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The objectives for this session are to:
Health information technology and electronic medical records are important topics in today's healthcare discussions. Have you been looking for a clearer discussion of what these are and their importance for public health? Have you been wondering what effect these technologies may have on Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention and WISEWOMAN? If so, then this session may be for you.
In this session, participants will gain a basic understanding of the different components of Health IT, how it applies to Stimulus funding, what is already going on in the states, and what role Heart Disease, Stroke and WISEWOMAN staff should and could play as everything unfolds over the next few years.
Presentations and skill-building activities will cover a range of interconnected topics, including how to:
The principles and skills acquired through this session cut across program priority areas, including screening, treatment, and control of high blood pressure and high blood cholesterol; warning signs and symptoms of heart attack and stroke and calls to 9-1-1; and eliminating disparities in cardiovascular disease. Skills and concepts range from basic through advanced.
With e-health initiatives across the country in various stages of development, state governments now have an opportunity to determine the best regulatory and governance framework to support and advance health information technology (HIT)and health information exchange (HIE), according to a new report prepared for the State Alliance for e-Health by the University of Massachusetts Medical School. The report details three conceptual models of public governance that could lead to the practice of sustainable HIE and delves into specific rationale and description, legal structure and financing and accountability considerations for each model.
In this inaugural report, the State Alliance examines the challenges states face in implementing HIT and HIE, including provider concerns about implementation costs, variations in technical standards for interoperability and consumer concerns about data privacy and security.
This final report presents the recommendations made by the Taskforce during 2008 and adopted by the State Alliance for e-Health. The recommendations are focused on two themes: Promoting standards-based health information technology (HIT) adoption and use, and enabling bi-directional electronic data exchange that supports improved quality outcomes for clinical care and public health within and across states. These recommendations are meant to stimulate state HIT and HIE policy development and to assist the State Alliance for e-health in its technical assistance efforts in 2009.
The State Alliance was created through an HHS contact with the National Governors Association (NGA) in 2006. The State Alliance for e-Health (State Alliance) is a consensus-based, executive-level body of state elected and appointed officials, formed to address the unique role state governments can play in facilitating adoption of interoperable electronic HIE. It is also intended to be a forum through which stakeholders can work together to identify new inter- and intrastate-based policies and best practices and explore solutions to programmatic and legal issues related to the exchange of health information.
