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Health TechNet Presented by: Suniti Ponkshe October 8, 2010

Health TechNet Presented by: Suniti Ponkshe October 8, 2010. HITECH Act Affordable Care Act Action at Local, Regional, and National Levels Shared urgency to seize opportunities and address gaps New communications and technology tools Growing body of evidence about effective approaches

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Health TechNet Presented by: Suniti Ponkshe October 8, 2010

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  1. Health TechNetPresented by: Suniti Ponkshe October 8, 2010

  2. HITECH Act • Affordable Care Act • Action at Local, Regional, and National Levels • Shared urgency to seize opportunities and address gaps • New communications and technology tools • Growing body of evidence about effective approaches • Strong and growing local leadership and collaboration Unprecedented Moment for Health System Performance Improvement

  3. HITECH Act – The Federal Response to the Demand for Health IT Investment • Part of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) • Goals • Define Meaningful Use • Support Attainment of Meaningful Use • Establish Public Trust • Foster Health IT Innovation

  4. Making Meaning of “Meaningful Use” Improving health and transforming health care through Meaningful Use of HIT Stage 3 Stage 2 Stage 1

  5. Game-changer: Focus on how technology is used HITECH requires that MU include: Adoption of certified EHR products Health information exchange Quality reporting MU Stage 1 is being implemented now MU Stage 2 is being defined – will be defined through a formal rulemaking process led by CMS MU is the pursuit of transformation Meaningful Use (MU) 5 5

  6. HITECH Act Regional Extension Centers Adoption of EHRs Workforce Training • Improved individual and population health outcomes • Increased transparency and efficiency • Improved ability to study and improve care delivery Meaningful Use of Certified EHRs Medicare & Medicaid Incentives and Penalties State Grants for Health Information Exchange Exchange of Health Information Standards & Certification Framework Privacy & Security Framework Research to Enhance Health Information Technology Blumenthal D. Launching HITECH. N Engl J Med. 2010 Jan 4. http://healthcarereform.nejm.org/?p=2669

  7. “Meaningful User of Certified EHR Technology” = Certified Complete EHR Combination of Certified EHR Modules HIT Certification Programs Regulations Meaningful Use Regulations Objectives Measures & ONC-ATCB / ONC-ACB Complete EHRs EHR Modules HIT Standards & Certification Criteria Regulations Implementing HITECH Correlated Certification Criteria Standards Source: ONC

  8. How HITECH Addresses Challenges to Health IT Adoption

  9. Looking towards the future: • A learning health system: • Patient-centered • Uses information to continuously improve health and health care of individuals and the population. 2010

  10. Suniti Ponkshe Partner Accenture suniti.ponkshe@accenture.com Phone: 703.903.9685 Mobile: 703.966.6689 Our Speakers Today

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