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Patient Centered Care in Action
Thursday, March 7, 2013
8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Salt Lake Community College Miller Campus
This event will feature an interactive morning plenary, lunch, and three learning and action network sessions focused on patient centered care topics to include:
- Improving patient care through Meaningful Use
- Best medication list practices to deliver the best care
- Patient engagement tools and techniques
Click here for more information.
The Patient with Hypertension: Treatment Goals & Management Webinar
Friday, June 7, 2013
9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. MT
The Health Sciences Institute invites you to join their webinar where they will:
- Detail the prevalence of hypertension in the U.S.
- Describe the change in goal BP in 2013 with new guidelines
- Summarize lifestyle changes and hypertension self-care
- Review medication guidelines for treatment of hypertension
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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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Physician Office Quality Award Photos
Now Available
 Fifty-five physician office practices were 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 photos of these recipients are now available on our website. For more information about the HealthInsight Quality Award program visit our website here. To view the press release that was sent out about these clinics, click here. |
Meaningful Use Help - No Fee Slots Still Available
Over 1,300 primary care providers have taken advantage of the FULLY subsidized services offered by the HealthInsight Regional Extension Center (REC). HealthInsight offers a full range of services to help you, as a primary care provider, achieve Meaningful use at no cost. However, less than 150 openings remain for primary care physicians to receive these subsidized services. To ensure that you do not miss this opportunity, please contact HealthInsight today. We will be happy discuss the advantages of partnering with HealthInsight and enroll you in our program at NO cost through Stage I Meaningful Use. In order to guarantee enrollment, you will need to have a signed service level agreement with HealthInsight.
If you are already working with the REC, please share this message with your physician colleagues.
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Free Diabetes Education Classes at Associated Food Stores
"Whether you have diabetes, or care for someone with diabetes, living well and managing diabetes can be challenging. Healthy living begins with understanding diabetes, medications, and food choices to keep your diabetes under control. Enhance your diabetes knowledge at our FREE interactive and fun filled tours.
Our Diabetes Care Pharmacist will start each 90-minute tour with diabetes education and tips on keeping your heart healthy. Our Registered Dietician will then lead you through the store to teach you how to read labels and plan meals or snacks. You will also learn what foods to have on hand, that taste good, and will help keep you diabetes under control. Learn about, and sample, new food products. Living well with diabetes can be enjoyable and empowering." click here to sign up for the class.
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National Kidney Foundation of Utah & Idaho
Offer Free Screenings
"Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is at its highest level in history because the two leading causes of kidney failure - diabetes and high blood pressure - have become epidemic. Symptoms of kidney failure are silent until very late stages. There is no cure for CKD. Early detection, medical intervention and/or lifestyle changes are the keys to slow or stop the progression of CKD." Read more . . .
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Meaningful Use - Do Not Delay! Medicare Incentives Dwindling, Disincentives Looming
If you have not yet started meaningful use, 2013 would be a good year to start. In 2014, eligible professionals who have not done 90 days of meaningful use will lose an additional $15,000 from the maximum Medicare incentive payment. This reduction in payment does not affect eligible professionals receiving the Medicaid incentive.
If you have already done meaningful use for your first year, don't stop now, otherwise, you may miss out on Medicare incentive payments. Read more. . .
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March is National Colorectal Cancer
Awareness Month
 According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention, "Among cancers that affect both men and women, colorectal cancer (cancer of the colon or rectum) is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States. Every year, about 140,000 Americans are diagnosed with colorectal cancer, and more than 50,000 people die from it." Read more. . . For tools, resources, and to get more information, visit the CDC website here. |
CME Opportunities for Providers!
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's website has CME opportunities for Providers. Each CME activity offers different requirements for earning a credit certificate of certificate of participation. To learn more click
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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-2013-PO-33 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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