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Meaningful Use and Tobacco Cessation: What You Need to Know- Webinar
Friday, December 14, 2012
10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. MT
This webinar will explain what Meaningful Use is, how tobacco use assessment and cessation treatment relate to it, and how the public comment process can make a difference.
The featured presenters will be Farzad Mostashari, MD, Director of the Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology, and Michael Fiore, MD, Director, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention. Click herefor more information.
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As of October 2012:
- Number of cHIE consents received (as of September 2012): 156,990
- Total patient IDs with data: 547,146
- Total patients with data and consent to share: 82,067
- Number of clinics connected (as of September 2012): 42
- Number of Beacon clinics connected (as of September 2012): 23
For additional information about the Clinical Health Information Exchange, please visit mychie.org.
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Greetings!
 Welcome to the Clinically Speaking eNewsletter. We hope you find this monthly newsletter a valuable resource as we keep you updated on healthcare specific issues, such as; diabetes care, health information technology, cardiac care, and upcoming events that are relevant to your work.
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American Heart Association's Stand on Limiting Sodium Reinforced by New Studies
"New studies support limiting daily sodium consumption to less than 1,500 milligrams, according to a new American Heart Association presidential advisory.
The advisory, published in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation, is based on a thorough review of recent laboratory, animal, observational and clinical studies that reaffirm the association's 2011 advisory that limiting sodium (salt) to less than 1,500 mg per day is linked to a decreased risk of high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease, including stroke." Read more...
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3-Point Plan Protects Medical Practice Technology in Disasters
"Having lived through Hurricane Irene and a blizzard in 2011, Gus Lara, clinical applications analyst at ProCure Proton Therapy Center in Somerset, N.J., said the cancer treatment practice had experience to draw on as it prepared for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29." Read more...
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Improving Transitions of Care: What Can My Practice Do?
"Approximately one in five Medicare beneficiaries in the United States is readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge; up to 76% of these readmissions may be preventable. A common reason for readmissions is the absence of timely follow-up appointments with primary care providers to assist patients with new diagnoses, medications, and treatments." Read more... |
NFL Announces Contract With eClinicalWorks To Implement EHR System
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New Tool to Help Providers Determine Eligibility for Incentive Programs
"The Healthcare Provider Incentive Tool, developed by the Health Information Technology Research Center, is available here. This tool can be used as an easy reference to help determine which Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) incentive programs are applicable to any given provider within the U.S. It provides state specific information on eligibility, program descriptions, timelines for participation, penalties for non-participation, and links to more information from CMS." Read more... * Please note that this tool is in a zip file format* Instructions to download the zip file - Click on the tool link to open the file.
- A window will pop up giving you an option to open or save the file.
- Click on "open" and then double click on the file to open it.
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Using Medications to Lower Low-density Lipoprotein (LDL)
Tips from the IC3 Beacon Community
"Remember to set a target dose of your chosen low-density lipoprotein (LDL) reducing therapy. You should lower LDL at least  30% per the American Diabetes Association (ADA) for a maximum therapeutic effect. The Beacon goal is 100mg/DL for our type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) patients, but if they have a previous cardiovascular event, the goal will be 70mg/DL to further reduce risks. When a patient's LDL result returns, calculate the needed reduction; or at least 30% reduction." Read More...
What is the Utah Diabetes Practice Recommendations
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New Diabetes Campaign Featuring the Story of Larry H. Miller
"The Utah Health Plans Partnership, the Utah Department of Health, and HealthInsight are working together on a public outreach campaign regarding diabetes and the story of the late Utah Jazz owner Larry Miller. The campaign will provide positive messages for people with diabetes and how to get diabetes in control, while still living full and meaningful lives." Read More...
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About Our Work
This information is provided by HealthInsight, a private, non-profit, community-based organization dedicated to improving health and health care. HealthInsight serves as the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization, Beacon Community, and Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center in Utah.
HealthInsight leads an initiative to improve diabetes care, cardiac care, population-based care, and improve the use of health information technology. To learn more about us, visit our website at: www.healthinsight.org
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This material was prepared by HealthInsight, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Nevada and Utah, under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The contents presented do not necessarily reflect CMS policy. 10SOW-UT-2012-P-25 This material was prepared by HealthInsight as part of our work as the IC3 Beacon Community, under grant #90BC00006 and as the Regional Extension Center for Nevada and Utah, under grant #90RC0033/01 from the Office of the National Coordinator, Department of Health and Human Services.
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