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Montana Frontier Healthcare Network

Montana Frontier Healthcare Network. Cleary Waldren. Lead Partner – Community Hospital of Anaconda. HRSA All Grantees Meeting, September 2009. Projects of Interest. Clinical Groupware, “EHR Light” Electronic Disease Registry with CDSS eRx Data Reporting (i.e. PQRI) Online Visit Notes

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Montana Frontier Healthcare Network

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  1. Montana Frontier Healthcare Network Cleary Waldren Lead Partner – Community Hospital of Anaconda HRSA All Grantees Meeting, September 2009

  2. Projects of Interest • Clinical Groupware, “EHR Light” • Electronic Disease Registry with CDSS • eRx • Data Reporting (i.e. PQRI) • Online Visit Notes • Health Information Exchange (HIE) • Web-Based Telemedicine • Facilitation of Other Web-Based Services • Provider Web Sites • Secure Messaging • Personal Health Records (PHR)

  3. Impact • Clinical Groupware • Improved Outcomes! • Creates eligibility for data reporting, eRx and other performance-based incentives • Health Information Exchange • Improved Outcomes! • Decreases Costs • Web-Based Telemedicine • Improved Outcomes! • Cost Efficient and Affordable Model • Facilitation of Other Web-Based Services • Improved Outcomes! • Community Awareness, Education, Patient-Enabled HIE

  4. Financial Advantages • Shared technology and infrastructure make HIT/HIE affordable for frontier healthcare providers • Cost efficient telemedicine services increase local patient retention • Shared planning to qualify for ARRA and HITECH stimulus support for HIT investment and for traditional state and federal grant support

  5. Future Plans • Network Expansion in areas of: • Membership • Technology • Services

  6. Advice • Achieve meaningful operational consensus among administrative and clinical personnel, including defined implementation plans • Be aware of rapidly evolving federal definitions pertaining to stimulus funding and technical standards when adopting new HIT

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