Increasing the adoption of health information technology (IT) has the potential to not only improve quality of care, but also change the way health care is delivered. What’s more, the use of value cases could drive practical, relevant use of health IT on a faster track, ultimately helping improve the quality of health care. On Nov. 24, Mark McClellan, Carolyn Clancy and other distinguished experts addressed current opportunities to accelerate the adoption and integration of health IT, with an emphasis on how it can lead to higher quality care at lower costs.
The first panel explored how successful health IT adoption within geographic regions is allowing for the measurement of key outcomes. The many opportunities for enhancing current claims-based measurement approaches with clinical data was the focus of the second panel. And the final discussion focused on previously identified examples and suggested pathways for greater adoption of health information technology, as well as recommendations for advancing health IT adoption through value cases.
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Agenda
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November 24
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Welcome and Introduction
Mark B. McClellan Former Brookings Expert, Director, Margolis Center for Health Policy - Duke University -
Update: American Health Information Community (AHIC) Quality Work Group
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Panel One: How Regional Efforts to Adopt Health IT are Providing Opportunities for Better Quality Measurement
Micki Tripathi Massachusetts eHealth CollaborativeJ. Marc Overhage Chief Medical Informatics Officer - Cerner Health ServicesLori Evans New York Department of HealthModerator: Carol Diamond Managing Director, The Markle Foundation -
Panel Two: Using Health IT to Enhance the Quality Measurement and Reporting Infrastructure
Jack Lewin American College of CardiologyLee Newcomer UnitedHealthCarePaul Tang Palo Alto Medical Group -
Panel Three: “Value Cases” and the Path Toward Greater Adoption of Health IT
Kevin Hutchinson PrematicsJohn Glaser Partners HealthcareSteven Findlay Senior Health Policy Analyst, Consumers Union -
Concluding Remarks and Next Steps
Mark B. McClellan Former Brookings Expert, Director, Margolis Center for Health Policy - Duke University
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