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Health IT Lunch and Learn Overview of GA DCH and GHIE, Inc. Collaboration August 21, 2012

Health IT Lunch and Learn Overview of GA DCH and GHIE, Inc. Collaboration August 21, 2012. GHIE Background. A Georgia public/private partnership to promote the adoption of electronic communication among various providers with the objective of improving efficiency and quality of care

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Health IT Lunch and Learn Overview of GA DCH and GHIE, Inc. Collaboration August 21, 2012

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  1. Health IT Lunch and Learn Overview of GA DCH and GHIE, Inc. Collaboration August 21, 2012

  2. GHIE Background • A Georgia public/private partnership to promote the adoption of electronic communication among various providers with the objective of improving efficiency and quality of care • Through a special arrangement with the Department of Community Health, will play a key role in implementing a $13M federal grant from the Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology

  3. GHIE Governance Structure • Urban Hospital • Teaching Hospital • Rural Hospital • Physicians • Nursing Homes • Mental Health • Pharmacy • Health Insurer • Large Employer • Small Employer • Quality Improvement Organization • FQHC • DCH • Regional Extension Center

  4. Georgia HIE Governance Structure Georgia Public/Private Collaborative Actual & Potential Participants Georgia State Government Data Contributors (Patients, Providers, Payers) Georgia Medicaid eHealth State Agency Committee Provides input HIT Coordinator Local/Regional HIEs Provides input Committees & Workgroups GA-HITREC GHIE Board Recommends Statewide HIE Policies & Requirements DCH Approves & Enforces Policies

  5. SAHIEs with Statewide Coverage: • Georgia Healthcare Systems (FQHCs) • Open Access Network • Department of Corrections • Veterans Administration • Georgia Farmworker Health Program (Covering 21 rural counties in South Georgia)

  6. Final Thoughts • GfK is one of the world’s leading market research companies, with more than 11,000 experts working to discover new insights into the way people live, think and shop, in over 100 countries, every day. • A GfK study reveals that the average patient's health is dependent on at least 200 pieces of paper in almost 19 different locations. • "The average person has over a dozen charts of medical history scattered around the country. This is data that – if accessible – could save you from duplicate procedures, could improve the quality of care you receive or could save your life.”

  7. Final Thoughts (cont.) • May 15, 2012 - AHIMA (American Health Information Management Association) is a health information management (HIM) professional association over 64,000, from an article entitled Private Networks Create a Market for Health Information Exchange. • “Many state level health information exchanges (HIEs) are on the brink of launching, but some health IT vendors claim they are already obsolete.” • “State HIEs operate best when they work with but not against private efforts, filling the gaps left by private HIEs.”

  8. Dennis White Dennis.White@gmcf.org August 21, 2012

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