One of the May Summit's most inspiring speakers, Regina Holliday is a leading advocate for the benefits of HIT and timely data access for patients so they can work as a partner with their providers. Here are images of the works she painted at the Summit, an explanation of each, and a brief audio interview.
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UC Davis is now offering a new online course, Interoperability and Health Information Exchange, set to begin June 24. Taught by Katherine Kim and Robert Cothren – and featuring special guest lessons from Dr. Michael Hogarth, Scott Christman, Aaron Seib, and David Minch – the course provides a comprehensive exploration of HIE from the clinical, technical and business perspectives.
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In this interview following her keynote speech at the Stakeholder Summit, Peggy O'Kane, President and CEO of NCQA, comments on quality, health reform and HIE.
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In this audio report, Dave Minch, President/COO, HealthShare Bay Area, describes the purpose of the new California Association of HIEs.
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CalOHII is seeking stakeholder comments on two critical HIE initiatives: the Patient Authorization Guidance Tool and the updated Model Modular Participant Agreement.
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LOS ANGELES – L.A. Care Health Plan, the nation’s largest public health plan, announces that for its eConsult telehealth program, more than 15,000 “eConsults”, which are electronic consultations between primary care providers (PCP) and specialists, have been initiated. The program is the largest rollout of its type in the nation, used by 1,300 PCPs in 108 community clinic/health center sites across L.A. County.
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Formation of the California Association of Health Information Exchanges, a statewide group of community and enterprise health information organization leaders working together to advance safe and secure HIE throughout California, was announced at the May 8-9 HIE Summit.
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Over 300 individuals attended the 2013 California HIE Stakeholder Summit in Sacramento, May 8-9. Selected presentations are now available as PDFs. Online video will be available soon too, so please check back on the Summit link.
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In this audio report we spoke with Ken Kizer, MD, Director of the Institute for Population Health Improvement, UC Davis Health System, and of California Health eQuality, the state’s partner for health information exchange development. Dr. Kizer highlights his presentation on health IT and consumers, the topic of his recent presentation at a meeting of the Southern California HIMSS chapter.
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In this audio report Chief of the Health Information Policy & Standards Division in the Office of Health Information Integrity, Cassie McTaggart describes California's exciting statewide HIE governance initiative which is modeled after the highly successful Western States Consortium and builds on the federal DURSA, Data Use and Reciprocal Support Agreement.
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