Learning to Love your Data Learning to Love your Data Caitlin Tricomi Monday, August 19, 2024 0 216 HITEQ Webinar Series This webinar series was hosted to support various roles who work with data in health centers to provide best practices and promote equity through data collection and analysis. Participants will leave with a better understanding of how to meaningfully use data to improve their health center. Read more
Health Center Dashboard Design Guide Health Center Dashboard Design Guide Molly Rafferty Wednesday, July 31, 2024 0 439 HITEQ Center, July 2024, Developed with Amanda Makulec Having rapid access to data in health centers is critical to managing clinics, using operational data to improve care, and reporting quality measures. Quality, accessible data in health care can do more than feature in reports and accountability systems: effective communication of information can improve quality of care, alignment to evidence-based care principles, and data-informed decision making. Charts, graphs, maps, and other data visualizations play a key role in making information... Read more
Data Visualization for Value-based care Data Visualization for Value-based care Molly Rafferty Monday, July 15, 2024 0 925 HITEQ Center, June 2024 Value-based care focuses on improving patient outcomes while optimizing total cost of care. For health centers seeking to improve their internal processes for value-based care, effective data visualization can play a significant role in understanding, monitoring, and promoting value-based care practices. This resource details how data visualization can be employed to support value-based care and includes suggestions on how to depict measures and trends using data dashboards. Read more
On the Horizon Series Sessions On the Horizon Series Sessions Caitlin Tricomi Monday, April 15, 2024 0 825 Roundtable Series The HITEQ Center planned a series of discussions about what is on the horizon-- this includes the people, processes, and technologies related to UDS+, environmental impacts and environmental determinants of health (EDoH), and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Each session will be interactive and engaging and include time for health center sharing. This series was open to community health centers throughout the nation. If you are from a health center and are interested in enhancing your... Read more
Clinical Data Elements for UDS eCQMs and their Lookback Timeframes Clinical Data Elements for UDS eCQMs and their Lookback Timeframes HITEQ Center Monday, April 3, 2023 0 4261 Useful for EHR transition planning; developed in 2023. Each electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) is composed of data elements in the EHR or health IT system that are evaluated according to the measure specifications. It is important to identify what data elements need to be transitioned to any new EHR for clinical quality measure continuity and accuracy. This resource identifies clinical data elements in eCQMs that should be considered when transitioning EHRs. These data elements are used in reporting or calculating eCQMs, so their... Read more
Performance Measure Data Definition Worksheet Performance Measure Data Definition Worksheet Molly Rafferty Monday, December 12, 2022 0 6523 December 2022 The Performance Measure Data Definition Worksheet can be used during the Quality Improvement (QI) process to assess the alignment of your health center’s workflows and documentation and your EHR vendor’s reporting logic processes. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) EHR Certification criteria requires EHR vendors to use eCQM (electronic Clinical Quality Measure) specifications to define measures. Therefore, reported data for a measure... Read more
Diabetes Health Center Data Validation Tool Diabetes Health Center Data Validation Tool HITEQ Center Friday, December 31, 2021 0 14041 Diabetes Control (HbA1C < 9%) Data Validation for UDS Reporting Excel-based Data Validation Tool for health centers to validate their 2021 UDS clinical quality measure reporting of Diabetes Control (HbA1C > 9%) measure on Table 7. Video and written instructions are provided. Read more
Health Center Data Validation Tool Health Center Data Validation Tool HITEQ Center Friday, December 17, 2021 0 11111 Weight Assessment and Counseling for Nutrition and Physical Activity for Children and Adolescents Validation for UDS Reporting Excel-based Data Validation Tool for health centers to validate their 2021 UDS clinical quality measure reporting of that Weight Assessment and Counseling for Nutrition and Physical Activity for Children and Adolescents measure. Video and written instructions are provided. Read more
What is Robotic Process Automation (RPA)? What is Robotic Process Automation (RPA)? HITEQ Center Monday, November 8, 2021 0 8312 A HITEQ Explainer, Published October 2021 What is RPA and how can it benefit health centers? Download and read this HITEQ Explainer to learn all about it! Read more
Accessing and Reading Electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQMs) for UDS Accessing and Reading Electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQMs) for UDS HITEQ Center Sunday, October 17, 2021 0 17002 Video overview, published in Oct. 2021 This video is to assist health centers and health center program stakeholders access and read the eCQM specifications in order to support clinical quality measure reporting on the Uniform Data System (UDS). Read more
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