The Role of IT Leadership in the Ambulatory Setting
The importance of ambulatory care in our healthcare delivery system and the need to accelerate the adoption of IT continue to be increasingly important for the healthcare industry and HIMSS. HIMSS is dedicated to strengthening its Ambulatory Care Initiative by continuing to work with providers, practice managers and communities to identify and demonstrate how IT can promote clinical and business integration solutions in the ambulatory setting.
Staff leadership is provided by Mary Griskewicz, MS, FHIMSS, Director of Ambulatory Information Systems. The Ambulatory Care Steering Committee is chaired by Jenifer Jarriel, CIO, Baylor College of Medicine. Many HIMSS members have volunteered to contribute as committees and task forces have taken on the challenge. If you would like to join the effort as the Society extends its benefits to reach the Ambulatory providers of healthcare, please review our Ambulatory Committees Task Force and Work Group or contact Mary Griskewicz for additional information. The Ambulatory Information Systems Steering Committee leads the Society in working toward a goal of having 50 percent of physician practices using an Electronic Medical Record, or EMR, by 2010.
Medicare To Launch PHR Pilot in South Carolina
CMS announced it will launch a personal health record project that will connect people with their hospital and physician claims data.
Understanding Care Management and the Physician Practice
Care management is an emerging concept that refers to a set of evidence-based, integrated clinical care activities that are tailored to the individual patient, and that ensure each patient has his or her own coordinated plan of care and services.
Member News: HL7 EHR Work Group Call for Participation
HL7 is recruiting volunteers to serve on the electronic health record system vital records functional profile work group. Federal, state, and local vital records representatives, electronic health records and vital records systems developers, healthcare providers, medical records personnel, subject matter experts and other stakeholders are encouraged to join this work group. The work group will be active from April 2008 through May 2009. If you are interested in participating in this work group, contact Hetty Khan at hkhan@cdc.gov.
