Webinar Series
This webinar series is intended to:
- Introduce practical steps that providers can take to reach “meaningful use” of EHRs
- Share updates about the government’s new cost-sharing programs for EHR implementation
- Provide a platform for Washington and Idaho providers to learn from each other’s successes and challenges related to EHR use
Event registration opens approximately one month prior to the live webinar.
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| Session 1 Speaker: | During this webinar, we provided an overview of how the government's new cost-sharing programs will work. We answered such frequently asked questions as:
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| Session 2 Speakers: Jeff Hummel, MD MPH | In order to qualify for future incentive payments from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, healthcare providers must use electronic health record systems (EHRs) in a meaningful way. Now that the government has released a final draft of these “meaningful use” criteria, the work of figuring out how to apply them has begun. Join our discussion as we dive into some of the fine points of the new requirements, such as:
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| Session 3 Panelists: Michelle Glatt, MPH PA-C Don Stewart, MD FAAFP
Moderator: | Achieving meaningful EHR use requires rethinking the format of information contained in the medical record. Although physicians’ narrative notes are important for continuity and for understanding what the physician was thinking, they are not accessible to the decision support, reporting, and information-sharing tools by which meaningful use is defined. Join three regional experts who will discuss the challenges of—and practical approaches for—getting data into an EHR accurately and efficiently. Topics will include:
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| Session 4 Session transcript (Unedited text) Speakers: Cindy Chen Zach Hodges | Going "live" with your new EHR system can be challenging, if you don't know what to plan for. In this session, we will walk you through the planning process for successful Go-Live, leaving you with the knowledge and confidence to carry you through your EHR implementation. | |
| Session 5 August 24, 2010 Speakers: Jeff Hummel, MD MPH | If your practice intends to apply for CMS' incentive funding to offset the cost of your EHR implementation, you won't want to miss this special 90-minute webinar. Learn how the final set of meaningful use rules (released 7/13/10) differs from the draft guidelines distributed at the end of 2009—and how those changes may affect your efforts to achieve EHR meaningful use. Hear directly from Josh Seidman, PhD—the Acting Director of the Meaningful Use Division within the DHHS' Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT—how the rules were revised to address the feedback submitted by healthcare providers nationwide. Qualis Health's Medical Director for Informatics, Jeff Hummel MD, MPH, will also outline the latest details of the incentive plan and provide examples of how it might translate to everyday work in a practice. Participation in the live call is limited to Washington or Idaho healthcare organizations. Anyone may access the recording, which will be available a week after the event. | |
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| Session 6 September 21, 2010 Cost: Speaker: | How do you take charge and negotiate with your EHR vendor? How do know you're getting the best price? And how do you protect yourself, and your considerable financial investment, when dealing with vendors? Make sure you get optimum results on your journey to EHR Implementation. Let an expert show how to get all the above, plus the right support after implementation. And finally, learn how to avoid making very expensive mistakes. Learn how to:
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