HITEQ Resources & Events

Health centers are interested in using social determinants data to manage and improve the health of their patient population and community, and are at different places on the population health management (PHM) and social determinants of health (SDH) adoption curve. The Protocol for Responding to and Assessing Patients’ Assets, Risks, and Experiences (PRAPARE) is a national effort to help health centers and other providers collect the data needed to better understand and act on their patients’ social determinants of health. In this webinar, the Colorado Community Managed Care Network (CCMCN), a Health Center Controlled Network (HCCN) highlighted a Tableau data dashboard that they have developed to help their health centers make decisions on population health management. They discussed the rationale for developing the tool, challenges and facilitators to integration, and how their health centers benefit from data sharing across Tableau.

To successfully attest, providers must conduct a security risk assessment (SRA), implement updates as needed, and correctly identify security deficiencies. By conducting an SRA regularly, providers can identify and document potential threats and vulnerabilities related to data security, and develop a plan of action to mitigate them.

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.