Promoting HIT Adoption in the HRSA Community Success Through Collaboration

1. Promoting HIT Adoption in the HRSA Community Success Through Collaboration Mary P. Griskewicz, MS, FHIMSS Senior Director of Ambulatory Information Systems November 5 -7, 2007

2. HIMSS Strategic Direction Vision Advancing the best use of information and mgt systems for the betterment of health care. Mission To lead change in the healthcare information and management systems field through knowledge sharing, advocacy, collaboration, innovation, and community affiliations.

3. Society Today • 20,000 Individual Members of which 73% work in the field (non-vendors, non-consultants) • 350 Corporate Members • 90+ committees, task forces, & work groups • 47 Chapters • Top 5 largest healthcare conference in US • Top 50 largest conference of any kind in US • $40 million annual budget

4. Ambulatory Information Systems Mary P Griskewicz, M.S. FHIMSS, Sr. Director of Ambulatory Information Systems Jill Redenius, Coordinator

5. Ambulatory Committee Working with leaders from large healthcare enterprises, small physician offices and the military health system, plus consulting and vendor communities, the Ambulatory Information Systems Steering Committee expands HIMSS’ ability to increase the quality and cost-effectiveness of patient care by removing barriers to IT adoption, and increasing the use of EHRs and Business Systems Integration in physician offices and outpatient care settings. Chair, Jenifer Jarriel, CIO Baylor School of Medicine, Texas

6. Ambulatory Committee’s Groups Task Forces • Practice Leadership • Digital Office, eNewsletter • Community Health Organizations • Business Systems Integration • First Responders Work Groups • Public Comment Review • Open Source Technology • CHO EHR Best Practice • CHO Membership • CHO Advocacy • EHR Adoption and Sustainability

7. ACHO’s Task Force Vision To be a national constituency of ambulatory community health organizations that encourages the informed development and adoption of interoperable HIT for improving patient care and cost-effectiveness for the underserved.

8. ACHO’s Task Force Mission • To foster collaboration and information-sharing among Ambulatory CHOs and IT vendors that: • Produces cost, workflow and quality benefits, • Promotes standardization/commonality in ACHO performance monitoring and interoperability, • Identifies opportunities for successful HIT implementation and sustainability, and • Publicizes models for success. • Provide resources and Tools to HIMSS members on CHO adoption and use of Health Information Technology

9. ACHO Leadership • Task Force • Chair, Barbara Hood CIO, Community Health Care • Association of New York State • Work groups • Membership, Chair Mike Matull, Director of Information • Technology, The Coalition of Orange County Community • Clinics • Vendor Advocacy, Chair Dr. Paul Kaye, Medical Director THINC • EHR Best Practices, Chair Steven Glass, CIO Access • Community Health Network

10. Membership • Open to all HIMSS members http://www.himss.org/ASP/individualHome.asp • Task Force and Work Groups meet monthly

11. Partners • HRSA • NACHC • AHQA • CMS DOQ-IT Program

12. Sample of New Resources • White Papers • How to implement EHRs in doctor’s office • Stand-Alone ePrescribing “Ready or Not” • Behavior Health EMR’s for Community Health • 2007 Summary White Paper on HIT • Web site - news resources and tools • http://www.himss.org/ASP/topics_FocusDynamic.asp?faid=192

13. Named in honor of Dr. Nicholas E. Davies, an Atlanta-based practice physician committed to the ideal of improving patient care through better health information management Encourages and recognizes excellence in the implementation of EMR-EHR systems Implementation Strategy Planning Project Management Governance Value and ROI The program's objectives are to: Promote the vision of EHR systems through concrete examples Understand and share documented value of EHR systems Provide visibility and recognition for high-impact EHR system Share successful EHR implementation strategies ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1995 – First Organizational Awards 25 recognized to date 2003 – First Ambulatory Awards 15 recognized to date 2004 – First Public Health Awards 9 recognized to date Davies Awards of Excellence

14. Resources Past recipients applications http://www.himss.org/asp/daviesAward.asp HIT Dashboardhttp://www.himss.org/StateDashboard/ Davies white paper series http://www.himss.org/ASP/davies_whitepapers.asp Davies book “Improving Quality and Reducing Cost with Electronic Health Records: Case Studies from the Nicholas E. Davies Awardshttp://marketplace.himss.org HIMSS08 Presentations by ’07 recipients across all three Award types Davies – Resources & Due Dates 2008 - Application Due Dates • Organizational Award: Mon, March 31, • Ambulatory Award: Wed, April 30 • Public Health Award: Fri, March 14 • Community Health Organization (CHO) Award - To be launched first quarter ‘08 - Application due date Fri, May 30 For additional information: David Collins HIMSS, Davies Awards Manager dcollins@himss.org or 703-562-8817

15. Benefits • Introspective look at your organization • Recognition: State, National, Congressional • Get on the map http://www.himss.org/StateDashboard/mapPage.aspx • Opportunity to present at HIMSS Annual Conference • Opportunity to serve on Davies Committee • Prestige

16. Davies CHO Award • HIMSS plans to announce the expansion of the Davies Award of Excellence program to include the Davies Community Health Organization (CHO) Award in the first quarter of 2008. • The purpose of this award is to recognize CHOs that have succeeded with implementations of Electronic Health Records (EHR) in their clinics and to share their approaches and lessons learned more broadly.  • Application requirements such as “What Services must be Rendered”, definition of “What Counts as an EHR”, “Length of required EHR Implementation”, are currently under development and will be provided with the launch of the Award. 

17. Davies Award - Committee Openings • ---October 15 to November 15, 2007--- •   Any individual or corporate complimentary member • Who is not already serving in a leadership capacity within the Society • Individual members of HIMSS are ineligible for a Davies Committee appointment if they are either • (a) employed by a vendor company or • (b) directly working in an extensive consulting capacity with/for a vendor company  • Visit www.himss.org/davies for: • Important Information Before Applying For a Davies Commitee Position • Application

18. Contact For further information please contact Mary P. Griskewicz HIMSS, Senior Director Ambulatory Information Systems mgriskewicz@himss.org or 203-421-8317 David A. Collins, MHA, CPHQ, CPHIMS HIMSS, Sr. Manager, Davies Awards Program dcollins@himss.org or 703-562-8817

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