Data Storyteller

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s (ONC) 21st Century Cures Act Information Blocking Rule (Info Blocking Rule) prohibits covered actors – including health care providers, health IT developers of certified health IT, and health information exchanges/health information networks– from engaging in practices likely to interfere with, prevent, or materially discourage access, exchange, or use of electronic health information (EHI). The Info Blocking Rule includes eight exceptions that provide actors with certainty that, when their practice interferes with the access, exchange, or use of EHI and meets the conditions of one or more exception, such practice will not be considered information blocking. An actor’s practice that does not meet all the conditions of an exception will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis to determine whether information blocking has occurred.

Launching quality work at first can feel like a daunting task – even more so if you do not have the support of leadership in your organization.  Some individuals have successfully launched quality work by following the mantra: “What can I get done by next Tuesday?”  This mantra helps them sidestep inertia, extensive collaboration, and time consuming benchmarking research. Instead, by identifying small steps they can take to improve quality on their own, within the context of their existing job, they can start on the journey quickly. Furthermore, success in these small steps can help with Leadership Buy-In for the importance of Quality work.

This case study presents the PHM implementation story of La Maestra Community Health Centers (LMCHC), located in San Diego, California.

This case study presents the PHM implementation story of Health Care for the Homeless (HCH), a Baltimore-based safety net provider.  HCH implemented Azara DRVS, a PHM solution that offers centralized data reporting and analytics for health centers and primary care associations.  Azara DRVS turns EHR data into reports for population health, chronic disease management, care planning, QI, risk and cost monitoring and regulatory compliance and reporting including UDS, Meaningful Use and PCMH.

This case study presents the PHM implementation story of Baldwin Family Health Care (BFHC), a network of five primary care sites in Michigan.