healtheConnect Alaska offers technical services to eligible priority primary care providers (PPCP), Critical Access Hospitals (CAH), and rural hospitals, for training and support services to assist in adopting electronic health records (EHRs) and to become meaningful users of EHRs and health information technology (HIT). Meaningful use of EHRs reflects use by providers to achieve significant improvements in patient care.
We can support participants with direct and individualized on-site and/or remote technical assistance with:
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- An assigned healtheconnect Alaska HIT point of contact
- Security and privacy risk assessment tool
The scope of technical assistance, customized to address the needs of your organization includes the following.
I. ASSESSMENT & PLANNING
Conducting Assessments
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- Meaningful use understanding
- EHR practice readiness assessment
- Setting EHR goals
- Practice profile
- Office staff survey
- Workflow process mapping
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EHR Planning for Clinics and Hospitals
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- Review assessments
- Define EHR goals
- Identify target improvement opportunities
- Discuss change management strategies
- Set meaningful use goals
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II. EHR IMPLEMENTATION, QUALITY REPORTING, AND E-PRESCRIBING
III. MEANINGFUL USE
MU Evaluation
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- Conduct post go-live review of implementation process
- Conduct meaningful use and EHR implementation assessment
- Perform meaningful use gap analysis
- Conduct meaningful use reporting analysis
- Post-implementation electronic workflow analysis
- Utilize project tools and optimize shared learning
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Workflow Improvement
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- Review EHR impact analysis
- Refine electronic workflow for efficiency and meaningful use
- Identify additional care management process improvement opportunities
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IV. NEXT STEPS
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- With more than 500 Alaskan participants throughout the State of Alaska, healtheConnect Alaska’s REC is the recognized and trusted advisor to provide your practice / hospital with technical assistance, implementation guidance, and meaningful use expertise.
- To learn more please contact your participation consultant at:
info@ak-ehealth.org | Phone (866) 966.9030
