Sensitive Information and the Electronic Patient Record Sensitive Information and the Electronic Patient Record Molly Rafferty Wednesday, July 26, 2023 0 6001 HITEQ Center, June 2023 With nearly 100% of community health centers utilizing electronic health records (EHR) to care for patients, focus has pivoted from implementation and new workflow development to enhancement in order to drive value and reflect patient needs and population trends. EHR technology presents potential opportunities and significant constraints. Providers frequently document and share potentially sensitive information in the EHR, such as risk for intimate partner violence (IPV), consistent offers... Read more
Health IT Optimization for Effective PrEP Services Health IT Optimization for Effective PrEP Services Molly Rafferty Thursday, June 29, 2023 0 5684 HITEQ Center, June 2023 Health centers are increasingly interested in embedding oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) programs into primary care, which calls for the embedding of PrEP care processes into electronic health record (EHR) systems. Health centers have had success with automation in HIV testing, and are looking to apply automated algorithms, order sets, and templates to the development of PrEP programs. This resource outlines EHR and health information technology (IT) configurations and tools that support... Read more
Nationwide HIV-related Care Interactive Infographics Nationwide HIV-related Care Interactive Infographics HITEQ Center Tuesday, October 18, 2022 0 21650 Identifying opportunities for improvements in health centers In the 2022 UDS, United States health centers reported 7,328,565 of their 16,835,841 eligible medical patients (43.53%) were tested for HIV at least once after their 15th birthday and before their 66th birthday. Read more
Bright Spots in HIV Screening Bright Spots in HIV Screening HITEQ Center Tuesday, July 12, 2022 0 7668 Health center examples, developed June 2022 Since 2020, health centers have reported the HIV Screening clinical quality measure on the UDS. HITEQ hosted discussions with health centers in fall of 2021 to find out how they have made progress on this clinical quality measure and gleaned tips from these participants which can be found within. Read more
Resources for Expanding PrEP Services in your Health Center Resources for Expanding PrEP Services in your Health Center HITEQ Center Friday, June 24, 2022 0 9425 Curated PrEP resources for health centers, compliation in 2022. HITEQ compiled this resource library for health centers, which houses actionable PrEP resources including checklists, pocket guides, and billing guidance. This curated set of resources aims to assist health centers in accessing those resources that directly address current PrEP challenges. Read more
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