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The Patient with Hypertension: Treatment Goals & Management Webinar
Friday, June 7, 2013
9:30 - 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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Your Patients Trust You to Protect Their Personal Health InformationWednesday, June 12, 2013
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. (MT)
Register Now! (locate Health IT Privacy and Security and click on register)
Join HealthInsight and your colleagues for a Health IT Privacy and Security webinar. Topics include: - Identify specific risks around the use of Health Information Technology - Analyze and prioritize risks - Create a plan to minimize risk - Develop policies & procedures and training - Explore resources CME credits are available (1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 creditsTM). Click here for more information. -------------------------------------------
Patient Centered Medical Home Webinar Thursday, July 18, 2013
Save the Date!*Registration information will be forthcoming.
------------------------------------------- Learning and Action Network: Discovery Learning Series Every 2nd & 4th Wednesdays of the month from 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. (ET)
Please join us for a series of interactive, dynamic adult learning events that will cover a series of quality improvement topics.
Whether you are planning your next staff meeting or participating in a Learning & Action Network, these sessions will be highly interactive, engaging, disciplined, fast-moving and content rich. 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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June 30th ePrescribing Deadline Approaching  The Electronic Prescribing Incentive Program deadline is approaching for both individual eligible professionals (EP) and group practices participating in the Group Practice Reporting Option (GPRO). If you are an EP or a GPRO participant, you must successfully report as an electronic prescriber before June 30, 2013.
If you do not successfully report as an electronic prescriber, then you will receive a payment adjustment of 2.0% in 2014 for professional services covered under Medicare Part B's Physician Fee Schedule.
Click here for more information.
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Ogden Clinic's Successful Quality Improvement Strategies
By: Daniel Chipping, MBA, MHA, Project Coordinator, HealthInsight
Ogden Clinic is a big part of the healthcare provided in Northern Utah with over 500 employees, including 90 healthc are providers in 19 different specialties. Ogden Clinic is a leader in Utah for implementing strategies that lead to successful quality improvement outcomes. Most recently, these strategies have helped Ogden Clinic to successfully attest more than 70% of their providers for Meaningful Use in just 90 days.
The same strategies are now being used to guide the clinic toward successfully understanding and reporting for Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) as well as joining a Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) pilot group. Whether yours is a large or small system, or an individual practice, these strategies will improve your chances for success in any project you undertake. Read more. . .
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Medicare Meaningful Use Audits 
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Use of Health IT More Than Doubles
Since 2012
 On May 22, 2013 HHS, CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT announced an important healthcare milestone - more than 50% of eligible professionals nationwide are using Electronic Health Records (EHR)s meaningfully in their offices and more than 80% of U.S. hospitals are using EHRs. We are proud to add that in Utah, 67% of providers working with HealthInsight, the Regional Extension Center, have attained meaningful use. Congratulations on your role in this important milestone. Better use of EHRs leads to more coordinated care, fewer medical errors, and lower costs to the system. It is an honor to act as your partner in achieving the different stages of meaningful use and using health IT as a springboard to the many initiatives that will be critical to the new healthcare landscape. We look forward to a lasting collaboration. Please call HealthInsight at 1-800-483-0932 if you have any questions. |
Reasons Why PAs, NPs and CNMs Should Do Meaningful Use 
The Meaningful Use Incentive Program is a great opportunity for a provider or clinic to help pay for transitioning from a paper system to an electronic health record (EHR) system. The opportunity to earn up to $44,000 for the Medicare incentive or $63,750 for the Medicaid incentive, per eligible provider, has convinced many providers and administrators to make the necessary changes in their processes, workflows, and policies. But, making the changes can be difficult, and when there is no obvious financial incentive for a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant it is often times easiest to focus only on the physicians.
Despite the difficulty, many clinics and hospitals have made it a point to include their Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in working toward meeting the meaningful use objectives. The reasoning listed below is an accumulation, and summary, of feedback we have received as we work with providers toward meeting meaningful use. Read more. . . |
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Racial/ Ethnic Disparities in the Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension - United States 2003 - 2010
 "Hypertension is a serious health issue that affects disproportionate numbers of minority people. In the May 10 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the CDC presented data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey for the period 2003-2010, and found significant racial/ethnic disparities in the awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension.
* The proportion of Mexican-Americans and blacks over age 65 with stage 1 and stage 2 hypertension was significantly greater than for whites. (Blacks 74%, Mexican-Americans 72%, whites 57%).
* Among those with stage 1 hypertension, treatment with medication was significantly lower for Mexican-Americans compared with their non-Hispanic counterparts.
* Among those with uncontrolled hypertension, blacks had higher rates of awareness and treatment compared with whites or Mexican-Americans. Mexican-Americans had the lowest rates of awareness and treatment, and were also lowest in terms of healthcare coverage." To read the full report, click here. |
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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-52 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 Cooperative Agreement #90RC0033/01 from the Office of the National Coordinator, Department of Health and Human Services.
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