Using Health IT and EHRs to Address the Burden Providers Experience
Using Health IT and EHRs to Address the Burden Providers Experience
Takeaways for primary care safety net settings including federally qualified health centers and look-alikes. June 2022.
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Providers are burnt out and most expect it to get worse. Burnout is typically defined as a psychological response to job stressors characterized by emotional exhaustion, detachment, and a sense of ineffectiveness. Investigations of burnout in primary care have usually focused on factors associated with burnout among individual clinicians. But, it may be more useful to think about organizational-level burnout, which can shift the focus from individual responsibility to organizational solutions. This piece outlines organizational-level approaches to use address provider burden with health IT.
Cybersecurity: Ask Me Anything
Cybersecurity: Ask Me Anything
HITEQ Highlights Webinar
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This session will seek to motivate and educate Health Center staff and leadership on current critical cybersecurity threats, concepts, and methods for the defense of health data. Register to hear a panel of cybersecurity experts address your questions on how to best protect the health center from both internal and external network leaks, through malware such as ransomware, and through physical...
Published in Summer 2022
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HITEQ is highlighting stories of leveraging the EHR, health IT, digital health tools, and other virtual care supports for health center recovery and stabilization during the COVID-19 pandemic and...
An alert from the FBI, CISA, and the Department of the Treasury
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) are releasing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory...
Health center examples, developed June 2022
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Since 2020, health centers have reported the HIV Screening clinical quality measure on the UDS. HITEQ hosted discussions with health centers in fall of 2021 to find out how they have made progress...
Curated PrEP resources for health centers, compliation in 2022.
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HITEQ compiled this resource library for health centers, which houses actionable PrEP resources including checklists, pocket guides, and billing guidance. This curated set of resources aims to...
The Center of Excellence for Protected Health Information
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In situations of medical complexity, who has access to information about an older adult's health information – including mental health and substance use history and treatment...
Checklist for FQHCs reviewing contracts, as a supplement to video module. Developed in 2022.
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This checklist will walk you through a series of common considerations for contracts you may receive from payers, with a specific focus on contracts that include value-based payment components....
When implementing a social need screening program, it can be challenging to identify how frequently to conduct the screening with patients. Health centers may have to explore various strategies to develop a workflow that prevents appointment backups and reduces the burden on staff. This resource...
Implementing a social need screening effectively is an iterative process. Many health centers find that their approach evolves as new concerns or considerations arise. The examples in this resource, gleaned from interviews with health centers, illustrate that unique context and needs drive what...
Establishing a social need screening program requires buy-in from both leadership and staff. This resource shares examples of strategies gleaned from interviews with health centers.
While previous PrEP practice guidelines recommended that healthcare providers offer PrEP only to patients whom they considered "at high risk" of acquiring HIV, the most recent guidelines and the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations are reshaping how...