Advancing the Adoption of Health Information Technology to Improve Quality and Value in Health Care
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
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
Panel One: How Regional Efforts to Adopt Health IT are Providing Opportunities for Better Quality Measurement
Micki Tripathi
Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative
J. Marc Overhage
Chief Medical Informatics Officer - Cerner Health Services
Lori Evans
New York Department of Health
Moderator: 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 Cardiology
Lee Newcomer
UnitedHealthCare
Paul Tang
Palo Alto Medical Group
Panel Three: “Value Cases” and the Path Toward Greater Adoption of Health IT
Kevin Hutchinson
Prematics
John Glaser
Partners Healthcare
Steven 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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