In yesterday's THE Consortium Webinar, David Ginsberg mentioned the updated EHR Incentive Program website from CMS. This website has been updated to include numerous resources such as an extensive list of FAQs, Registration information including a User's Guide and a preview of the Attestation Site. An Attestation User's Guide will be available soon.
To view the EHR Incentive Program Registration site, click here.
To view the EHR Incentive Program FAQs, click here.
If after viewing any of the resources available you have any questions about the EHR Incentive Program, Meaningful Use, Registration or Attestation, please email Tracy McDonald, HIT Program Coordinator, at tm@coruralhealth.org.
To register for the upcoming Consortium Webinar, HIPAA-HITECH and Your EHR-Updates from the Final Rule on May 19th, click here.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
USDA Capital Loans and Grants Available for HIT Purchases
USDA Rural Development can support rural health providers in Colorado through the Community Facilities program. With few sources of capital available in rural America, rural health care providers can look to this program to help fund software and hardware purchases to meet Health IT requirements and deadlines. Loan and limited grant funding is available. For information please contact your local Rural Development Office: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/co/contact-us.htm.
Use of Health Information Technology in Support of Patient-Centered Medical Homes Is Low among Non-metropolitan Family Medicine Practices
A new policy brief is available from the RUPRI Center: Use of Health Information Technology in Support of Patient-Centered Medical Homes Is Low among Non-metropolitan Family Medicine Practices.
By creating a medical home program within Medicare, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 gave momentum to growing interest in the concept of a patient-centered medical home (PCMH). Are physician practices, especially non-metropolitan primary care practices, ready to become PCMHs? We use a nationwide survey of physician practices to partially answer this question, focusing on the use of health information technology.
Please click on the following link to download a copy of this brief: http://cph.uiowa.edu/rupri/publications/policybriefs/2011/PCMH%20Readiness%20Brief%20040511%20FINAL.pdf
By creating a medical home program within Medicare, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 gave momentum to growing interest in the concept of a patient-centered medical home (PCMH). Are physician practices, especially non-metropolitan primary care practices, ready to become PCMHs? We use a nationwide survey of physician practices to partially answer this question, focusing on the use of health information technology.
Please click on the following link to download a copy of this brief: http://cph.uiowa.edu/rupri/publications/policybriefs/2011/PCMH%20Readiness%20Brief%20040511%20FINAL.pdf
Monday, April 11, 2011
THE Consortium Webinar: Attesting and Earning Incentive Funds
Join us for the April Consortium webinar on Thursday, April 14th from 12:00-1:15 pm MDT where we will focus on up-to-date information and learning related to incentive funds and the attestation process for Medicare and the review process with Medicaid. April 2011 is the earliest date for attesting and applying for Medicare incentive funds, so don't miss out on this learning opportunity!
To register for this webinar, click here.
To register for this webinar, click here.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
The Forum 2011: Essential Perspectives for Safety Net Providers
Wednesday, April 20th - Thursday, April 21st Red Lion Hotel in Aurora, CO
The Forum is a two-day conference that will bring together participants from all over Colorado and the surrounding states. It serves as an essential educational, training, and networking event for all safety net clinics, members of the clinic team, and other interested parties. The Colorado Rural Health Center and ClinicNET have partnered to present this event. Opportunities for sponsorships are now available.
There will be two sessions dedicated to Meaningful Use presented by David Ginsberg. To see an agenda, click here.
For more information and to register please click here.
The Forum is a two-day conference that will bring together participants from all over Colorado and the surrounding states. It serves as an essential educational, training, and networking event for all safety net clinics, members of the clinic team, and other interested parties. The Colorado Rural Health Center and ClinicNET have partnered to present this event. Opportunities for sponsorships are now available.
There will be two sessions dedicated to Meaningful Use presented by David Ginsberg. To see an agenda, click here.
For more information and to register please click here.
Colorado EHR Selection Summit Hosted by CORHIO May 20th and 21st
CORHIO and the Colorado Regional Extension Center (CO-REC) invite physicians and key staff to attend the first annual Colorado EHR Selection Summit.
At this 1 & 1/2-day event, you will learn best practices for implementing an EHR and have a unique opportunity to compare certified EHR systems using real-life clinical scenarios.
This event is specifically designed for practices that are considering the purchase of an EHR for the first time and also for practices that have an EHR but are considering a replacement.
For more information, click here.
At this 1 & 1/2-day event, you will learn best practices for implementing an EHR and have a unique opportunity to compare certified EHR systems using real-life clinical scenarios.
This event is specifically designed for practices that are considering the purchase of an EHR for the first time and also for practices that have an EHR but are considering a replacement.
For more information, click here.
Doctors using fully implemented EHRs report lower costs, higher productivity
Most physicians who have fully implemented EHR systems see lower costs and increased productivity, an MGMA survey finds.
Ambulatory-care physicians who have implemented an electronic health-record system are largely satisfied with their purchases, and their satisfaction increases if they have their EHR systems optimized, according to data from a survey by the Medical Group Management Association. To view that survey, click here.
To read the complete article, click here.
Ambulatory-care physicians who have implemented an electronic health-record system are largely satisfied with their purchases, and their satisfaction increases if they have their EHR systems optimized, according to data from a survey by the Medical Group Management Association. To view that survey, click here.
To read the complete article, click here.
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