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AGENDA AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION
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on the specific Web-assisted teleconference you wish to view
the agenda and background information for:
#1
- The Potential Impact of Clinical Informatics on Health
Care Costs, Quality, and Safety
#2
- Using Informatics to Improve Program Performance: Examples
of Innovative State Applications
#3
- Getting Information into the Hands of Decisionmakers:
Innovative Applications and Issues
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| #1:
"The Potential Impact of Clinical Informatics on Health
Care Costs, Quality, and Safety" |
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| Date: |
Wednesday,
July 25, 2001 |
| Time: |
2:00-3:30
p.m. Eastern Daylight Time
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| Panelists: |
Eduardo
Ortiz, M.D., M.P.H.
Senior
Service Fellow
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Rockville, MD
Bruce
Bagley, M.D.
Managing
Partner & Practicing Physician
Lantham Medical Group
and
Chairman of the Board
American Academy of Family Physicians
Leawood, KS
Michael
G. Kassis
Deputy
Director and Chief Information Officer
Healthcare Information Division
California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development
Sacramento, CA
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| Content: |
Much
has been made in the popular press recently about the
potential of emerging informatics technology to improve
our health care system. However, many policymakers are
uncertain how much is fact and how much is hype. This
event will review what is currently known from health
services research concerning the impact of specific
clinical informatics interventions (e.g., computerized
decision support systems) on the cost, quality, and
safety of health care services.
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will also include a discussion with leaders from the
provider and State policymaking communities about their
perspectives on emerging developments in the field of
clinical informatics, important issues and challenges
that must be addressed to achieve the positive benefits
of appropriately designed applications, and key issues
for consideration by State policymakers.
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| #2:
"Using Informatics to Improve Program Performance: Examples
of Innovative State Applications" |
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| Date: |
Thursday,
July 26th, 2001 |
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2:00-3:30
p.m. Eastern Daylight Time
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| Panelists: |
Mollie
Baldwin
Manager,
Long Term Care
Maine Bureau of Elder and Adult Services
Augusta, ME
Terry
Williams
Health
Passport Field Demonstration Manager
Western Governors' Association's Health Passport Pilot
Project
and
Electronic Benefit Transfer Manager
Wyoming Department of Health and Family Services
Cheyenne, WY
Sandra
Shrewy
Director
Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board (MRMIB)
Sacramento, CA
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This
event will highlight examples of how information technology
is being used in an innovative manner within State-sponsored
health care programs to improve access, enhance the
quality and appropriateness, and reduce the cost of
health care provided to program beneficiaries.These
examples include:
- The
use of portable computers to reduce inappropriate
nursing home placement and to promote the provision
of less costly home- and community-based services
to the frail elderly;
- An
innovative pilot project that tests the use of "Smartcards"
to enhance access to information needed to provide
health care and related services to public program
enrollees in a more coordinated and effective manner;
and
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A pilot project that is using the Internet to reduce
barriers to accessing health care coverage by allowing
children to be enrolled online into California's State
Child Health Insurance Program.
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| #3:
"Getting Information into the Hands of Decisionmakers:
Innovative Applications and Issues" |
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| Date: |
Wednesday,
August 1, 2001 |
| Time: |
2:00-3:30
p.m. Eastern Daylight Time
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| Panelists: |
Anne
Elixhauser, Ph.D.
Senior
Research Scientist
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Rockville, MD
Walter
P. Bailey, M.P.H.
Chief,
Health and Demographics
South Carolina State Budget and Control Board
Columbia, SC
Gretchen
Berland, M.D.
Robert
Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar
and
RAND Health Consultant
Santa Monica, CA
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State
governments collect considerable amounts of data about
the utilization, cost, and quality of health care provided
within their borders. However, data comparability and
accessibility issues often limit the usefulness of these
data to support informed decisionmaking. This event
will examine two related and innovative approaches to
make Statewide hospital discharge data more readily
available to support insightful, rapid turnaround comparative
analysis both within and across States. These initiatives
are:
- An
interactive Web site developed as part of AHRQ's Healthcare
Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) that enables users
to conduct detailed customized analysis of inpatient
hospital cost and utilization patterns and trends;
and
- A
similar interactive Web site being developed by the
State of South Carolina that will provide individual
physicians with their own detailed hospital admission
profiles (including cost, length of stay, etc.) by
diagnostic categories, presented in comparison to
Statewide averages.
In
addition to providers and policymakers, consumers also
are critically important decisionmakers who increasingly
look to the Internet for important health information.
The third panelist at this event will discuss the results
of a recent study of the accessibility and quality of
health information available on the Internet and its
implication for public policymakers.
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