Proposed Services
The The Center for the Advancement of Health IT (The Center) will provide technical assistance towards the meaningful use of health information technology to clinicians (physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners) furnishing primary-care services, with a particular emphasis on individual and small group practices (fewer than 10 clinicians with prescriptive privileges).
The Center will focus on clinicians providing primary care in public and critical access hospitals, community health centers, and other settings that predominantly serve uninsured, underinsured, and medically underserved patients.
A menu of service offerings / technical assistance will be available, observing and complying with applicable legal, regulatory, professional and ethical requirements to protect the integrity, privacy and security of patients’ health information:
- Assistance selecting and contracting for a certified EHR product that offers the best value for a providers’ needs;
- Achieving effective implementation of a certified EHR product;
- Enhancing clinical and administrative workflows to optimally leverage an EHR system’s potential to improve quality and value of care, including patient experience as well as outcome of care; and
- Functional health information exchange.
In all offerings, The Center policies and procedures will assure:
- Commitment to coordination with Florida Medicaid
- Integrated and broad workforce education / development
- Provider guidance and vendor / payer-neutral purchasing support for EHR systems and software
- Onsite technical assistance for EHR utilization
- Continuing education and training for primary care providers and staff
- Interoperability support: Enabling linkage with regional HIEs/RHIOs, other Florida REC programs, broadband HIT networks, Medicaid, and the state-level HIO
- Practice and workflow redesign: sharing emerging best practices
- Key Elements: Privacy and Security, Meaningful Use, Data Exchange, Quality Reporting, and Emergency Planning
CHCA wishes to acknowledge support from the Office of the National Coordinator, Department of Health and Human Services, Award #90RC0051/01.