HITEQ Resources & Events

In this session, participants learned why and how lived expertise must be sought after and valued by health centers and allied organizations to improve every stage of the data management process from collection and analysis to data sharing, access, and decision-making, including discussion about Information Blocking rules and navigating the tension between reporting and regulations. This session also covered the connection between racial equity and lived experience in data management.

Please join Dr. Irene Stafford, OB/GYN from the University of Texas Houston Maternal-Fetal Medicine Center in a presentation focused on using common place EHR technology to increase STI and HIV testing. In her talk, Dr. Stafford described recent research demonstrating a decrease in transmission of congenital syphilis by the implementation of routine EHR strategies for best practice alerts. Her work demonstrates thoughtful ways of how the EHR can serve as an educational tool for providers, how information technology can inform practice patterns and improve health outcomes, and describe how best practice alerts can assist in reportable disease management.

In this session, presenters shared guidance on supporting timely social needs referrals and care planning, and how to apply social needs data. Participants learned how to optimize social needs screening workflows to follow up on positive screens. A panel of health center staff shared their experiences on applying these workflows.

Do you play a key role in gathering, analyzing, and visualizing data at your health center? This HITEQ webinar taught about how to use our Health Center Dashboard Design Guide, a comprehensive guide to user-centered dashboard design for health center staff. Using this guide, you and your team can develop dashboards that enable data exploration and use by making more informed design decisions, moving beyond the defaults.

Forming strong relationships with partner organizations is essential for promoting access to patient data. Participants learned strategies to prioritize relationships in order to facilitate smooth information exchange across health centers.