HITEQ Center / Tuesday, January 29, 2019 / Categories: Health IT Enabled QI, Accessing Data for QI, Improving Performance Addressing Childhood Obesity in Health Centers Promising Practices and Lessons Learned: January 2019 In the Fall of 2018, the HITEQ Center interviewed ten health centers and health center partners to identify solutions and promising practices for addressing childhood obesity across the health center program. The focus included how health centers are meeting the Uniform Data System (UDS) measure, Weight Assessment and Counseling for Nutrition and Physical Activity for Children and Adolescents (CMS155v6), and how they are taking further steps to identify and intervene with those at risk of obesity by leveraging health information technology, electronic health records, and resulting data. Seven key areas of improvement from interviews are identified in the resulting issue brief: Key 1. Embed Needed Data Capture in Workflow Key 2. Implement Successful Monitoring to Support Decision Making Key 3. Understand the Evidence Base Key 4. Identify Key Data and Metrics Key 5. Target Interventions Appropriately Key 6. Consider Alternative Appointment Types and Locations Key 7. Create Comprehensive, Accessible Interventions * Download the issue brief below to see health center examples, related research, and health IT tools for each of these keys. ** The HITEQ Center is developing an Excel-based tool called the Child and Adolescent Weight Assessment and Counselling Data Validation Tool which will be available soon, along with assistance on using it. Please contact us if you are interested in this resource: hiteqinfo@jsi.com. Print 30794 Tags: EHRSocial Determinants of HealtheCQMHealth ITquality improvementCase StudyIssue BriefSDoHUDS MeasurescodingICD-10ObesityChildhood ObesityBMIBody Mass IndexChildhood Obesity Preventer Badge Intended AudienceHealth Center Clinicians, Health Center Quality Improvement Staff, Health Center Case Managers Documents to download Addressing Childhood Obesity in Health Centers Promising Practices and Lessons Learned(.pdf, 3.07 MB) - 1278 download(s) Published in January 2019 Related Resources Advancing the use of SDOH Data to Support Value Based Care How EHRs Can Be Leveraged to Streamline Social Needs Screening AI Fundamentals and Applications in Primary Care Live Webinar Enabling Patient Access to Health Data for Actionable Results Clinical Data Elements for UDS eCQMs and their Lookback Timeframes