Friday, May 06, 2011

Northeast eclinicalworks users conference live blog

Girish is speaking

A unified product company: comprehensive solution
Some numbers

55 K users
27 M eprescriptions sent
54 M eprescriptions projected for 2011
93 M patients added
150 Hubs connecting communities

Version 9 is a whole new product, has a connected community approach
Makes meaningful use part of regular workflow


Ecwideas website has been a rich source of development suggestions

Practice management has been enhanced
Ebo 5 permits tracking 3200 data elements

2 comments:

Salvatore Volpe MD FAAP FACP CHCQM said...

Northeast eclinicalworks users conference live blog

Continued

P2P

Use P2P to friend non-ecw. Physician practices to exchange structured data instead of faxing

Mat Kendall is speaking now

Acknowledges that physicians goal is to do good and is sensitive to the barriers physicians face.

Listed new federal programs

MU
ACO
Pcmh support
Partnership for patients-care transitions

Listed several "heroes"
Debra Fletcher Blake
Dr Abelow

Described the meaningful Use Vanguard

62 RECs cover 100% of the USA
Goal is 100K providers by 2012

Salvatore Volpe MD FAAP FACP CHCQM said...

Northeast eclinicalworks users conference live blog

Continued

Dr Amanda Parsons is speaking

Received archives article that Ehrs as implemented did not improve ambulatory care

2553 providers are now live

Four aspects of pcip

Practice assistance
Workflow redesign
Reimbursement reform
Ehr redesign

Presented statistics on impact on care after early and later use of ehrs

Over 201 medical homes in NYS
150 are part of PCIP

Public health is purchiaseable"

TCNY take care New York reviewed

Zip codes correlate with level of health and therefore poor zip codes were the initial focus of ehr implementation

NYC REACH is the REC for NYC

150 discounted ehr licences are still available