs page, CMS has created additional resources to help providers understand the 2014 CQMs, as well as the specifications for electronic reporting. Read the complete article. |
| HealthIT.gov 'Buzz Blog' |
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HealthIT.gov has linked to video of a Staten Island woman whose home was destroyed and who found priceless family pictures and other documents in the rubble. Part of the blog reads: "In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, people on the East Coast, especially those in New York and New Jersey, will be busy this Thanksgiving rebuilding their lives, so our thoughts are with them."
"The tragedy also got us thinking about what sorts of other paper debris might be floating around (think paper medical records). It turns out paper records fared badly during the storm, but health IT systems were largely unscathed. Read the blog and learn tips to safeguard electronic patient records from a doctor who rode out the storm in Newark:
http://www.healthit.gov/buzz-blog/. HealthIT.gov also has a first-hand account of the benefits of EHRs in the wake of Hurricane Sandy." |
