HITEQ Health Center Behavioral Health Integrator Badge
Health centers are increasing the integration of behavioral health in primary care, spurred by an increased focus on whole person care and additional funding. Effective use of health IT in conjunction with patient privacy and confidentiality is imperative to support behavioral health.

According to the Office of the National Coordinator, "Health information technology can help to improve behavioral health care and can further enable care coordination and integration, increase information sharing, and support prevention, treatment, and recovery activities. Access to and the exchange and use of behavioral health information as part of routine care can help to improve continuity in care services and support efforts toward achieving an interoperable health care system across the continuum."

Take some time to read through some of the articles on this page and then fill out the submission form on the right and you will be rewarded with a Health Center Incredible Behavioral Health Integrator badge! This is an official badge that is submitted by the HITEQ Center as a proof of completion to the blockchain. Your credentials can be added to profiles such as LinkedIn and verified through accreditation services such as Accredible and Open Badge.

https://hiteqcenter.org/Services/Badges-Self-paced-Learning/Behavioral-Health-Integrator

 

EHR Optimization Series: Part Two of Three
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/ Categories: EHR Selection and Implementation, EHR Implementation, Health IT Enabled QI, Foundation for HIT Enabled QI, Improving Performance

EHR Optimization Series: Part Two of Three

Including slides, Workflow tool, and Provider Scorecard

The second of a three-part EHR Optimization series focused on establishing goals and expectations for optimizing EHR utilization and sharing proven strategy/tools for optimizing EHR utilization, including slides and related tools. 

  • EHR Optimization Session 2 Slides
    • From the second May 2017 Learning Session
  • Provider Scorecard: Assessing accurate EHR documentation
    • This resource provides a process and method that can be used to evaluate the degree to which an individual provider or care team member consistently documents required information in the appropriate place in the EHR.
      • Blank and Sample (completed, filled-in) versions are available for download below.
  • EHR Workflow Worksheet: EHR Optimization tool to map the workflow to enhance performance on a particular clinical measure
    • This tool provides a structured way to review how data is captured and input in the EHR for a particular clinical measure across the clinical team including registration, pre-visit planning, nursing, and provider visit. The sample uses the BMI Percentile Children (CMS 155 v5) as an example, and a blank version is also provided. Using the workflow tool will help answer questions on which components of the data are entered by whom, and facilitate soliciting feedback from staff on ways to improve efficient and accurate data capture.

Download each of these resources below, in the Documents to Download section.

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Tags: quality improvementToolImproving PerformanceData ReportingWorkflowQuality ReportsScorecard
Intended AudienceClinical Quality Team members, Health Center IT and Quality Staff

Documents to download

  • HITEQ EHR Optimization Session 2 Slides(.pdf, 1.16 MB) - 916 download(s)

    From February 2018 Learning Session

  • Provider Scorecard(.docx, 130.35 KB) - 756 download(s)

    Blank version for download and use assessing accurate EHR documentation, February 2018.

  • EXAMPLE Provider Scorecard(.docx, 128.66 KB) - 917 download(s)

    Example completed version showing how this tool can be used to assess accurate EHR documentation, May 2017.

  • Workflow Tool(.docx, 51.57 KB) - 902 download(s)

    Blank version for download and use mapping the workflow to enhance performance on a particular clinical measure, February 2018.

  • EXAMPLE Workflow Tool(.pdf, 147.37 KB) - 935 download(s)

    Example completed version showing how this tool can be used to map the workflow to enhance performance on Adult BMI, May 2017.

  • Workflow Alignment Worksheet(.docx, 132.15 KB) - 677 download(s)

    Blank version for download and use to help align health center work flow by capturing required data for a performance measure, February 2018

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HRSA Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health Technical Assistance

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Behavioral Health Integration Compendium

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Many health centers collaborate with external behavioral health providers or provide co-located or integrated behavioral health services within their health center. Some of the most significant challenges are determining which data to share, how to store it within the Electronic Health Record, and how to use it within primary care. This compendium of literature and resources offers some guidance related to behavioral health data integration, complete with key health center considerations for each.

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