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EHR Resources
Adopting an electronic health record (EHR) system or ensuring that you are using your system effectively to enhance patient safety and care quality can seem like a daunting process. We've assembled this short list of tools to help you better understand what an EHR can do for you.
Frequently asked questions about REACH
Understanding EHR
Visioning and Strategic Planning. [PPT - 503 KB] This tool describes a vision for HIT, including the purpose of implementing an EHR, along with a conceptual model of an EHR, and suggestions for strategic planning. (15-slide PowerPoint)
Presentations by Paul Kleeberg, MD, FAAFP, FHIMSS, clinical director for REACH has given numerous presentations to assist providers in understanding EHR systems and how to use them to achieve meaningful use. The sampling below may build your understanding as well.
Roadmap for EHR Adoption to Achieve Meaningful Use. Understand the incentives and potential penalties for physicians resulting from the Recovery Act, meaningful use, and how to get subsidized assistance to achieve meaningful use. Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians Spring Refresher 4/10. (60-slide PowerPoint)
Meaningful Use for Critical Access Hospitals. Understand the incentives and potential penalties for CAH resulting from the Recovery Act and how to achieve meaningful use. TASC-HIT Webinar Series 4/10. (47-slide PowerPoint)
Minnesota Guide to Effective Use of EHRs. Understand the components of the effective use of EHR and meaningful use, as well as outlines e-health in Minnesota. Midwest HIMSS 2009 Fall Technology Conference 11/09. (47-slide PowerPoint)
Effective Use of the EHR Using Clinical Decision Support. Understand the tools for CDS and how CDS supports the effective use of EHR. Minnesota e-Health Pre Summit Workshop 6/09. (41-slide PowerPoint)
Understanding the EHR adoption process
Stratis Health’s tools and resources for specific settings assist provider organizations in planning for and optimizing use of HIT, including our toolkits for adult primary care clinics, CAHs, and nursing homes.
- Health Information Technology Toolkit for Physician Offices
- Health Information Technology Toolkit for Critical Access and Small Hospitals
- Health Information Technology Toolkit for Nursing Homes
- Health Information Technology Toolkit for Home Health
Background about HIT
CMS meaningful use. General information about the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reimbursement incentives.
Federal HIT information. Information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services