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At the Forefront
of Healthcare Transformation!
Monday,
July 24, 2017
2017 Illinois Health IT Survey Deadline July 28
Your input about Health IT in Illinois is critical to
determining the extent of health information technology use by
providers and hospitals in Illinois. Survey topics include EHR
adoption, utilization and functionality, as well as Health
Information Exchange participation. The results will help with
current and future support and resources for providers,
practices and hospitals in Illinois. Please complete the
2017 Illinois Health IT Survey by July
28th to help inform the health information
technology environment in Illinois. We appreciate your participation!
Webinar Aug. 1 on Understanding eCQMs
ILHITREC will host a webinar Tuesday, Aug. 1, noon-1
p.m., entitled "Understanding eCQMs in 2017."
This webinar will provide information for those involved in the
implementation of electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs),
including practice administrators, quality leadership, clinicians,
physician assistants, information technology leadership and other
professionals. Register
now! After registering, you will receive a confirmation email
containing information about joining the webinar.
Webinar Replay: Successfully Navigating Meaningful Use
Audits
If you missed ILHITREC's Webinar July 18, entitled
"Successfully Navigating Meaningful Use Audits" (or if you
want to pass the presentation on to someone else in your
organization), we invite you to watch
the replay.The PowerPoint
slide presentation is available in PDF format. If you need
assistance at any time from ILHITREC, please contact us at info@ILHITREC.org.
Focus on Meaningful Use Measures: Modified Stage 2
[NOTE: This ILHITREC feature will regularly spotlight
different Meaningful Use and other Measures]
Secure Electronic Messaging
Objective: Use
secure electronic messaging to communicate with patients on relevant
health information.
Attestation: Attest
to the number of patients in the denominator for whom a secure
electronic message is sent to the patient (or patient-authorized
representative), or in response to a secure message sent by the
patient (or patient-authorized representative).
Measure Requirements:
The resulting percentage should be greater than 5% for the EP to meet
the measure
Benefits of Secure Electronic
Messaging
- Improved Patient & Family Engagement
- Quicker response time for patients to
receive answers to their questions
- Improved office efficiency by decreasing
phone calls
- Assists patients to better manage their
condition
- Meet Meaningful Use
Tips and Resources:
Measure 1:
* Exclusion: Any EP who has no office visits during the
EHR reporting period, or any EP who conducts 50 percent or more of
his or her patient encounters in a county that does not have 50
percent or more of its housing units with 4Mbps broadband
availability according to the latest information available from the
FCC on the first day of the EHR reporting period.
* A follow up audit would expect a report from the
provider's EHR showing numerator and denominator values for the
measure during the reporting period.
* The patient action may occur before, during, or after
the EHR reporting period. However, in order to count in the
numerator, it must occur within the EHR reporting period if that
period is a full calendar year, or if it is less than a full calendar
year, within the calendar year in which the EHR reporting period
occurs.
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