HITEQ Center, June 2023
Health centers are increasingly interested in embedding oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) programs into primary care, which calls for the embedding of PrEP care processes into electronic health record (EHR) systems. Health centers have had success with automation in HIV testing, and are looking to apply automated algorithms, order sets, and templates to the development of PrEP programs. This resource outlines EHR and health information technology (IT) configurations and tools that support...
HITEQ Highlights Webinar
New guidelines from SAMHSA released in July 2020 are designed to improve coordination of care for patients in treatment for substance disorder, while protecting confidentiality against unauthorized disclosure and use of patient information. View this HITEQ webinar on changes to SAMHSA’s 42 CFR Part 2 rule (Part 2) which protects individuals receiving substance use disorder treatment by defining privacy and security requirements for written, electronic and verbal information. This...
Training for Health Centers
This training session will be delivered by the HITEQ Center in collaboration with Housing Works, a health center based in New York City. Staff from Housing Works will provide an overview of the TelePrEP model, considerations for implementation, and successes and barriers their TelePrEP program has faced. All health center staff are welcome to attend.
Recent Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) policy is bringing patients unprecedented access to their health information. Join the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in September for an event focused on patient access to health data. The day will bring together patients, providers, payers, and health IT developers to discuss how HHS policies are working in practice and how to maximize the...
In this installment of the 405(d) Spotlight Webinar, 405(d) Task Group Member Ed Gaudet and Insights Manager, Ruirui Sun will present high level findings from The Healthcare Cybersecurity Benchmarking Study. This landmark initiative establishes collaborative, robust, and actionable cybersecurity benchmarks for the healthcare industry, and, for the first time, combines benchmarks across key organizational metrics, NIST Cybersecurity Framework (NIST CSF), and the HHS 405(d) Health Industry...