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Copy of ONC HIT Regional Center Plan Draft
Colleagues,
Thanx to MedTech-IQ member, Marc Holland, for this informative read ahead of the Office of the National Coordinator, Health Information Technology (ONC HIT) draft plan for Regional Centers to assist providers seeking to adopt and become meaningful users of health information technology. This is a plan for public comment. See full attachment to provide your perspective to the ONC HIT.
Remember ... the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA)/"Stimulus" funding, appropriates a total of $2 billion in discretionary funding, in addition to incentive payments under the Medicare and Medicaid programs for providers’ adoption and meaningful use of certified electronic health record technology.
Providers that seek to adopt and effectively use health information technology (health IT) will face a complex variety of tasks. These tasks will include assessing needs, selecting and negotiating with a system vendor or reseller, and implementing workflow changes to improve clinical performance and, ultimately, outcomes. Past experiences have shown that without robust technical assistance, many EHRs that are purchased are never installed or are not used optimally.
ARRA authorizes a Health Information Technology Extension Program to make assistance available to all providers, but with priority given to assisting specific types of providers. By statute, the health information technology extension program (or “Extension Program”) consists of a National Health Information Technology Research Center (HITRC) and Regional Extension Centers (or “regional centers”).
The major focus for the Centers’ work with most of the providers that they serve will be to help to select and successfully implement certified electronic health records (EHRs)...All regional centers will assist adopters to effectively meet or exceed the requirements to be determined a “meaningful user” for purposes of earning the incentives authorized under Title
IV of Division B. Lessons learned in the support of providers, both before and after their initial
implementation of the EHR, will be shared among the regional centers and made publicly available.
The HITECH Act prioritizes access to health information technology for uninsured, underinsured, historically underserved and other special-needs populations, and use of
that technology to achieve reduction in health disparities. The Extension Program will include provisions in both the HITRC and regional centers awards to assure that the
program addresses the unique needs of providers serving American Indian and Alaska Native, non-English-speaking and other historically underserved populations, as well as those that serve patients with maternal, child, long-term care, and behavioral health needs.
To read the entire plan ... See Attachment
Thanx to MedTech-IQ member, Marc Holland, for this informative read ahead of the Office of the National Coordinator, Health Information Technology (ONC HIT) draft plan for Regional Centers to assist providers seeking to adopt and become meaningful users of health information technology. This is a plan for public comment. See full attachment to provide your perspective to the ONC HIT.
Remember ... the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA)/"Stimulus" funding, appropriates a total of $2 billion in discretionary funding, in addition to incentive payments under the Medicare and Medicaid programs for providers’ adoption and meaningful use of certified electronic health record technology.
Providers that seek to adopt and effectively use health information technology (health IT) will face a complex variety of tasks. These tasks will include assessing needs, selecting and negotiating with a system vendor or reseller, and implementing workflow changes to improve clinical performance and, ultimately, outcomes. Past experiences have shown that without robust technical assistance, many EHRs that are purchased are never installed or are not used optimally.
ARRA authorizes a Health Information Technology Extension Program to make assistance available to all providers, but with priority given to assisting specific types of providers. By statute, the health information technology extension program (or “Extension Program”) consists of a National Health Information Technology Research Center (HITRC) and Regional Extension Centers (or “regional centers”).
The major focus for the Centers’ work with most of the providers that they serve will be to help to select and successfully implement certified electronic health records (EHRs)...All regional centers will assist adopters to effectively meet or exceed the requirements to be determined a “meaningful user” for purposes of earning the incentives authorized under Title
IV of Division B. Lessons learned in the support of providers, both before and after their initial
implementation of the EHR, will be shared among the regional centers and made publicly available.
The HITECH Act prioritizes access to health information technology for uninsured, underinsured, historically underserved and other special-needs populations, and use of
that technology to achieve reduction in health disparities. The Extension Program will include provisions in both the HITRC and regional centers awards to assure that the
program addresses the unique needs of providers serving American Indian and Alaska Native, non-English-speaking and other historically underserved populations, as well as those that serve patients with maternal, child, long-term care, and behavioral health needs.
To read the entire plan ... See Attachment
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