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:

January 23, 2012 Topics: Last Week to Apply for Minnesota HIE Connectivity Grants; Need Help Assessing, Planning, Implementing, Managing Projects or Researching Best Practices for your Health IT systems? New, Free Online HIT Tutorials from the AMA; Free Webinar: “Guiding CIOs Through a Changing Healthcare System with Health Information Exchange” 

January 18, 2012 Topics: Save the Date: Public Conference Call on Release of New HIE Guidance Materials; Two Minnesota Organizations Among First “Early Adopter” ACOs; Deadline for HIE Connectivity Grants Extended Until January 31, 2012; Need Help Assessing, Planning, Implementing, Managing Projects or Researching Best Practices for your Health IT systems?; New Resource: Minnesota Physician Featured in “Doctors Helping Doctors Transform Healthcare;” Reminder: Minnesota Physician Featured in Webinar: “Tips for Engaging Safety Net Patients Using Health IT”

January 9, 2012 Topics: CHIC Recertified as an HIO (Health Information Organization) in Minnesota; Study Examines How EHRs Can Help Address Health Care Disparities; Webinar: “Tips for Engaging Safety Net Patients Using Health IT”

January 2, 2012 Topics: Reminder: Call for Presentations 2012 Minnesota e-Health Summit; Minnesota Rural Health Conference: Request for Proposals Now Online; Three Minnesota Organizations Received “Pioneer ACO” Awards; Webinar: “Dispelling the Myth that All Health Information Exchanges Are Created Equal”

December 19, 2011 Topics: New Resource: 2011 Minnesota Clinical Lab Data Available; Walt Cooney Retires from MN e-Health Advisory Committee; Bobbie McAdam Appointed to Co-Chair with Marty Witrak; Minnesota Local Public Health Official Featured in Recent Government Health IT Article: “NwHIN as a Bridge between Private and Public Health;” New, Free EHR Guide from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and RAND

December 12, 2011 Topics:Call for Presentations: 2012 Minnesota e-Health Summit; First Minnesota Connectivity for HIE Grants Awarded; REACH to Present on HIT at Minnesota Rural Health Association Cyber Conference; Webinar: “Tips for Overcoming the Gray Areas of Meaningful Use Stage 1
for Safety Net Providers;” Webinar: “EHRs for Chronic Disease Management”

December 5, 2011 Topics: More Than 100K Doctors Working With Regional IT Extension Centers; Minnesota Authors Contribute to New Research Article in JAMIA; 2011 Minnesota HIE Connectivity Grant Application Deadline December 31, 2011; Free Webinar: “Implementing Electronic Measures (eMeasures) for Hospitals”; CCHIT Certifies First EHRs for Long-Term, Post-Acute Care Settings

Updated Tuesday, 31-Jan-2012 09:20:02 CST