HITEQ Resources & Events

The quality improvement (QI) approach outlined in this Guide can be used to augment current QI approaches used in your health center, or can serve as a placeholder QI methodology when there isn’t already a robust QI process in place.

It provides a framework and tools for documenting, analyzing, sharing and improving key workflows and information flows that drive performance on high-stakes care performance measures, and related improvement imperatives.

This webpage provides strategies and tools that health centers and their partners can use to enhance care processes and outcomes targeted for improvement, such as hypertension and diabetes control, preventive care, and many others.

This HIMSS article published in 2014 discusses opportunities for use of Mobile Health tools for helping people better manage chronic illnesses. The authors identify that "mHealth offers patients a greater sense of connectedness to care providers, improved sense of well-being and increased satisfaction with the care experience."

Patient generated data (PGD) via mobile health devices provides opportunities for better understanding of lifestyle behaviors of patients and social determinants of health. Authors of this article identified potential opportunities in use of PGD included agenda setting, self-care, and identification of potential social and lifestyle barriers.

The Texting for Better Care Toolkit provided by the Center for Care Innovations includes resources and guides for healthcare providers interested in implementing texting campaigns at their facilities. Tools include example consent forms and workflows, procedural diagrams for texting message flow, texting vendors and overall program strategies for use within safety net populations.

This webinar series will showcase how to make your service or practice more accessible to young adults (Millennials) in order to retain them in care.