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EHR Nevada Mixer
January 24, 2013 - 5:30pm
Panevino Ristorante, 246 Via Antonio Ave, Las Vegas, NV
To register, Click here
Rachel Papka, HIE Manager for HealthInsight Nevada will be providing a brief overview of HealtHIE Nevada, the community based Health Information Exchange. The presentation will include a description of services of the HIE and the organizations participating. Space is limited so register now!
Nevada Academy of Family Physicians Annual Winter Meeting
Saturday, January 26-31, 2013
Harrah's South Lake Tahoe
Physicians attending this meeting will receive current information on a diversity of medical topics pertinent to patient care in daily practice. HealthInsight / HealtHIE Nevada will be presenting a Workshop at the on January 30th. We will be discussing EHR, Meaningful Use, as well as the HIE.
PQRS 2013: CMS Update
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. MT
This webinar will explain the 2013 changes to Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) measures. Click here for more information.
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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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January is National Blood Donor Month
Honor blood donors, sponsor blood drives, encourage others to give
January is the perfect time to honor the people who help others through the simple act of giving blood.
Since 1970, January has been known as National Blood Donor Month. It's a time when blood organizations like the American Red Cross pay tribute to the nearly 11 million people who give blood each year, and encourage others to start the New Year off right by coming to give the gift of life.
January is a challenging time for blood donation because cold weather and busy post-holiday schedules can make it difficult for blood donors to keep appointments. Regardless of the time of year, hospital patients nationwide need about 44,000 blood donations daily for cancer care, surgeries, and the treatment of serious diseases and trauma.
The Red Cross encourages donors to make and keep appointments, both for convenience and to reinforce the feeling of commitment. Community members can also contribute to the blood supply by organizing or volunteering at a blood drive, or by suggesting blood donation to their family and friends.
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Nevada Physician Office Practices Receive Award
for Quality Care
HealthInsight has announced 17 physician office practices as recipients of the 2012 HealthInsight Quality Award. These physician office practices were selected for demonstrating high quality care and a commitment to excellence in health care.
The 2012 Physician Office HealthInsight Quality Award is presented to physician practices that are successful with the adoption of health information technology; use care management methods regularly; participate in a data reporting quality initiative; and achieve exemplary performance on nationally recognized quality measures related to diabetes, cancer screening, and immunizations.
The physician office practices selected for awards this year are: Read more . . . |
New Stage 2 Meaningful Use Resources Added to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Website
To help eligible professionals participate in Stage 2 of Meaningful Use in the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Program, CMS has added Stage 2 meaningful use specification sheets for both eligible professionals and for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals.
The new specification sheets can be found here. Each specification sheet has detailed information on each meaningful use measures, such as; definition of terms, attestation requirements, core and menu objective, and additional information.
For more information, please visit the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Program website.
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Support your local Infection Prevention Specialist!
New reporting rules for all hospitals begins with the 2012 Influenza Season. Your understanding and assistance is requested.
Impact: Every acute care hospital under the Medicare program must obtain influenza vaccine information from all physicians working in there hospitals. This may result in multiple requests for written confirmation at each hospital where you have privileges.
Background:
- Influenza Vaccination Coverage levels are only 60% - well below the Healthy People 2020 goal of 90%
- Vaccination of working age adults, including healthcare personnel (HCP), has been associated with reduced risk of influenza illness, and reduced work absenteeism, antibiotic use, and medical visits. In addition, HCP vaccination has been found to reduce deaths among nursing home patients and elderly hospitalized patients.
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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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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-26 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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