Proposed Services
The Rural and North Florida REC (RNF-REC) 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).
RNF-REC 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, RNF-REC 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