Minnesota e-Health Update for the Week of April 29, 2013

Minnesota
Reminder - Minnesota e-Health Workgroup Activity: Adoption and Effective Use Workgroup Meeting
When: May 6, 2013, 1:30-4:30p.m.
Where: MDH-Freeman Building, Room B-144, St. Paul, MN *Note the location*
All workgroup meetings are open to the public. All comments and questions regarding the Adoption and Use workgroup, including for a phone-in option, should be directed to Karen Soderberg at Karen.soderberg@state.mn.us or 651-201-3576.

Free Cyber Conference - Telehealth Services:  A Focus on Developing Rural Hospital Programs
The MN Rural Health Association is proud to present a cyber conference featuring by three members of Essentia Health directly involved in telehealth:  the telehealth program director, the rural hospital director of nurses, and the practicing Emergency Medicine MD/telehealth dyad partner.

Each perspective will be discussed as an overview of current and planned telehealth services, which will be briefly reviewed. A more in depth description regarding the “tele-hospital platform of services” including tele-emergency, hospitalist, toxicology and stroke services will be discussed. Challenges and successes will be reviewed from this group who have actually implemented and are currently delivering the Emergency Room telehealth services between Aurora and Duluth Essentia sites. Questions and dialogue are welcome.

When:  May 17, 2013, 12 Noon-1p.m.
Register and for more information: please send an email to jneppel@umn.edu

Privacy and Security Bootcamp: HITECH, Meaningful Use and Beyond 
REACH (Regional Extension Assistance Center for HIT for Minnesota and North Dakota) and the Center for Healthcare Innovation at the College of St. Scholastica are hosting a Privacy and Security Bootcamp. Learn the most important steps in assuring a safe and secure electronic environment for maintaining patient information. For a minimal fee, gain access to valuable privacy and security tools and resources for conducting risk assessments and handling breach investigations and notifications available through the HealthSmart eBox.

Where: Hilton Garden Inn, Maple Grove, MN
When: May 17, 8:00a.m. –12:00p.m.
Cost: REACH participants: $25; non-REACH participants: $199
Register

Enhancing Practice Value through Meaningful Use and Health IT
This complimentary thought leadership program was developed for ambulatory physicians, practice owners and administrators, hospital-based practices, including IT staff. Physician IT leader Paul Kleeberg, MD, FAAFP, CPHIT, FHIMSS, Clinical Director for the Regional Extension Assistance Center for HIT (REACH), will answer your meaningful use questions. Whether you're in the meaningful use planning or implementation stages, it's clear that compliance goes beyond funding.  Join us and you’ll hear lessons learned from subject matter experts and providers who have achieved meaningful use.
When: Tuesday, May 21, 2013, 5:45 – 9:00p.m.
Where: Hilton Minneapolis/Bloomington
Register and more information

Did you know…
CMS and ONC recently posted a joint fact sheet, “A Record of Progress on Health Information Technology,” that breaks down the progress we have made since the enactment of HITECH in the growth of health information technology.

National
Canada Achieves Major Cost Savings Through EHR Adoption
A study commissioned by Canada Health Infoway, “The Emerging Benefits of Electronic Medical Record Use in Community-Based Care,” found that the increased adoption of electronic health record systems helped Canada's health care system save an estimated 1.3 billion Canadian dollars, or about $1.27 billion, over six years. The study notes that Canada's health system achieved the savings through greater administrative efficiency and improved care. It also noted that EHR adoption contributed to better preventive services and chronic disease management, and improved communication among health care providers, as well as between physicians and patients.

Updated Monday, 06-May-2013 10:55:40 CDT