Accessing and Reading Electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQMs) for UDS Accessing and Reading Electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQMs) for UDS HITEQ Center Sunday, October 17, 2021 0 17789 Video overview, published in Oct. 2021 This video is to assist health centers and health center program stakeholders access and read the eCQM specifications in order to support clinical quality measure reporting on the Uniform Data System (UDS). Read more
Addressing Childhood Obesity in Health Centers: Health IT Functionality Addressing Childhood Obesity in Health Centers: Health IT Functionality HITEQ Center Tuesday, July 30, 2019 0 13507 June 2019 This resource outlines specific guidance for optimizing EHRs and health IT tools commonly used by health centers to support the monitoring, reporting, and addressing childhood obesity. Read more
AirTable interactive PCMH Tracking and Support Tool AirTable interactive PCMH Tracking and Support Tool HITEQ Center Friday, October 8, 2021 0 35108 NCQA's Patient Centered Medical Home Recognition, Updated with Version 7 Standards in 2021! HITEQ's AirTable interactive PCMH Support Tool is intended to help health centers gauge track and support their transformation process for achieving PCMH recognition. Read more
Analysis of UDS Clinical Quality Measure Performance by Health Center Telehealth Use Analysis of UDS Clinical Quality Measure Performance by Health Center Telehealth Use HITEQ Center Tuesday, September 22, 2020 0 22874 Updated in Sept. 2020 with CY2019 UDS Data A brief study of average clicinal quality rates among health centers who report using telehealth compared to those who do not, using data reported on CY2019 UDS. This analysis suggests that the average performance on each clinical quality measure is higher among those health centers who report using telehealth than those who do not use telehealth. Read more
Assessing Provider Satisfaction Assessing Provider Satisfaction HITEQ Center Wednesday, January 22, 2020 0 15776 And how to design health IT interventions to improve satisfaction and reduce burden, January 2020 Provider satisfaction is of critical importance for health centers to promote safety and workforce stability. A 2013 survey found that dissatisfied physicians were 2-3 times more likely to leave medical practice than their more satisfied colleagues. This may be unsurprising given that another recent study found that physicians spend almost half of their day on the EHR and desk work. Even during the patient visit, 37 percent of the time in the exam room is spent on these tasks. The... Read more
Assessing the Care Team Tech Experience: A Digital Health Tool Toolkit Assessing the Care Team Tech Experience: A Digital Health Tool Toolkit Molly Rafferty Thursday, September 12, 2024 0 955 HITEQ Center, created through Aliados Health. Originally developed in June 2023, updated September 2024 This toolkit helps health center electronic health record (EHR) and Information Technology (IT) departments to deliver effective EHR training for staff, whether for new hires, rolling out new EHR modules, or providing ongoing training support. The guidance and tools included will support EHR trainers to create customized trainings and digital tool solutions for care teams. By improving staff proficiency with digital tools, health centers can increase value to patient experiences and reduce... Read more
Benefits and Tools for Onboarding and Orientation of New Staff Members Benefits and Tools for Onboarding and Orientation of New Staff Members Content Developed for SAMHSA Monday, October 3, 2016 0 8740 Guidance and Methods for Health Centers This document outlines the ways in which effective onboarding and orientation methods will result in shorter learning curves, improved job satisfaction, and improved retention. Read more
Building a Data-Driven Culture: Video Learning Series and Case Study Building a Data-Driven Culture: Video Learning Series and Case Study Center for Care Innovations Tuesday, October 4, 2016 0 14726 From the Center for Care Innovations Healthcare organizations are flooding with data. Health centers have a wealth of data about their patients and their community. It is essential that these organizations build a strong foundation of people, processes and technology to leverage that data to improve care and better serve the underserved. Read more
Building Data Teams and Skills: Maximizing Data Literacy and Data Governance for a Data Driven Culture Building Data Teams and Skills: Maximizing Data Literacy and Data Governance for a Data Driven Culture HITEQ Center Thursday, January 31, 2019 0 21359 A compendium of references and tools. Created in October 2018, updated January 2020. This compendium of references and tools is intended to support Quality Improvement efforts and to build skills across health center staff, particular those who may be tasked with leading data literacy and data governance activities or are new to the health center world. Read more
Community Referral: Using Social Determinants of Health Data & Technology Tools to Connect with Appropriate Community Resources Community Referral: Using Social Determinants of Health Data & Technology Tools to Connect with Appropriate Community Resources HITEQ Center Sunday, December 30, 2018 0 48437 We asked the questions, now what? Updated in December 2018 The collection of data related to patients non-medical needs through use of Social Determinant of Health (SDoH) assessment tools, can accelerate systemic population health improvement, as well as engage patients in addressing their social non-medical needs (such as transportation, shelter, or intimate partner violence services) through coordinated access to appropriate services or community-based supports. This case study discusses the process a health center may use to identify and stratify... Read more
Assessing the Care Team Tech Experience: A Digital Health Tool Toolkit Assessing the Care Team Tech Experience: A Digital Health Tool Toolkit Assessing the Care Team Tech Experience: A Digital Health Tool Toolkit
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