AMA and Covisint (a Compuware subsidary) partners: Web-based solutions



DETROIT and CHICAGO--April 22, 2009--Compuware Corporation (NASDAQ: CPWR) announced today that its Covisint subsidiary signed an agreement with the American Medical Association (AMA) to deploy an innovative health information exchange solution delivering value to its 240,000 member physicians and the physician population at large. This partnership extends Covisint’s momentum and reach in connecting doctors across physician organizations, state-based societies, entire states and now, with the AMA, nationally. Covisint will enable AMA physicians to have access to a variety of health information technologies via an AMA-branded, web-based solution.

AMA

Mayo Clinic plus Healthvault PHR = Mayo Clinic Health Manager

More than just a repository, the Mayo Clinic Health Manager multiples the value of the collected information through guidelines produced by the Mayo Clinic. This "private label" approach shows that Healthvault is a foundation that many can build upon. SV

Mayo Clinic Health Manager, powered by Microsoft® HealthVault™, is a personalized, online service that can help you effectively manage and protect your family’s health. It enables you to organize health information for multiple family members in one place. Based on the data you enter about yourself and your family, you will receive customized information, reminders and health guidance developed by experts at Mayo Clinic.

Alaska Senate Bill 133 : statewide electronic health information exchange system

Another state sees the advantage of facilitating information exchange.SV

LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the legislature to create a secure electronic health information exchange system that
(1) ensures that the confidentiality of individually indentifying health
information of a patient is secure and protected;
(2) improves health care quality, reduces medical errors, increases the
efficiency of care, and advances the delivery of appropriate, evidence-based health care
services;
(3) promotes wellness, disease prevention, and management of chronic
illnesses by increasing the availability and transparency of information related to the health
01 care needs of an individual for the benefit of the individual;
02 (4) ensures that appropriate information needed to make medical decisions is
03 available in a usable form at the time and in the location that the medical service is provided;
04 (5) produces greater value for health care expenditures by reducing health care
05 costs that result from inefficiency, medical errors, inappropriate care, and incomplete
06 information;
07 (6) promotes a more effective marketplace, greater competition, greater
08 systems analysis, increased choice, enhanced quality, and improved outcomes in health care
09 services; and
10 (7) improves the coordination of information and the provision of health care
11 services through an effective infrastructure for the secure and authorized exchange and use of
12 health care information.

SB 133

Microsoft HealthVault PHR/EHR sample interface solutions

Here some examples of how HealthVault provides "interoperability" between ambulatory EHRs, hospital EHRs, ePrescribing systems and even other personal health record systems.
As you can see major EHR vendors such as eClinicalWorks, Greenway, Eclipsys; major Hospital systems such NYU and Medstar and PHR vendors Nomoreclipboards and PeaceHealth signed on as partners.

Pro-active patients will find this virtual filing system a good adjunct to the home file cabinet filled with years of medical results.
Even EHR vendors with PHR products will find products such as HealthVault and Google Health will provide a lower cost solution to being "interoperable" with the rest of the healthcare community. SV

NoMoreClipboard
Peace Health Shared Care Plan
Microsoft HealthVault
Allscripts
eClinicalWorks
Greenway

HIMSS Medical Home Podcast

Episode #9: The Medical Home Model
The Medical Home model of collaborative care will require electronic tools to make it efficient and scaleable. Steven Clemenson, MD, CMIO, Internal Medicine Associates, Fargo, ND and Salvatore Volpe , MD, FAAP, FACP, CHCQM, Oakwood Medical Solutions, Staten Island, NY discuss the efficiency gains and cost savings that have been shown using this care model. The interview was conducted by William F. Bria, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, Shriners Hospital for Children, and Chair of the HIMSS/AMDIS Physician Community.

HIMSS

GAO picks first 13 members of HIT Policy Committee

Advocates for Patients or Consumers

1. Christine Bechtel, Washington, D.C. (3-year term)
Vice President, National Partnership for Women & Families

2. Arthur Davidson, M.D., Denver (2-year term)
Denver Public Health Department; Director, Public Health Informatics; Director, Denver Center for Public Health Preparedness; Medical epidemiologist; Director, HIV/AIDS Surveillance, City and County of Denver

3. Adam Clark, Ph.D., Austin, Texas (1-year term)
Director of Research and Policy, Lance Armstrong Foundation


Representatives of Health Care Providers, including 1 physician

4. Marc Probst, Salt Lake City (3-year term)
Chief Information Officer, Intermountain Health Care

5. Paul Tang, M.D., Mountain View, Calif. (2-year term)
Vice President and Chief Medical Information Officer, Palo Alto Medical Foundation


Labor Organization Representing Health Care Workers

6. Scott White, New York City (1-year term)
Assistant Director, Technology Project Director, 1199 SEIU Training and Employment Fund


Expert in Health Information Privacy & Security

7. LaTanya Sweeney, Ph.D., Pittsburgh (3-year term)
Director, Data Privacy Lab, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Technology and Policy, Carnegie Mellon University


Expert in Improving the Health of Vulnerable Populations

8. Neil Calman, M.D., New York City (2-year term)
President and CEO, The Institute for Family Health


Research Community

9. Connie Delaney, R.N., Ph.D., Minneapolis (1-year term)
Dean, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota


Representative of Health Plans or Other Third-Party Payers

10. Charles Kennedy, M.D., Camarillo, Calif. (3-year term)
Vice President, Health Information Technology, WellPoint


Representative of Information Technology Vendors

11. Judith Faulkner, Verona, Wis. (2-year term)
Founder, CEO, President, Chairman of the Board, Epic Systems Corp.


Representative of Purchasers or Employers

12. David Lansky, Ph.D., San Francisco (1-year term)
President and CEO, Pacific Business Group on Health


Expert in Health Care Quality Measurement and Reporting

13. David Bates, M.D., Boston (3-year term)
Medical Director for Clinical and Quality Analysis, Chief of General Internal Medicine, Partners HealthCare System and Brigham & Women's Hospital

GAO

HEAL NY - Phase 10 Grant PCMH Focus

NYS HEAL grant information has just been released.SV

HEAL 10 will support competitive projects across all regions of New York State designed to improve the coordination and management of patient care through implementation of a Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model supported by the effective use of interoperable health information technology (health IT). The projects will identify a target patient population with a chronic disease or high risk/high cost diagnosis and include all of the key care givers in their community involved in patient care for this population.

Request for Grant Applications - HEAL NY Phase 10 - Improving Care Coordination and Management Through a Patient Centered Medical Home Model Supported by an Interoperable Health Information Infrastructure Due June 15, 2009, 3 PM

Sam's Club EHR eClinicalworks Electronic Health Records

Well its official.
Here’s the press release

Sam's Club

Here's the video link

Video

Here's a link to the actual product page

Product description

Virginia, Illinois and Georgia First States Targeted for Phased Implementation

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey and Patient Centered Medical Home


A new pilot program, based on the Patient Centered Medical Home, (PCMH) will strengthen the relationship Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon BCBSNJ) members have with their personal physicians to improve the quality of care and reduce health care costs.

The pilot program is a collaboration between Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon BCBSNJ) and the New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians (NJAFP) that will use elements of the PCMH model of care to improve health outcomes for Horizon BCBSNJ members.

Let's keep the joint projects coming. SV

BCBSNJ

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Personal Health Records


NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has been working with Microsoft and is now offering Microsoft's Personal Health Record.
Initially it will be offered for cardiac patients.
The website, myNYP.org, features Dr. Mehmet Oz. Patients will be able to review information generated by NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital as well as read educational material on tests and on recovery guides.SV

HIMSS09 2009 Chicago


I just got back from the weekend presentations.
The Physicians Symposia were excellent with topics such as the Patient Centered Medical Home.

Insider's tip: bring comfortable shoes. SV

HIMSS09

Dr David Blumenthal,ONCHIT Coordinator

Congratulations sir!

Primary care physician, EHR user for over a decade, Professor of Medicine at Harvard.

Need I say more. SV

MSSNY HIT Fair and Vendor Demonstrations March 2009


HIT: “Why it’s Better for You & Your Patients”

Long Island Vendor Fair
Long Island Huntington Hilton on Route 110
598 Broadhollow Road, Melville, NY 11747
Wednesday, March 25, 2009


New York City Vendor Fair
Marriott Marquis Hotel on Times Square
45th Street (1535 Broadway), New York, New York 10036
Friday, March 27, 2009

NYC Area Physicians and Office Managers

Everything You Need to Know about Electronic Health Records (EHR.
Is it time to invest in EHR system? What system is good? What system should I buy? Shouldn’t I see several systems at once to compare?Hear from other physicians how to get started with an EHR system for your practice.

Take advantage of MSSNY’s year-long vetting process and meet the six vendor finalists! All your questions will be answered on Friday, March 27th at a day-long forum hosted by the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) at the Marriott New York Marquis, 1535 Broadway, New York City.

The program will give NCC area physicians and practice managers a chance to hear from other physicians about their transition experience. There is no charge for the program.
Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided. Registration starts at 8am.

TO REGISTER PHYSICIANS/OFFICE MANAGERS,
CLICK HERE:March 25, 2009
:March 27, 2009

For more information, contact Eileen Clinton: eclinton@mssny.org; 518-465-8085


Medical Society of the State of New York , 865 Merrick Ave. , Westbury , NY 11590

Sam's Club to sell eCW Electronic Health Records (EHR)


According to the NY Times, soon you'll be able to go to a local Sam's Club and purchase a package that includes eClinicalWorks and Dell computers for about $25,000.00 for the first doctor.
Annual support would be between $4000.00 and $6000.00.

I guess the Stimulus Package and a positive experience with the software in the Redi-Clinics has gotten Walmart to look at EHR distribution as a new product/service with a lot of potential.

I look forward to see if Walmart will now start promoting the DOSSIA PHR as well.

How many of you expect this announcement before year's end:

Rediclinic + Walmart medical customers + DOSSIA + eEHX = Community Health Information Exchange (HIE)?

What do you think? SV

NY Times

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009

Here HIMSS' FAQ's related to Health Information Technology (HIT)as well as information on Medicare Incentive Payments. SV


HIMSS FAQ

HIMSS ARRA

Whitehouse Health Summit Today

Here is the list of the participants. SV

Participants

Here are the links to the videos:

President's Opening remarks

President's closing remarks

Summit Breakout

MAEHC EHR Education Session V: "System Deployment and Implementation"

Join the Webinar on March 9
Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/152490899


“System Deployment and Implementation" presented by Dr. Alice Loveys, CMIO of the Monroe County Medical Society, Dr. Bonnie Sunday, a practicing New York physician in Family Practice, Karen Fairchild of Fairchild Consulting Inc. and Barbara Cox of Gap Consulting Inc.

Title: EHR Education Session V "System Deployment and Implementation"

Date:Monday, March 9, 2009
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM EDT

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.


Session Objectives:


• EHR vendor capabilities: roles and responsibilities

• Hardware and network infrastructure requirements to support EMR and RHIO connectivity

• Protecting practice and patient data

• Maintaining systems in the practice

• Backups and disaster recovery

• Maintaining and refreshing hardware

• Training staff on hardware maintenance and support

• RHIO and SHIN-NY for interoperability


System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista

Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer

Save the Date


Session VI Monday, March 23, 11 - 12:30 PM

"Reporting, Decision Support and Performance Measurement"

Presenters:

Dr. Alan Silver, Medical Officer, IPRO

Dr. Amanda Parsons, Director of Medical Quality, Primary Care Information Project, DOHMH

National Provider Question and Answer Session on PQRI

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Provider Communications Group will host the second in a series of national provider conference calls on the 2009 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI). This toll-free call will take place from 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., EST, on Wednesday, February 18, 2009.

The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA) made the PQRI program permanent, but only authorized incentive payments through 2010. Eligible professionals who meet the criteria for satisfactory submission of quality measures data for services furnished during the reporting period, January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009, will earn an incentive payment of 2.0 percent of their total allowed charges for Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) covered professional services furnished during that same period. The 2009 PQRI consists of 153 quality measures and 7 measures groups.

The topics covered on this National Provider Call will include a review of the aggregate level measure submission feedback report from PQRI 2008 and an update regarding 2009 PQRI measure submission. Following the presentation, the lines will be opened to allow participants to ask questions of CMS PQRI subject matter experts.

Educational products are available on the PQRI dedicated web page located at, http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PQRI , on the CMS website, in the Educational Resources section. Feel free to download the resources prior to the call so that you may ask questions of the presenters, Dr. Michael Rapp and Dr. Daniel Green.

In order to receive the call-in information, you must register for the call. It is important to note that if you are planning to sit in with a group, only one person needs to register to receive the call-in data. This registration is solely to reserve a phone line, NOT to allow participation. If you cannot attend the call, replay information is available below.

Registration will close at 1:30 p.m. EST on February 17, 2009, or when available space has been filled. No exceptions will be made, so please be sure to register prior to this time.

To Register
To register for the call participants need to go to: http://www2.eventsvc.com/palmettogba/021809

1) Fill in all required data.
2) Verify your time zone is displayed correctly the drop down box.
3) Click "Register".

You will be taken to the “Thank you for registering” page and will receive a confirmation email shortly thereafter. Note: Please print and save this page, in the event that your server blocks the confirmation emails. If you do not receive the confirmation email, please check your spam/junk mail filter as it may have been directed there.

For those of you who will be unable to attend, a replay option will be available shortly following the end of the call. This replay will be accessible from 2:30 p.m. EST 2/18/2009 until 11:59 p.m. EST 2/25/2009. The call in data for the replay is (800) 642-1687 and the passcode is 84543925.

If you require services for the hearing impaired please send an email to: Medicare.TTT@PalmettoGBA.com.

NCQA Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Level 3


After good amount of intensive data mining with our Electronic Health Record and adjustment of some of our documentation methods, we finally received certification!
The mountain climb was not without effort, but the results for us and our patients are a great reward. I've included a link to our evolving home page.

I am proud to say many of the necessary elements are performed on a regular basis by myself and my peers. The Electronic Health Record features especially the Registry may generating the evidence much less difficult. We are a solo practice with limited support staff. Based upon a review of the many demonstration projects, the potential additional revenue that will be made available will keep this a sustainable option for practices of all sizes.

Congratulations to my staff, my patients and my patient family. SV


www.svolpemd.com

CMS Special Open Door Forum on PQRI

2009 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI)

Thursday, February 12, 2009

3:00PM – 4:30PM Eastern Time (ET)

Conference Call Only

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will hold a Special Open Door Forum (ODF) to discuss the 2009 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI). This call will be geared to those eligible professionals planning to participate in the PQRI for the first time in 2009 and will cover the basics of how to satisfactorily report the 2009 PQRI quality measures through claims-based reporting.

During this Special ODF, CMS staff will discuss the basics of how to satisfactorily report the 2009 PQRI quality measures through claims-based reporting. Afterwards, there will be an opportunity for the public to ask questions.

Additional Information
For information about the PQRI, including educational products, go to www.cms.hhs.gov/PQRI.

We look forward to your participation.
Special Open Door Forum Participation Instructions:
Dial: 1-800-837-1935 Conference ID 83501646
Note: TTY Communications Relay Services are available for the Hearing Impaired.
For TTY services dial 7-1-1 or 1-800-855-2880 and for Internet Relay services click here http://www.consumer.att.com/relay/which/index.html

A Relay Communications Assistant will help.
An audio recording of this Special Forum will be posted to the Special Open Door Forum website at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/OpenDoorForums/05_ODF_SpecialODF.asp and will be accessible for downloading beginning February 20, 2009.

For automatic emails of Open Door Forum schedule updates (E-Mailing list subscriptions) and to view Frequently Asked Questions please visit our website at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/opendoorforums/