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GridArticle: EMR vs. EHR? I get asked this question all the time, and the answer provides keen insight into the nature of the evolution in healthcare being spurred on by adoption and use of Health IT.
EMR vs. EHR - What is the Difference? From the ONC Buzz Blog
Workshops: Inquire for availability with Scott Zacks 503-597-8367
This three-part workshop series is designed
specifically for small and medium-sized clinics operating both with and
without an EHR. The courses are designed to complement the HITECH
Programs, language and newly developed organizations supporting Health IT.
This workshop will help health care providers understand the
rapidly evolving Health Information Technology environment so they can
decide on the course of action that will be most beneficial to
participants in the short-, medium-, and long-term.
The workshop will provide participants with the background
information concerning Electronic Health Records (EHRs) that they need
in terms of national and local policies and incentive programs, to help
their practices to make informed decisions about the adoption,
implementation and upgrading of an EHR system. Participants will use
the information gained in the morning sessions to complete their own
technology adoption checklist that they can use to develop an action
plan for their practice.
Program Topics:
- The Recent History & Near Future of Health IT Policy and Trends
in Oregon and its impact on your practices’ Health IT needs, a timeline.
- Becoming a competent partner in the EHR selection, installation, and
implementation processes so that your practice can realize the benefits
of EHR implementation.
- Developing your practice’s Health IT plan.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the major State and Federal legislation that will impact their practice’s decisions concerning Health IT
- List the impacts that recent trends in healthcare will have on their practice’s decisions concerning Health IT
- Determine the proper resources that can provide Health IT-related
technical and financial assistance appropriate to your stage of HIT
adoption
- Complete the workshop’s Technology Adoption Checklist
Who Should Attend: Working Healthcare professionals,
Healthcare Providers, Practice Managers, Administrative and Clinical
Staff, Support Staff-I.T. or Tech. Support, HIT Project Managers
*This seminar is designed as both a stand-alone workshop as well as
part of a series of workshops on related and complementary topics.
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Coordinating Care in a Patient Centered Model
This workshop is the final workshop in a series of workshops that
will help healthcare providers understand the rapidly evolving
Healthcare Information Technology (Health IT) environment so they can
decide on the course of action that will be most beneficial to
participants in the short-, medium-, and long-term.
The workshop series is designed specifically for small and
medium-sized clinics operating both with and without an EHR. The
courses are intended to complement the HITECH Programs, language and
organizations in Oregon.
Program Topics:
- Policy updates on rulemaking on Coordinated Care Organizations (CCO) and Accountable Care Organization (ACO) models
- The role of EHRs in facilitating the transition to CCOs and ACOs
- EHR's role in advancing public health initiatives
- The experience of early adopters in Oregon
Learning Objectives:
- Describe why the transition to CCO and ACOS will require improved communication and data sharing to succeed
- Describe how EHRs will play an important role in advancing public health initiatives
- List two ways in which utilizing certified EHR and HIE standards can
improve individual health through a patient centered design to care
coordination
Who Should Attend: Working healthcare professionals,
Healthcare Providers, Practice Managers, Administrative and Clinical
Staff, Support Staff-I.T. or Tech. Support
Quality Improvement
This workshop will help healthcare providers understand the
rapidly evolving Healthcare Information Technology environment so they
can decide on the course of action that will be most beneficial to
participants in the short-, medium-, and long-term. The workshop series
is designed specifically for small and medium-sized clinics operating
both with and without an EHR. The courses are intended to complement
the HITECH Programs, language and organizations supporting Health IT.
Program Topics:
- Health IT and practice workflow redesign as instruments of quality improvement
- Establishing a culture that supports increased quality and safety
- Assessing patient safety issues
- Implementing quality management and reporting through electronic systems
Learning Objectives:
- Analyze effective implementation planning
- List five objectives of Quality Improvement in healthcare
- Enumerate two examples of how Health IT can improve patient safety
- Describe quality improvement as a goal of meaningful use.
- Analyze three ways that HIT can either help or hinder quality improvement
Who Should Attend: Working healthcare professionals,
Healthcare Providers, Practice Managers, Administrative and Clinical
Staff, Support Staff-I.T. or Tech. Support
*This workshop is designed as both a stand-alone workshop as a part
of a series of workshops on related and complementary topics.
Participants who choose this workshop as a “stand-alone workshop” will
be required to access the Recorded Webcast of the June 30th “Introduction
to the Language and Organizations supporting Health IT in Oregon"
workshop, which will provide the participant with background information
on Health IT.
Faculty
Scott Zacks is the lead consultant working with
Portland Community College on adapting the ONC workforce development curriculum to the reality
and needs of Oregon providers. Mr. Zacks brings over twelve years'
experience of creative thinking to the practice of designing
individualized solutions to meet your organization's unique needs and
requirements. He has consulted thousands of practices and medical
organizations, in a wide range of healthcare environments and
specialties. Including Inpatient and Ambulatory Care, Dental Specialties
and Long Term Care.
January 3, 2011
Registration begins for ARRA HITECH EHR Incentive Program. Participate early to get the maximum incentive payments!

Check on the links below for up-to-date, detailed information about the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs.
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May 25, 2010: Oregon HIE (Health Information Exchange) Public Forum at the Oregon Convention Center.
Below is registration information for the public forum coming up on May 25th. This is a
timely
topic and should prove to be very
interesting.
The event is free, but requires registration.
Please forward this information to anyone you think might be interested.
http://ochcp.org/default.asp?id=131
Electronic Exchange of Health
Information:
What Does It Mean and How Do
We Make It
Secure, Private and Meaningful?
You are invited to participate in a
forum to learn about
what this means and to express your opinion as to how it should be set
up.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
9:00am - 11:00am
Oregon Convention Center, Room D136
777 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd
Portland, Oregon 97232
May
25 Public Forum_Invitation
(with directions and parking information)
Please register
at http://ochcp.org/default.asp?id=131
There is NO registration fee.
Who Should Participate?
Patients ° Health Care Providers ° Employers who
purchase employee health coverage ° Consumers and Patient Advocates °
Case Managers ° General public - since we all need health care at
some point in our lives
Paper medical records are cumbersome and costly. They
make it difficult to transfer your medical information from one provider
to the next - or to you if you want to see your record.
Change is coming: electronic records provide better
efficiency and enable transfer of information readily.
Due to federal incentives, many providers will be moving
from paper charts to electronic systems in the coming years. These
incentives allow providers to use health information exchange (HIE)
systems to transmit patient information to other providers, pharmacies,
hospitals and labs.
Please join this critical discussion to
share your thoughts about electronic medical records with the
Governor-appointed Health Information Technology Oversight Council
(HITOC). HITOC is developing a statewide plan for HIE.
» Contact:
HITOC.info@state.or.us » Convention
Center Access and Street Map
1/13/10 Meaningful Use defined. ARRA Stimulus Incentives for physicians.
Notice of Proposed Rules
Health Information Technology: Initial Set of Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology:
HHS: Interim Final RuleMedicare and Medicaid Programs; Electronic Health Record Incentive Program; Proposed Rule:
CMSAgencies of the Department of Health and Human Services on Jan. 13
officially published two rules covering the meaningful use of
electronic health records provisions of the HITECH Act within the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Publication of the rules
starts the clock for the public comment period, with both rules having
a March 15 deadline for comment. The proposed rule from the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services defines "meaningful use" of electronic
health records to qualify for Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments.
It lays out a series of measures to collect and report data to
government agencies. The rule is 169 pages long in a PDF format.
An
interim final rule from the Office of the National Coordinator for
Health Information Technology sets initial standards, implementation
specifications and certification criteria for EHR technology. The rule
is 33 pages long in a PDF format. A forthcoming rule will establish an
EHR certification program.
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Stimulus Package: Final version published
HITECH Act: p. 112
Medicare Incentives: p. 353
Medicaid Incentives: p. 375
Authentic Version PDF, published by the Government Printing Office
(PDF document searchable by keyword)
www.recovery.gov
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Medicare Reimbursement Incentive Schedule
$44,000 per 'eligible provider' over a 5 year period.
Note the higher reimbursement rates each year before 2013, and decreases after 2014.

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Pulling Forward the Benefits of Healthcare IT
Posted by Aneesh Chopra on October 29, 2009 at 09:52 AM EDT
Today,
the Health IT Standards Committee within the Department of Health and
Human Services will begin an unprecedented effort to get the public’s
view on how our work might "pull forward" the benefits of healthcare
information technology (IT). Specifically, we’re interested in
uncovering new strategies to accelerate the adoption of health IT
standards. This effort began with the passage of the American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act of 2009, calling for recommendations on standards
to promote safe, secure, healthcare information exchange.
“Standards” are really the guardians of quality, consistency, and
interoperability. Without thoughtful, clear and uniform standards, we
cannot enable the seamless and secure exchange of electronic health
information (or the benefits that accrue to providers and patients from
such protected exchanges).
So, while the exploration of technical standards may seem mundane to
some, it is foundational to electronic health records (EHRs) and
electronic health information exchange more broadly. In other words,
it’s worth paying some attention to, and voicing your opinions.
Our process continues with a public hearing today in Washington, DC. Find out how to participate via phone and webcast here.
We are convening four panels of experts with on-the-ground experience
in interoperability standards - providers, quality stakeholders, health
IT vendors, and a group with lessons drawn outside of healthcare.
Thanks to HIT Standards Committee member Judy Murphy for her leadership
on this effort.
The public hearing draws to a close this afternoon but we will continue the conversation through an Online Forum
over the next two weeks. Thanks to Committee Member Cris Ross for his
leadership on this effort. Given the breadth of interests, we have
arranged a series of Committee Member blog posts to begin the dialogue,
starting with HIT Standards Committee Vice-Chair John Halamka's summary
of our work to date, which will post on Friday. We will concurrently
enable ongoing discussion threads on the following topics:
- Proposed Standards (General Discussion)
- Interoperability
- Vocabularies
- Privacy
- Security
- Quality
- Implementation Case Studies (Your Story - the good, bad and
in-between)
We have also enabled a "voting" feature on submissions to allow you
- the public - an opportunity to emphasize points raised in a given
post. Our goal is to harness the shared wisdom of our community to
inform the work of the HIT Standards Committee in the weeks and months
ahead.
The tight schedule of this process is designed to ensure that your
ideas inform the HIT Standards Committee at its November 19th meeting.
However, your ongoing feedback on our efforts is also encouraged via
written submission or public comment at any of the subsequent monthly
meetings of the HIT Standards Committee.
The process of accelerating the adoption of health IT standards will
not end this week, this month, or this year. This is an ongoing effort,
and your participation will continue to be essential to its success.
Aneesh Chopra is U.S. Chief Technology Officer
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2009/10/29/pulling-forward-benefits-healthcare-it