Health Information Exchange: Implementation in the Real World

The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC), part of the Department for Health and Human Services, has awarded funds as part of its State Health Information Exchange (State HIE) Corporative Agreement Program. The goal of this program is to support efforts to rapidly build capacity for exchanging health information across the health care system both within and across states.

The program moderator and panelists will discuss the expansion and development of new HIEs which are bringing together local communities and which then are connecting to the state network, including the challenges and lessons learned from a technical, governance, engagement, and sustainability point-of-view. The panelists will also discuss related offerings available to Health Care Systems through the HIE including strategies to meet the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Meaningful Use requirements and how the HIE can be employed to share data for Transitions of Care.

Please join Central Illinois American College of Healthcare Executives and Greg Wahlstrom, Dr. Douglas Garland Jr., Carla Smith, Jack Malloy and Lauren Wiseman for this 90-minute panel discussion via webinar. This event will include an opportunity for Q&A.

With this panel discussion, you will gain insight and tactics to:

•  Present current status of the implementation of the state or territory’s HIE
•  Discuss the successes, challenges, and lessons learned during the founding of the HIE and when on-boarding to the state network
•  Examine Strategies to use HIE to meet Meaningful Use requirements at the Health System level
•  How does the Admit, Discharge or Transfer (ADT) data assist the Health Plans?
•  What are the incentives and penalties around meeting Meaningful Use Stage 2?
•  Is the benefit of being able to exchange data electronically worth the cost?

As an independent chartered Chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives Central Illinois Chapter of ACHE is authorized to award 1.5 hours of Qualified Continuing Education Credit toward advancement or recertification in the American College of Healthcare Executives. Participants in this program who wish to have it considered for Qualified Education (non-ACHE) credit should list their attendance when they apply to the American College of Healthcare Executives for advancement or recertification.

Cost for this program are completely “FREE” to healthcare professionals