HITEQ Resources & Events

This brief discusses the importance of integrated data, and provides examples of how other health centers have integrated and utilized oral health, colon cancer screening data, and other data within primary care.

Federally Qualified Health Centers need to be prepared for subsequent changes to the Medicaid EHR incentive program to further focus on interoperability. Details about what is changing and what to expect next are included in this issue brief.

The Center for Connected Health Policy's (CCHP) published in April 2018 provides the most current summary guide of telehealth-related policies, laws and regulations for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. This guide focuses on Medicaid, outlining trends as well as the details of each state's definitions, reimbursement policies, and licensure requirements. 

Electronic patient engagement technologies are having a significant impact on diabetes-related health outcomes and can help to increase patient to provider diabetes care plan involvement and communication. This HITEQ webinar explored use cases and strategies for effective adoption and evaluation of electronic patient engagement diabetes interventions within the health center setting.

As more health centers seek to break down siloes that can fragment patient care, collaboration with or integration of behavioral health care has been strengthened, although data integration remains difficult and privacy remains paramount. This brief discusses some of the approaches, successes, and challenges in integrating behavioral health data within primary care services.