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Using Health Information Technology to Support Quality Improvement in Primary Care | PCMH Resource Center
Ideally, interoperable health data exchange will occur at the community and state level through secure … a better way to look at our entire population and look at specific disease conditions and gaps in care … In this initiative, Medicare works with commercial and state-funded health insurance plans to provide … OCHIN is a national, nonprofit organization that provides health IT software and services to health care … : “You have to have a leader who has a vision of what the future might look like for health care delivery -
Necessary But Not Sufficient: The HITECH Act and Health Information Technology’s Potential to Build Medical Homes - Table 1 | PCMH Resource Center
Necessary But Not Sufficient: The HITECH Act and Health Information Technology’s Potential to Build Medical … Department of Health and Human Services, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD 20850, www.ahrq.gov Contract … with input from providers - Access to patient health records and preferences - Support for patient … - EHRs - PHRs - Patient registries - Telemedicine Continuous access to care - Communication among … outcomes evaluation - Allow evidence-based CDS at the point of care - Allow risk stratification of -
Necessary But Not Sufficient: The HITECH Act and Health Information Technology’s Potential to Build Medical Homes | PCMH Resource Center
back to top The Potential Role of Health IT in Improving Primary Care Through Support of the Medical … The use of this technology for patient care is growing rapidly as a viable option to improve access to … New York: Commonwealth Fund and National Academy for State Health Policy; June 2009. … Electronic health records in ambulatory care—a national survey of physicians. … The Potential Role of Health IT in Improving Primary Care Section 2 . -
Necessary But Not Sufficient: The HITECH Act and Health Information Technology’s Potential to Build Medical Homes - Table 3 | PCMH Resource Center
Department of Health and Human Services, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD 20850, www.ahrq.gov Contract … for Medicare & Medicaid Services; HIPAA = Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; SHARP … care - State Health Information Exchange Program - Beacon Community Program - Patient Protection and … Continuous access to care - None - None Systems-based approach to quality and safety - Regional Extension … Care Act (P.L. 111-148): National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council - Task forces -
Patient-Centered Medical Home Decisionmaker Brief: Improving Evaluations of the Medical Home | PCMH Resource Center
Department of Health and Human Services, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD 20850, www.ahrq.gov Prepared … Access to these publications is available on the AHRQ Website at http://pcmh.ahrq.gov . … Primary care clinicians, health care systems, insurers, State governments, families, and communities … The PCMH model is a way of organizing and delivering primary health care that is patient- and family-centered … Rationale: Quality, cost, and experience reflect our national health care goals of better care, affordable -
Necessary But Not Sufficient: The HITECH Act and Health Information Technology’s Potential to Build Medical Homes - Table 2 | PCMH Resource Center
timeline (Health IT Policy Council Recommendations to National Coordinator for Defining Meaningful Use … access to their health information and patient-specific education resources - Provide clinical summaries … options) - Incorporate data from home monitoring devices - Offer patients access to PHR populated in … fill data - Produce and share electronic summary of care record for every transition in care - Access … Access for all patients to a PHR populated in real time with health data - None Systems-based approach -
Coordinating Care for Adults With Complex Care Needs in the Patient-Centered Medical Home: Challenges and Solutions | PCMH Resource Center
A State health or Medicaid agency (Minnesota Health Care Homes). … access to health and social services, and coordinating care across settings and multiple providers. … Approaching death: improving care at the end of life. … Primary care: America’s health in a new era. Washington (DC): National Academy of Sciences;1996. … Portland: National Academy for State Health Policy; 2009. -
Coordinating Care for Adults With Complex Care Needs in the Patient-Centered Medical Home: Challenges and Solutions - Appendix | PCMH Resource Center
A member of the team accompanies the patient to PCP visits and provides direct care and assessment in … CMIS generates reports at networks and state for QI activities. … Area duals get care at Summa Health System and at AAA (shared population). … Innovation profile: plan funded team coordinates enhanced primary care and support services to at risk … Community care of North Carolina: improving care through community health networks. -
Coordinating Care in the Medical Neighborhood: Critical Components and Available Mechanisms | PCMH Resource Center
care, care coordinated across all the elements of the health system, superb access to care, and a systems-based … must insure that patients have access to a full range of primary care services, and the primary care … and social services; acute and post-acute care; ambulatory care; diagnostic services; pharmacy; and state … improving patient access to specialists (O’Malley et al. 2009b). … health management, and insurers in the State share the costs. -
Necessary But Not Sufficient: The HITECH Act and Health Information Technology’s Potential to Build Medical Homes - Table 4 | PCMH Resource Center
Necessary But Not Sufficient: The HITECH Act and Health Information Technology’s Potential to Build Medical … Department of Health and Human Services, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD 20850, www.ahrq.gov Contract … have been directed at quality improvement activities. … Failure to include behavioral health disorders in the meaningful-use criteria would perpetuate the segregation … between general medical care and care for behavioral and substance use disorders. -
Necessary But Not Sufficient: The HITECH Act and Health Information Technology’s Potential to Build Medical Homes - Table 5 | PCMH Resource Center
Necessary But Not Sufficient: The HITECH Act and Health Information Technology’s Potential to Build Medical … Department of Health and Human Services, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD 20850, www.ahrq.gov Contract … to moderate Include specific medical home functionalities in the meaningful-use criteria HITECH: meaningful-use … regulations for stages 2 and 3 High to moderate Add PCMH technical assistance to REC Program HITECH: … Regional Extension Centers Program Moderate to low -
Integrating Mental Health Treatment Into the Patient Centered Medical Home | PCMH Resource Center
Efforts to improve access to and the quality of mental health treatment have led to the conclusion that … Efforts to integrate mental health services in the PCMH will face significant challenges imposed by the … access to such services. … Improving access to geriatric mental health services: a randomized trial comparing treatment engagement … A common factors approach to improving the mental health capacity of pediatric primary care. -
Engaging Patients and Families in the Medical Home | PCMH Resource Center
care practices and the health care system overall should be expected to invest in efforts to engage … Self-Care Rationale and Evidence Supporting patients in improving their health is a key expectation … services (National Health Service, 2009). … Federal and State efforts to promote meaningful use of Health IT provide important opportunities to harness … support for national high-priority conditions, patient access to self-management tools, and access tohttps://pcmh.ahrq.gov/page/engaging-patients-and-families-medical-home - 119k - 2020-07-18 -
Ensuring That Patient-Centered Medical Homes Effectively Serve Patients With Complex Health Needs | PCMH Resource Center
Access to these publications is available on the AHRQ Web site at http://www.ahrq.gov . … ’s self-care efforts; and involvement of the patient in care plans. … In addition, patients with complex care needs frequently require social and mental health services and … by coordinating the medical care they deliver with a wide range of social and mental health services. … In an effort to lower total care costs, State Medicaid agencies, along with a few demonstration programs -
The Roles of Patient-Centered Medical Homes And Accountable Care Organizations in Coordinating Patient Care | PCMH Resource Center
back to top Introduction The effective coordination of a patient’s health care services is a key component … and care, thereby improving the quality and efficiency of health care overall. … in a given patient’s care including at times of care transitions. … To promote learning and quality improvement, care coordination efforts in PCMHs and ACOs should be evaluated … National Academy of Sciences. Primary Care: America's Health in a New Era. Washington, DC. 1996. -
Coordinating Care in the Medical Neighborhood: Critical Components and Available Mechanisms - Table 4 | PCMH Resource Center
Coordinating Care in the Medical Neighborhood: Critical Components and Available Mechanisms June 2011 … Department of Health and Human Services, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD 20850, www.ahrq.gov Contract … for enhanced communication and access to patient information through health IT Provides evidence that … are developing care plans for patients and providing communication to other clinicians to enhance care … should be more likely to report care coordination and care transition management efforts Health plan, -
Engaging Patients and Families in the Medical Home - Appendix | PCMH Resource Center
in multiple languages. … In addition, a conference for prospective health care homes included presentations by national and local … patients in mental health policymaking Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services’ call for care to … a pool of parents to participate in policymaking at the local or State level. … involvement in National Health Service (NHS), public health, and social care research. -
Engaging Patients and Families in the Medical Home - Table 2 | PCMH Resource Center
Collects data on race, ethnicity, sex, primary language, and language services for each patient and records … that information in a manner that can be reported and used to plan and respond to the health and language … Routinely undertakes efforts to identify and eliminate any disparities in the quality of care received … Aims to reduce disparities Access Enhanced access to care is available through systems such as open … The patient has ready access to care. -
The Patient-Centered Medical Home: Strategies to Put Patients at the Center of Primary Care | PCMH Resource Center
Access to these publications is available on the AHRQ Web site at http://pcmh.ahrq.gov . … asking about patient preferences, and collaborating in decisions can improve a variety of health care … Federal and State efforts to promote meaningful use of health IT provide important opportunities to harness … These efforts to use health IT need to be built with input from patients. … improving health. -
All Papers, Briefs, and Other Resources on the PCMH | PCMH Resource Center
ones, better deliver services to all patients, including those with the most complex health needs Improving … but distinct roles in redesigning and improving care delivery. … the medical neighborhood and in improving population health, as well as the health of individual patients … health services, there is a growing need for quality measures that are rigorous and appropriate to the … at improving primary care.https://pcmh.ahrq.gov/page/papers-briefs-and-resources - 18k - 2020-08-01