Interoperable HIT
Clinical Connectivity Task Force |
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Transparency of Value (Cost & Quality)
Transparency of Health Plans Task Force |
- Identify data available
- Publish markers of value for consumer decision making
- Michael Stapley, DMBA, lead
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| Key Process Analysis Task Force |
- Medicare data set
- Grouping software
- Define biggest bang for improvement dollar
- Match Utah data with Dartmouth study nationwide
- Brent James, Intermountain Institute for Health Care Delivery Research, lead
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| Public Reporting Task Force |
- Have CMS data promised to CVEs
- Preparing to match data to commercial carriers
- Publish physician practice level (clinic) information
- Support existing reports; Myhealthcare.com, Price Point, Check Point, Provider Rankings
- Mark Bair, UMA, lead
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| Transparent Episodes of Care Task Force |
- APD will make available best data for value calculations anywhere in the US
- UPV will support development of data base
- Quality improvement potential
- Greg Poulsen, Intermountain Healthcare
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- HealthInsight working through contracts with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Utah Department of Health (UDOH) and the Utah Medical Association has created the environment to encourage physician practices to use electronic medical records (EMRs)
- Utah has the highest adoption rate in the US; 65%
- cHIE development linked with existing EMRs will allow, encourage and support exchange of health information
- Improve delivery of healthcare
- Provide opportunity to create value information and improve quality
- Lead Scott Williams
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| Privacy and Security Task Force |
- Regional center for Medical Training is in Utah
- Transparency cannot occur without data exchange
- Multi state effort to standardize and simplify healthcare information sharing policies and processes to improve care delivery
- Francesca Lanier, UDOH lead
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Aligned Incentives
Aligned Incentives; for all stakeholders (4Ps) Task Force |
- Define existing incentives, support transformation of healthcare system
- Monitor Pay for Performance Progress
- Assure health payment process doesn’t get in the way of real health reform; NRHI efforts
- Scott Barlow, Central Utah Clinic, lead
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Patient Centered Medical Home
Task Force |
- Patient Centered Medical Home project is one key effort to change health payment to create value incentive (Health Payment Reform)
- Steve Nielsen, lead
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