The CMS EHR Incentive program (commonly known as Meaningful Use) is not just about getting all providers to use EHRs. It’s creating a foundation of detail clinical and administrative data – all expressed in the same standard vocabulary – that can be used to automate the calculation and reporting of patient outcomes. With the shift from volume to value in care delivery and reimbursement models, comprehensive quality measures are an essential element – else how can we determine value? But the historical approach to measuring quality using manually abstracted data will not work in a healthcare environment focused on value. Quality metrics must be automated. The industry must shift to eMeasures – metrics calculated and reported based on data captured in the EHR as a by-product of care delivery. This spring, CMS published the timeline for implementing a unified set of electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) and e-reporting requirements intended to synchronize and integrate CMS quality programs and reduce provider reporting burden. Are you prepared to embark on the journey to the new generation of quality measures and reporting?

The Office of the National Coordinator has specified the use of RxNorm as the medication and medication allergy vocabulary constraint within certified systems which enable Meaningful Use Stage 2 clinical information exchanges. Specifications for the electronic computation of clinical quality measures (CQM) leverage “eMeasures” and their associations to medication and medication allergy value sets to enable the programmatic computation of summary CQM reports for CMS submission.

Microsoft Office 365 brings together online versions of Exchange, SharePoint and Lync along with our familiar Office Professional Plus suite. It is designed to help meet healthcare organizations’ need for patient-centered collaboration, robust security and adherence to privacy regulations, including full support for a HIPAA Business Associate Agreement. Microsoft Office 365 provides the user experience, productivity, and IT management capabilities that healthcare enterprises have come to know and trust for mission-critical applications while affording decision-makers the flexibility in meeting challenging business scenarios through implementation and licensing options.

In today’s healthcare environment, there is increasing internal and external pressure to improve outcomes, reduce costs and maximize reimbursement for patient care. All parts of the hospital have a stake in meeting these pressures. To maximize results, an integrated strategy to map detailed clinical information and supply clinicians’ timely and efficient navigational tools at the point of care, can allow teams to identify the highest opportunities and drive meaningful change and improvement. Learn how in this informative, interactive webinar.

Atlantic Health System is leading the way in connecting healthcare providers with one another and with patients to help improve care coordination and patient engagement. Increasing levels of clinical connectivity in parallel with improved financial connectivity are driving better care and better financial outcomes. Read Atlantic Health’s story to learn about the incremental steps taken to establish the Jersey Health Connect HIO and about revenue cycle process improvements to improve financial performance via a relationship with RelayHealth.