Dokumen ini membahas interaksi antara berbagai jenis hewan, baik yang hidup berkelompok maupun sendirian. Jenis interaksi yang dijelaskan adalah persaingan dan kerjasama antara hewan. Dokumen ini juga menyebutkan beberapa contoh hewan yang sudah punah dan hampir punah.
Provider directory accuracy is critical to ensuring consumers get the care they need from the right doctors. The challenge is the rate at which provider data changes and getting that information into the hands of members. Now regulatory bodies are demanding health insurers put processes in place that ensure the information they collect and publish to their member populations is current and complete. Updating mandatory data fields like address, acceptance of new patients, specialty, languages spoken and more can become overwhelming for a health plan – putting a strain on resources. LexisNexis explores where regulations stand, the nature of provider data and why maintaining it is a challenge, and a proven approach to managing your provider data and directories.
MAFP Quality Reporting for Cash-CMS Incentives and Your Bottom Linelearfieldinteraction
This document discusses quality reporting incentives from CMS and their impact on physician practices. It outlines the requirements and incentives for three separate CMS programs - Meaningful Use, PQRS, and e-Prescribing. Participation in these programs can provide incentives, but failure to participate may result in payment penalties beginning in 2015. The document provides an overview of each program's objectives, measures, and reporting options to help physicians incorporate quality reporting into their practices.
Dokumen ini membahas interaksi antara berbagai jenis hewan, baik yang hidup berkelompok maupun sendirian. Jenis interaksi yang dijelaskan adalah persaingan dan kerjasama antara hewan. Dokumen ini juga menyebutkan beberapa contoh hewan yang sudah punah dan hampir punah.
Provider directory accuracy is critical to ensuring consumers get the care they need from the right doctors. The challenge is the rate at which provider data changes and getting that information into the hands of members. Now regulatory bodies are demanding health insurers put processes in place that ensure the information they collect and publish to their member populations is current and complete. Updating mandatory data fields like address, acceptance of new patients, specialty, languages spoken and more can become overwhelming for a health plan – putting a strain on resources. LexisNexis explores where regulations stand, the nature of provider data and why maintaining it is a challenge, and a proven approach to managing your provider data and directories.
MAFP Quality Reporting for Cash-CMS Incentives and Your Bottom Linelearfieldinteraction
This document discusses quality reporting incentives from CMS and their impact on physician practices. It outlines the requirements and incentives for three separate CMS programs - Meaningful Use, PQRS, and e-Prescribing. Participation in these programs can provide incentives, but failure to participate may result in payment penalties beginning in 2015. The document provides an overview of each program's objectives, measures, and reporting options to help physicians incorporate quality reporting into their practices.
Part ONE-1 page AMA format-due 917 by 1000 pm EST Evaluate m.docxdanhaley45372
Part ONE-
1 page AMA format-due 9/17 by 10:00 pm EST
Evaluate meaningful use regulations for recovery audit contractors (RACs) and electronic health records (EHRs), as well as the impact on either case management or performance incentives. What is the purpose of these regulations? How effective are they in meeting the purpose? Support your answer with course resources-attached
Part TWO
In response to your peer-provided below, agree or disagree with their assessments of the effectiveness of RAC and EHR meaningful use regulations. Be sure to justify your answer.
Classmate Chiwaula’s post:
Top of Form
MEANINGFUL USE REGULATIONS FOR RECOVERY AUDIT CONTRACTORS & ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS
IMPACT ON CASE MANAGEMENT OR PERFORMANCE INCENTIVES.
In 2015 the Board of Registration in Medicine introduced a set of regulations requiring physicians to demonstrate proficiency in the use of electronic medical records, as well as the skills to achieve the federal Meaningful Use standard. Under the regulations, physicians are considered to have demonstrated proficiency if they meet any one of the following conditions:
· Participating in the Meaningful Use program as an Eligible Professional
· Having a relationship with a hospital that has been certified as a Meaningful Use participant. This relationship would be satisfied by any oneof the following conditions:
. Employed by the hospital
. Credentialed by the hospital to provide patient care
. Having a “contractual agreement” with the hospital
· Completing at least three hours of accredited CME program on electronic health records. Such a program must, at a minimum, discuss the core and menu set objectives, as well as the clinical quality measures for Meaningful Use.1
The Recovery Audit Contractor, or RAC, program was created through the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) to identify and recover improper Medicare payments paid to health care providers under fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare plans. The United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is required by law to make the program permanent for all states by January 1, 2010, under section 302 of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006.2 The main goals for RAC include:
• Minimize Provider Burden
• Ensure Accuracy
• Maximize Transparency
RACs are authorized to investigate claims submitted by all physicians, providers, facilities, and suppliers—essentially, everyone who provides Medicare beneficiaries in the fee for service program with procedures, services, and treatments and submits claims to Medicare (and/or their fiscal intermediaries (FI), regional home health intermediaries (RHHI), Part A and Part B Medicare administrative contractors (A/B/MACs), durable medical equipment Medicare administrative contractors (DME MACs), and/or carriers.2
Benefits of Electronic Health Records (EHRs)
Providers who use EHRs report tangible improvements in their ability to make better decisions with more compreh.
Three key points emerged from the document:
1) Patient advocacy groups and unions see the choice of drug as a matter between doctors and patients, and do not want employers, governments, or others interfering in drug decisions.
2) Both patient groups and unions want new drugs and devices to be publicly funded, believing they are safer and more effective, though cost is a major concern for Pharmacare plans and employers.
3) Unions and their members generally support the idea of national Pharmacare but more education is needed to help members understand and support evidence-based managed formularies being negotiated by employers.
This document provides an overview and agenda for the iHT2 2013 Health IT Summit opening keynote. The keynote covers the impact of meaningful use on health IT and driving better healthcare, better health, and reduced costs. It also discusses innovation and transformation in health IT, including increasing venture capital funding and the growing size of the health IT industry. The keynote then focuses on the Sharp health system's journey in developing population health strategies and using technologies like their patient portal and health information exchange. It closes by emphasizing that health reform has catalyzed the need for care models that demand health IT and technology.
IRJET- An Interactive Health Web Application: MEDIORAIRJET Journal
This document describes an interactive health web application called Mediora. The application aims to provide convenient medical assistance to patients by connecting them to doctors via an online platform. It allows patients to request services from doctors, check request statuses, search for doctors, and receive e-prescriptions from doctors. Doctors can accept service requests, issue e-prescriptions, and chat with patients in real-time. The system also includes administrators who can create and monitor patient and doctor accounts, filter inappropriate content, and handle complaints. The goal is to save time for both patients and doctors by eliminating wait times and improving access to healthcare services.
This document describes a proposed health care delivery program called HealthShare 2000+. The key points are:
1. HealthShare 2000+ aims to provide affordable, equitable, and accessible health care to members, especially the poor, through a group trust model without insurance, premiums, deductibles, or other limitations.
2. It would organize health care providers and facilities into categories and grades of service. Members would select service units that would be directly paid to providers through electronic funds transfer from the group trusts.
3. The program claims to eliminate wasteful administrative and billing costs compared to insurance, ensuring 100% of member contributions go directly to health care. It also aims to reduce costs and improve care through preventative
Michelle Pedroso is seeking a position utilizing her background in managed care, government programs, and customer service management. She has over 15 years of experience in customer service and claims processing roles for various health insurance companies, most recently as a claims representative and member services representative for SEIU Healthfund of IL from 2015 to 2016. Her resume details her responsibilities and achievements in each role she has held demonstrating a track record of assisting members, providers, and customers.
Pamela Larson, MPH
Director of Consumer Health
Kaiser Permanente Internet Services
iHT² case studies and presentations illustrate challenges, successes and various factors in the outcomes of numerous types of health IT implementations. They are interactive and dynamic sessions providing opportunity for dialogue, debate and exchanging ideas and best practices.
Using Technology To Engage Consumers In Their Health Webinararchanasunil
The webinar discusses using technology to engage health plan members in their health. It outlines challenges facing health plans like rising costs and lack of member engagement. The webinar then presents a member engagement solution using personalized outreach and wellness messages to members based on gaps in care, claims data and biometrics. This approach aims to improve health outcomes and lower costs through increased prevention and management of chronic conditions. Panelists discuss barriers, measuring savings, and the role of various stakeholders in member engagement solutions.
This document summarizes the findings of a 2015 needs assessment conducted by Mercy Care, a healthcare provider for the homeless in Atlanta. The needs assessment gathered feedback from Mercy Care clients, staff, and community partners through surveys. It found that over half of Mercy Care's homeless clients rated cleanliness/hygiene, inconsistent access to food and meals, poor sleep/fatigue, and safety concerns as major issues. All groups agreed that untreated mental health was a significant unmet health need. Transportation limitations, lack of income/insurance, and not knowing where to access care were common barriers to healthcare access. Clients, staff, and partners provided ideas on how Mercy Care can improve, such as strengthening community partnerships and exploring
This document summarizes The Alliance Cooperative, a not-for-profit cooperative that provides health care benefits and services to self-insured employers. Key points include:
- The Alliance was founded in 1990 by seven Madison-area employers and is member-owned.
- Between 2010-2012, the average annual increase in medical costs per employee for Alliance members was 4.6%, lower than the national average.
- The Alliance has contracts with over 63 hospitals, 5,100 doctors, and other provider types across over 2,675 clinic sites.
- The claims process involves health providers submitting claims to The Alliance, who reprices and sends to the third-party administrator to pay according to the employer's plan
Berkowitz, Scott - Accountable Care Organization "ACO": Early Experienciesponencias_mihealth2012
This document provides an overview of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and Johns Hopkins Medicine's experience with them. It begins with background on the goals of the Affordable Care Act and why it included delivery system reforms like ACOs. It then explains what an ACO is, who can participate, and how quality is assessed. Finally, it discusses why an academic medical center like Johns Hopkins would consider accountable care arrangements through ACOs given their focus on coordinating care, controlling costs, and improving quality.
Presentation Objectives:
1) Define SBIRT and identify components of this evidence-based intervention for identifying, reducing, & preventing problematic use, abuse & dependence on alcohol & illicit drugs
2) Learn how to use the all the components of the SBIRT app, including, but not limited to the screening, brief interventions & referral to treatment features included in this app
3) Recognize the critical need for more research related to occupational therapy intervention and SBIRT, as well as potential obstacles to implementation of SBIRT in treatment settings & resources for continuing education on this topic.
HIT Policy Committee Information Exchange Workgroup 9-13-10Brian Ahier
The document summarizes the agenda and discussion for an Information Exchange Workgroup meeting. It discusses setting up a Public Health Taskforce to address how to enable meaningful use reporting and electronic public health reporting. It also provides an update on the Provider Directory Taskforce, including its work plan and approach to defining requirements and use cases to inform the development of provider directories.
Barriers to Maori utilisation of ACC services and what Can be done" Report 2....John Wren
What are the barriers to Maori use of ACC services, and what can be done about them are the topics addressed in the second report. This is done by presenting the results of a review of the health services literature, of which there is a lot, about why services are not used by vulnerable population groups/lose most in need of the services. Evidence from published research on ACC services is presented and put in the context of the other health services research. The report goes on to present a range of evidence about how services could be improved to make them more user friendly / accessible for Maori.
Consumers' Checkbook Submission to RWJF & HHS Provider Network Challengehealth2dev
This document describes Consumers' Checkbook's proposal to provide an all-plan provider directory tool to help consumers using health insurance exchanges. It notes Checkbook's experience producing similar directories and plan comparison tools. The proposed tool would consolidate doctor data from all carriers into an easy-to-use interface showing which doctors participate in each plan. It would provide search and filter options, quality information on doctors, and has been successfully implemented for other exchanges. The business model involves an annual licensing fee from exchanges.
Mark Anderson is the CEO of AC Group, a national healthcare IT consulting firm. He has over 36 years of experience in healthcare IT, including serving as CIO for multiple regional healthcare systems. He regularly speaks on electronic health records (EHRs) and healthcare IT. The document discusses EHR trends, challenges with adoption and use, and the need for a strategic, enterprise-wide approach to business intelligence to improve outcomes and efficiencies across the healthcare organization. It also addresses issues around data integration, clinician buy-in, and the importance of an accountable culture for dashboard and scorecard applications.
The document summarizes the key findings from a benefits realization study conducted by PwC on the use of electronic medical records (EMRs) in primary care settings in Ontario. Through case studies of six high performing clinics, the study found benefits such as 50% faster lab result turnaround times, nearly immediate access to discharge summaries, and referrals sent to specialists in under 1 day. Provider surveys showed strong agreement that EMRs improve areas like chronic disease management, preventative care, and practice efficiencies. The study modeled potential province-wide benefits if all Ontario providers achieved results similar to the case studies, estimating annual financial benefits of $125 million from improved diabetes management alone.
1) 42% of Medicare providers purchased EHR systems certified for meaningful use stage 2 requirements in 2014.
2) Of providers switching from uncertified to certified EHRs, around 85% switched to cloud-based systems like athenahealth, Acumen, and Practice Fusion.
3) A predictive model found modular EHRs, later adoption, and certain states made certification more likely, while specialty made no difference.
Conduct a case study analysis The Electronic Medical Record EffLinaCovington707
Conduct a case study analysis
The Electronic Medical Record: Efficient Medical Care or Disaster in the Making?
Dale Buchbinder
You are the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of a large health care system. Medicare has mandated that all medical practices seeking Medicare compensation must begin using electronic medical records (EMR). Medicare has incentivized medical practices to place electronic medical records in their offices by giving financial bonuses to medical practices that achieve certain goals. These EMR systems are supposed to allow communication between practitioners and hospitals, so medical information can be rapidly transferred to provide more efficient medical care. The EMR will enable physicians to allow access to the records of their patients by other providers. Eventually these records are supposed to be easily accessed so any physician or hospital will have complete medical information on a patient.
The physician practices in your health care system have been mandated to use the Unified Medical Record System (UMRS). The UMRS was designed by a central committee; all hospital-owned physician practices have been mandated to use the system. As part of the incentives, Medicare will add dollars back to each practice when they meet goals for reaching meaningful use (MU). MU has been defined by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (n.d.) as “using certified electronic health record (EHR) technology to:
• Improve quality, safety, efficiency, and reduce health disparities
• Engage patients and family
• Improve care coordination, and population and public health
• Maintain privacy and security of patient health information.”
It is a step-by-step system requiring “electronic functions to support the care of a certain percentage of patients” (Jha, Burke, DesRoches, Joshi, Kralovec, Campbell, & Buntin, 2011, p. SP118).
One of the hospitals in your system has many primary care and specialty practices; however, the UMRS system was designed primarily for the primary care practices. The committee that developed UMRS did not take into account the needs of the specialty practices, which are significantly different from the primary care practices. This issue has been brought to the forefront by several medical specialists who have stated UMRS is not only cumbersome, but also extremely difficult to use. UMRS also does not give the specialist the information he needs. Specialists noted that after UMRS was implemented, it took them approximately 10 to 15 minutes longer to see each patient. Since an average day for a specialist consists of seeing between 20 and 25 patients, adding 10 to 15 minutes per patient adds 200 to 250 additional minutes, or 3 to 4 hours more each day. And, the physician cannot see the same number of patients each day. In reality, this represents a 30% decrease in productivity because of the amount of time it takes to use UMRS. Now the specialist office schedules constantly run significantly la ...
Part ONE-1 page AMA format-due 917 by 1000 pm EST Evaluate m.docxdanhaley45372
Part ONE-
1 page AMA format-due 9/17 by 10:00 pm EST
Evaluate meaningful use regulations for recovery audit contractors (RACs) and electronic health records (EHRs), as well as the impact on either case management or performance incentives. What is the purpose of these regulations? How effective are they in meeting the purpose? Support your answer with course resources-attached
Part TWO
In response to your peer-provided below, agree or disagree with their assessments of the effectiveness of RAC and EHR meaningful use regulations. Be sure to justify your answer.
Classmate Chiwaula’s post:
Top of Form
MEANINGFUL USE REGULATIONS FOR RECOVERY AUDIT CONTRACTORS & ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS
IMPACT ON CASE MANAGEMENT OR PERFORMANCE INCENTIVES.
In 2015 the Board of Registration in Medicine introduced a set of regulations requiring physicians to demonstrate proficiency in the use of electronic medical records, as well as the skills to achieve the federal Meaningful Use standard. Under the regulations, physicians are considered to have demonstrated proficiency if they meet any one of the following conditions:
· Participating in the Meaningful Use program as an Eligible Professional
· Having a relationship with a hospital that has been certified as a Meaningful Use participant. This relationship would be satisfied by any oneof the following conditions:
. Employed by the hospital
. Credentialed by the hospital to provide patient care
. Having a “contractual agreement” with the hospital
· Completing at least three hours of accredited CME program on electronic health records. Such a program must, at a minimum, discuss the core and menu set objectives, as well as the clinical quality measures for Meaningful Use.1
The Recovery Audit Contractor, or RAC, program was created through the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) to identify and recover improper Medicare payments paid to health care providers under fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare plans. The United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is required by law to make the program permanent for all states by January 1, 2010, under section 302 of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006.2 The main goals for RAC include:
• Minimize Provider Burden
• Ensure Accuracy
• Maximize Transparency
RACs are authorized to investigate claims submitted by all physicians, providers, facilities, and suppliers—essentially, everyone who provides Medicare beneficiaries in the fee for service program with procedures, services, and treatments and submits claims to Medicare (and/or their fiscal intermediaries (FI), regional home health intermediaries (RHHI), Part A and Part B Medicare administrative contractors (A/B/MACs), durable medical equipment Medicare administrative contractors (DME MACs), and/or carriers.2
Benefits of Electronic Health Records (EHRs)
Providers who use EHRs report tangible improvements in their ability to make better decisions with more compreh.
Three key points emerged from the document:
1) Patient advocacy groups and unions see the choice of drug as a matter between doctors and patients, and do not want employers, governments, or others interfering in drug decisions.
2) Both patient groups and unions want new drugs and devices to be publicly funded, believing they are safer and more effective, though cost is a major concern for Pharmacare plans and employers.
3) Unions and their members generally support the idea of national Pharmacare but more education is needed to help members understand and support evidence-based managed formularies being negotiated by employers.
This document provides an overview and agenda for the iHT2 2013 Health IT Summit opening keynote. The keynote covers the impact of meaningful use on health IT and driving better healthcare, better health, and reduced costs. It also discusses innovation and transformation in health IT, including increasing venture capital funding and the growing size of the health IT industry. The keynote then focuses on the Sharp health system's journey in developing population health strategies and using technologies like their patient portal and health information exchange. It closes by emphasizing that health reform has catalyzed the need for care models that demand health IT and technology.
IRJET- An Interactive Health Web Application: MEDIORAIRJET Journal
This document describes an interactive health web application called Mediora. The application aims to provide convenient medical assistance to patients by connecting them to doctors via an online platform. It allows patients to request services from doctors, check request statuses, search for doctors, and receive e-prescriptions from doctors. Doctors can accept service requests, issue e-prescriptions, and chat with patients in real-time. The system also includes administrators who can create and monitor patient and doctor accounts, filter inappropriate content, and handle complaints. The goal is to save time for both patients and doctors by eliminating wait times and improving access to healthcare services.
This document describes a proposed health care delivery program called HealthShare 2000+. The key points are:
1. HealthShare 2000+ aims to provide affordable, equitable, and accessible health care to members, especially the poor, through a group trust model without insurance, premiums, deductibles, or other limitations.
2. It would organize health care providers and facilities into categories and grades of service. Members would select service units that would be directly paid to providers through electronic funds transfer from the group trusts.
3. The program claims to eliminate wasteful administrative and billing costs compared to insurance, ensuring 100% of member contributions go directly to health care. It also aims to reduce costs and improve care through preventative
Michelle Pedroso is seeking a position utilizing her background in managed care, government programs, and customer service management. She has over 15 years of experience in customer service and claims processing roles for various health insurance companies, most recently as a claims representative and member services representative for SEIU Healthfund of IL from 2015 to 2016. Her resume details her responsibilities and achievements in each role she has held demonstrating a track record of assisting members, providers, and customers.
Pamela Larson, MPH
Director of Consumer Health
Kaiser Permanente Internet Services
iHT² case studies and presentations illustrate challenges, successes and various factors in the outcomes of numerous types of health IT implementations. They are interactive and dynamic sessions providing opportunity for dialogue, debate and exchanging ideas and best practices.
Using Technology To Engage Consumers In Their Health Webinararchanasunil
The webinar discusses using technology to engage health plan members in their health. It outlines challenges facing health plans like rising costs and lack of member engagement. The webinar then presents a member engagement solution using personalized outreach and wellness messages to members based on gaps in care, claims data and biometrics. This approach aims to improve health outcomes and lower costs through increased prevention and management of chronic conditions. Panelists discuss barriers, measuring savings, and the role of various stakeholders in member engagement solutions.
This document summarizes the findings of a 2015 needs assessment conducted by Mercy Care, a healthcare provider for the homeless in Atlanta. The needs assessment gathered feedback from Mercy Care clients, staff, and community partners through surveys. It found that over half of Mercy Care's homeless clients rated cleanliness/hygiene, inconsistent access to food and meals, poor sleep/fatigue, and safety concerns as major issues. All groups agreed that untreated mental health was a significant unmet health need. Transportation limitations, lack of income/insurance, and not knowing where to access care were common barriers to healthcare access. Clients, staff, and partners provided ideas on how Mercy Care can improve, such as strengthening community partnerships and exploring
This document summarizes The Alliance Cooperative, a not-for-profit cooperative that provides health care benefits and services to self-insured employers. Key points include:
- The Alliance was founded in 1990 by seven Madison-area employers and is member-owned.
- Between 2010-2012, the average annual increase in medical costs per employee for Alliance members was 4.6%, lower than the national average.
- The Alliance has contracts with over 63 hospitals, 5,100 doctors, and other provider types across over 2,675 clinic sites.
- The claims process involves health providers submitting claims to The Alliance, who reprices and sends to the third-party administrator to pay according to the employer's plan
Berkowitz, Scott - Accountable Care Organization "ACO": Early Experienciesponencias_mihealth2012
This document provides an overview of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and Johns Hopkins Medicine's experience with them. It begins with background on the goals of the Affordable Care Act and why it included delivery system reforms like ACOs. It then explains what an ACO is, who can participate, and how quality is assessed. Finally, it discusses why an academic medical center like Johns Hopkins would consider accountable care arrangements through ACOs given their focus on coordinating care, controlling costs, and improving quality.
Presentation Objectives:
1) Define SBIRT and identify components of this evidence-based intervention for identifying, reducing, & preventing problematic use, abuse & dependence on alcohol & illicit drugs
2) Learn how to use the all the components of the SBIRT app, including, but not limited to the screening, brief interventions & referral to treatment features included in this app
3) Recognize the critical need for more research related to occupational therapy intervention and SBIRT, as well as potential obstacles to implementation of SBIRT in treatment settings & resources for continuing education on this topic.
HIT Policy Committee Information Exchange Workgroup 9-13-10Brian Ahier
The document summarizes the agenda and discussion for an Information Exchange Workgroup meeting. It discusses setting up a Public Health Taskforce to address how to enable meaningful use reporting and electronic public health reporting. It also provides an update on the Provider Directory Taskforce, including its work plan and approach to defining requirements and use cases to inform the development of provider directories.
Barriers to Maori utilisation of ACC services and what Can be done" Report 2....John Wren
What are the barriers to Maori use of ACC services, and what can be done about them are the topics addressed in the second report. This is done by presenting the results of a review of the health services literature, of which there is a lot, about why services are not used by vulnerable population groups/lose most in need of the services. Evidence from published research on ACC services is presented and put in the context of the other health services research. The report goes on to present a range of evidence about how services could be improved to make them more user friendly / accessible for Maori.
Consumers' Checkbook Submission to RWJF & HHS Provider Network Challengehealth2dev
This document describes Consumers' Checkbook's proposal to provide an all-plan provider directory tool to help consumers using health insurance exchanges. It notes Checkbook's experience producing similar directories and plan comparison tools. The proposed tool would consolidate doctor data from all carriers into an easy-to-use interface showing which doctors participate in each plan. It would provide search and filter options, quality information on doctors, and has been successfully implemented for other exchanges. The business model involves an annual licensing fee from exchanges.
Mark Anderson is the CEO of AC Group, a national healthcare IT consulting firm. He has over 36 years of experience in healthcare IT, including serving as CIO for multiple regional healthcare systems. He regularly speaks on electronic health records (EHRs) and healthcare IT. The document discusses EHR trends, challenges with adoption and use, and the need for a strategic, enterprise-wide approach to business intelligence to improve outcomes and efficiencies across the healthcare organization. It also addresses issues around data integration, clinician buy-in, and the importance of an accountable culture for dashboard and scorecard applications.
The document summarizes the key findings from a benefits realization study conducted by PwC on the use of electronic medical records (EMRs) in primary care settings in Ontario. Through case studies of six high performing clinics, the study found benefits such as 50% faster lab result turnaround times, nearly immediate access to discharge summaries, and referrals sent to specialists in under 1 day. Provider surveys showed strong agreement that EMRs improve areas like chronic disease management, preventative care, and practice efficiencies. The study modeled potential province-wide benefits if all Ontario providers achieved results similar to the case studies, estimating annual financial benefits of $125 million from improved diabetes management alone.
1) 42% of Medicare providers purchased EHR systems certified for meaningful use stage 2 requirements in 2014.
2) Of providers switching from uncertified to certified EHRs, around 85% switched to cloud-based systems like athenahealth, Acumen, and Practice Fusion.
3) A predictive model found modular EHRs, later adoption, and certain states made certification more likely, while specialty made no difference.
Conduct a case study analysis The Electronic Medical Record EffLinaCovington707
Conduct a case study analysis
The Electronic Medical Record: Efficient Medical Care or Disaster in the Making?
Dale Buchbinder
You are the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of a large health care system. Medicare has mandated that all medical practices seeking Medicare compensation must begin using electronic medical records (EMR). Medicare has incentivized medical practices to place electronic medical records in their offices by giving financial bonuses to medical practices that achieve certain goals. These EMR systems are supposed to allow communication between practitioners and hospitals, so medical information can be rapidly transferred to provide more efficient medical care. The EMR will enable physicians to allow access to the records of their patients by other providers. Eventually these records are supposed to be easily accessed so any physician or hospital will have complete medical information on a patient.
The physician practices in your health care system have been mandated to use the Unified Medical Record System (UMRS). The UMRS was designed by a central committee; all hospital-owned physician practices have been mandated to use the system. As part of the incentives, Medicare will add dollars back to each practice when they meet goals for reaching meaningful use (MU). MU has been defined by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (n.d.) as “using certified electronic health record (EHR) technology to:
• Improve quality, safety, efficiency, and reduce health disparities
• Engage patients and family
• Improve care coordination, and population and public health
• Maintain privacy and security of patient health information.”
It is a step-by-step system requiring “electronic functions to support the care of a certain percentage of patients” (Jha, Burke, DesRoches, Joshi, Kralovec, Campbell, & Buntin, 2011, p. SP118).
One of the hospitals in your system has many primary care and specialty practices; however, the UMRS system was designed primarily for the primary care practices. The committee that developed UMRS did not take into account the needs of the specialty practices, which are significantly different from the primary care practices. This issue has been brought to the forefront by several medical specialists who have stated UMRS is not only cumbersome, but also extremely difficult to use. UMRS also does not give the specialist the information he needs. Specialists noted that after UMRS was implemented, it took them approximately 10 to 15 minutes longer to see each patient. Since an average day for a specialist consists of seeing between 20 and 25 patients, adding 10 to 15 minutes per patient adds 200 to 250 additional minutes, or 3 to 4 hours more each day. And, the physician cannot see the same number of patients each day. In reality, this represents a 30% decrease in productivity because of the amount of time it takes to use UMRS. Now the specialist office schedules constantly run significantly la ...
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2. ABOUT C AREOREGON
CareOregon is a Medicare and
Medicaid provider for Oregon
residents. Their mission is to provide
quality care for all, starting with its
members.
4. SURVEY RESEARCH
In the last 30 days, how often did you access the Internet at work?
How often did you visit the CareOregon Web site?
5. SURVEY RESEARCH
When you are seeking health-related information,
which of the following sources are you likely to use?
6. Members :
Age: 24
Education: High School Diploma
Occupation: Part-Time Waitress
Income Level: Low
Site Most Used: Facebook
Access to Internet
Health Knowledge
CareOregon Familiarity
Web Savviness
Usage Needs:
• Access benefits information – medical/pharmacy
• Info about CareOregon health plans
• Access forms
• Access to support networks for chronic conditions
• Tips on healthy living / wellness
• Contact CareOregon
7. Providers :
Age: 29
Education: Associates Degree
Occupation: Clinic Staff
Income Level: Lower Mid
Site Most Used: MSN
Access to Internet
Health Knowledge
CareOregon Familiarity
Web Savviness
Includes family practitioners, skilled nurses, hospital workers,
vision providers, specialists, mental health providers. Most of
the providers are physicians (13,687), and groups of providers
(4,085) and some advance practice nurses (1,637).
Each is accustomed to working with Medicare and Medicaid
cases. About half of them access CareOregon.org at least
several times a week. They have interest in accessing health
news and industry blogs. They also need to access information
and complete tasks in order to serve the CareOregon
member base.
Usage Needs:
• Log into portal for status • Access formularies
• View benefits plan • Access and submit forms
• Check patient eligibility • Contact Provider Services
• View provider manuals
12. PROPOSED TYPOGRAPHY
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Gil Sans Regular
Sub Title Treatment
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