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Medical Home and the EHR: Creating 21st Century Solutions

About the Webinar

Attend from your desktop or conference room. Invite your whole team to attend at one low price.

Rates: Use code: EHRpromo in the shopping cart to get a reduced rate for this webinar. $249 per location, unlimited viewers per location (a special rate is also available for solo practitioners and the military. Please call 301-354-1769 for promo code for a price reduction if you qualify..

Each registration comes with access to the archived version of the program and the materials until December 31, 2012.

Most medical records are still stored on paper, which means there are limitations in coordinating care, the ability to routinely measure quality, or reduce medical errors. As a result, providers and consumers generally lack the information they need about costs or quality to make informed care decisions. Today there is consensus that wide-scale adoption of electronic health record (EHR) systems will improve care, increase communication between parties, and enhance professionals’ ability to gather data to improve the effectiveness and efficiency throughout the healthcare system.

Learn from leaders in the field who will share insight into the history of medical records, the role of ethics, how moving to EHRs can improve healthcare functioning, and how understanding usability can ensure your EHR meets your long-term needs.

In our continued series on the Patient Centered Health Care Home, we will bring together a panel who will share insights advancements in the medical home and the use of outcomes-boosting health IT solutions.

About the Webinar

While most industries have aggressively leveraged information technology (IT) to improve quality and reduce costs, the healthcare sector has lagged behind. Many physicians and organizations have been reluctant to make this move but due to federal regulations and incentives for implementation there is more and more realization of the value health IT will bring to a practice, an organization and the industry as a whole.

Health information technology (HIT) makes it possible for healthcare providers and organizations to better manage patient care through secure use and sharing of health information. This is especially true in the Patient Centered Health Care Home. Incorporating HIT into practice allows hospitals and providers to have:

Accurate and complete information about a patient's health that allows professionals to provide the best possible care, whether during a routine visit or a medical emergency.
The ability to identify patients with chronic conditions and coordinate their care so exacerbations and setbacks can be reduced that cause readmissions and contribute to escalating costs.
Interoperability and a secure way to share information with providers, payers, and patients over the Internet.
A way for patients and families to access their health information so they engaged in their care and better able to make informed health care decisions.
Information to assist physicians, specialists and other members of the team diagnose health problems sooner, reduce medical errors, and provide safer care at lower costs.

Practices that are moving to the Patient Centered Health Care Home realize implementing an electronic health record is costly and time consuming. The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has argued that usability may be the single biggest obstacle to widespread adoption and use of electronic health records in clinical settings. EHR systems must present and record often complex medical information, in a wide variety of formats, so that it can be easily accessed and used by clinicians and other users.

Understanding the barriers ahead as well as the benefits is key to successful implementation. This webinar invites you to join a team of professional who will review

The history and progression to the EHR,
The challenges and benefits to an organization/practice
Questions those responsible in the evaluation process should ask to ensure optimal EHR usability.

Faculty

Barney D. Newman, MD, Chief Medical Officer, WESTMED Medical Group - Dr. Newman is the Chief Medical Officer for WESTMED Medical Group. He has 28 years of progressive medical management experience including 12 years as Medical Director for Kaiser Permanente in the Northeast. While with Kaiser, Dr. Newman had regional responsibilities for clinical information systems and pharmacy and served on Kaiser’s National Clinical Information Systems Advisory and Interregional Transplant Committees. Dr . Newman has focused his career on organizing physicians in comprehensive delivery systems that are clinically integrated and that deliver high quality care. In 1999, he became the medical director for WESTMED Medical Group and has played a critical role in the practice’s growth and success.

Laurinda Harman Hoffer, Ph.D., RHIA, FAHIMA, is an Emeritus Associate Professor, Department of Health Information Management, Temple University, Philadelphia. She has been an HIM professional and educator for 40 years and has directed HIM baccalaureate programs at Temple University, George Washington University and Ohio State University. She edited Ethical Challenges in the Management of Health Information and received the American Health Information Association 2001 Triumph Legacy Award for this important health information resource and the second edition was published in 2006. Through her definitive work on the ethical principles related to patient information, she laid down what is perhaps the most authoritative guide to the ethical questions healthcare professionals must ask themselves in this era of expansive health information. The book is a landmark study of today’s most pressing ethical information management questions. She was awarded the 2011 AHIMA Triumph Educator Award and the 2011 Dorland People Awards as an Ethicist. Dr. Harman is on the editorial board of Perspectives in Health Information Management, has contributed articles to the Journal of American Health Information Management Association, and has delivered presentations at international, national, state and local meetings.

Art Swanson, Director of User Experience, Allscripts - Art Swanson is the Director of User Experience at Allscripts Healthcare Solutions. He has 12 years of experience in Human Factors, User Research, and User Experience and currently leads a team of designers working to develop new models and interaction patterns for Electronic Health Records. Art's prior experience includes automotive and aircraft research and design, medical device design, and extensive qualitative and quantitative evaluations of consumer and professional products.

Moderator:
Anne Llewellyn RN-BC, MS, BHSA, CCM, CRRN
Editor in Chief, Case Management Products
Dorland Health, a division of Access Intelligence

Who Should Attend

Physicians
Nurse Practitioners
Physician Assistants
Pharmacists
Case Managers
Social Workers

Quality Improvement Professionals
Behavioral Health Professionals
Managed Care Directors
Benefit Design Professionals
Practice Management Professionals
Patient Centered Medical Home Consultants

Purchase Options

$329 per location, unlimited viewing per location (a special rate is available for solo practitioners and the military. Please call 301-354-1769 for promo code for a price reduction if you qualify.
Live Webinar Registration – $329 (per-site fee)
Webinar Recording on CD-ROM – $329
Live Webinar and CD-ROM – $379

About URAC

URAC has developed its Patient Centered Health Care Home (PCHCH) programs to educate and guide health care practices, and their sponsoring health plans, insurers and pilot programs through transformation into truly patient-centered health care homes. Learn more »

Questions?

For questions regarding the Webinar or to register by phone, contact Hope Kabik at 301-354-1769.

For content questions regarding this Webinar, contact Anne Llewellyn at 954-254-2950 or email allewellyn@dorlandhealth.com.

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How Does the Webinar Work?

The live audio is delivered to your location over the telephone or your computer speakers. The Power-Point presentations are presented over the Internet and are available to print out before the program. This is like a talk-radio program with visuals on the Web. You and your team will be able to have a live Q&A with all the speakers.

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