Weekly Updates

Minnesota e-Health Weekly Update Archive

Weekly updates are intended to provide health related professionals with a Minnesota perspective on the e-health related news, and highlight some current events to consider in the context of e-Health.

Click on the link for the archive of the Weekly Update from the week of:

April 29, 2013 Topics: Reminder - Minnesota e-Health Workgroup Activity: Adoption and Effective Use Workgroup Meeting; Free Cyber Conference - Telehealth Services:  A Focus on Developing Rural Hospital Programs; Privacy and Security Bootcamp: HITECH, Meaningful Use and Beyond; Enhancing Practice Value through Meaningful Use and Health IT; Canada Achieves Major Cost Savings Through EHR Adoption 

April 22, 2013 Topics: Registration Now Open for the Minnesota e-Health Summit and Pre-Summit: June 12-13, 2013; Minnesota e-Health Advisory Committee to Meet on Thursday, April 25, 2013; REACH Webinar:  “The Doctor Can’t Do It All: Involving Everyone to Improve Care Using Electronic Health Records;” National Survey on Health Information Exchange in Clinical Laboratories Reminder: Free Webinar: “Using an Electronic Health Record for Health Information Exchange and Interoperability for Safety Net Providers”

April 15, 2013 Topics: Essentia Health Facilities Receive the HIMSS Stage 7 Ambulatory EHR Award; Study Finds Adding Price Data to CPOE Systems Helps Reduce Tests and Costs; Free Webinar: “Using an Electronic Health Record for Health Information Exchange and Interoperability for Safety Net Providers”

April 8, 2013 Topics: Opportunity for Hospital Lab Directors: Free LOINC Training; Registration is now open for Annual Minnesota Rural Health Conference; Minnesota Health Information Technology Employer Connection Event; CMS toolkit helps with Stage 2 MU prep

April 1, 2013 Topics: Updated: Minnesota e-Health Hospital Fact Sheet and Report; Minnesota Accountable Health Model; Meaningful Use Boot Camp: Understanding the Changes in the EHR Incentive Program; Privacy and Security Bootcamp: HITECH, Meaningful Use and Beyond; 2013 Regional Telehealth Forum: Telehealth Strategies; Provide Your Input to Inform ONC's Consumer eHealth Strategy 

March 25, 2013 Topics: Date Change - Minnesota e-Health Workgroup Activity: Adoption and Effective Use Workgroup Meeting; Reminder: UP-HI Hosting Career Fair, Offering Free Exhibit Space to Health Organizations Recruiting Informatics Professionals; Resources for Critical Access Hospitals and Small Rural Hospitals; Indication Based Prescribing Prevents Errors, Keeps Problem Lists Current

March 18, 2013 Topics: Reminder: UP-HI Hosting Career Fair, Offering Free Exhibit Space to Health Organizations Recruiting Informatics Professionals; Reminder: REACH Boot Camp: Understanding the Changes in the EHR Incentive Program; Reminder: Omaha System Conferences; Free Webinar: “Using CDS in Safety Net Provider Settings;” New AHRQ Health IT Studies

March 11, 2013 Topics: Update: 2012 Minnesota e-Health Connectivity Grant Program for HIE; UP-HI Hosting Career Fair, Offering Free Exhibit Space to Health Organizations Recruiting Informatics Professionals; Broadband Survey; Interoperability going gangbusters; Reminder: Minnesota e-Health Workgroup Activity: Adoption and Effective Use Workgroup Meeting; Reminder: REACH Webinar: “The New Privacy and Security Rules:  Understanding the 2013 Omnibus Rule;” Reminder: REACH Boot Camp: Understanding the Changes in the EHR Incentive Program; Review Finds Economic Evaluations of Health IT Systems Mostly Positive

Updated Monday, 06-May-2013 11:29:23 CDT