New Jersey Health Information Technology (Health IT) Program
Connecting Patients to a Greater State of Health
Improved health outcomes produced by the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers were highlighted in the new CNN special series “American Renewal” by Fareed Zakaria. The first show "Global Lessons: The GPS Road Map for Saving Health" featured Zakaria interviewing Dr. Jeffrey Brenner, who heads the Coalition, and Sandi Selzer, Camden HIE Director. Selzer described the role of Health IT in helping Camden residents. Here’s an excerpt linking to the Brenner interview.
The New Jersey Health IT Coordinator’s Office is conducting a survey of clinical laboratories to better understand the current capacity among the State's labs to receive and transmit health data in an electronic format. If you received an invitation for this survey, click here to begin the New Jersey Assessment of Health IT in Clinical Laboratories.
New Jersey's Medicaid EHR Incentive Program payments started in February, 2012. Attestation is available on the NJMMIS website located at: http://www.njmmis.com/. For more general program information and details on eligibility, registration, and attestation, go to: http://www.nj.gov/njhit/ehr/
For upcoming NJ-HITEC EHR provider events, click on the following link: http://www.njhitec.org/news_events.aspx
Colleen Woods, New Jersey's Health IT Coordinator spoke at the NJHIMSS Spring Conference on May 15th.
DRIVING QUALITY OF CARE WITH TECHNOLOGY
NJ EHR and HIE Case Studies
Click here for a copy of her presentation.
A new guide from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT's Office of the Chief Privacy Officer aims to help healthcare practitioners, staff, and other professionals better understand the important role privacy and security play in the use of electronic health records (EHRs) and Meaningful Use. The guide is a comprehensive, and easy-to-understand tool to help providers and professionals integrate privacy and security into their clinical practice. Click here to access the guide [pdf].
ONC is pleased to announce that an enhanced set of 20 curriculum components is now available to the public at no cost, including all institutions of higher education nationwide and internationally. Funded by the $10M ONC Curriculum Development Centers program, these teaching materials have been in use since 2010 with great success by the 82 member colleges of the ONC Community College Consortia program. Based on the enthusiastic response when first released publicly in June 2011, these materials clearly fill an urgent need in the educational marketplace.
How do I access the materials?
To obtain the materials, go to http://www.onc-ntdc.org or http://www.onc-ntdc.info to set up a profile and download the components.
Visit the ONC website to learn more about the Curriculum Development Centers program and other ONC health IT workforce development programs.
The Health IT Champion idea first originated as a concept from the Consumer Advocacy and Quality Care Subcommittee focusing on consumer outreach. The idea was further developed in the New Jersey Health IT Communication Plan as a way to engage and empower all stakeholder groups, and coordinate communication activities with them in the most effective way.
Below are the Health IT Champion Program's webinars to date:
Theme 1: Introduction to EHRs
- Archived Champion Webinar
- Public Webinar #1 - First in 2012 series: Introduction to Electronic Health Records (EHRs) and Health IT. Former National Coordinator for Health IT David Blumenthal, MD, hosted by NJ Health IT Coordinator Colleen Woods, speaks about EHRs and Health IT, along with comments from Three New Jersey Physicians.
Theme 2: EHR Adoption
- Archived Champion Webinar
- Public Webinar #2 - Second in 2012 series: Adopting Electronic Health Records (EHRs) to Reach Meaningful Use: Challenges and Solutions—Stories from Across New Jersey. Director of Center for Health IT American Academy of Family Physicians, Steven Waldren, MD MS, hosted by NJ Health IT Coordinator Colleen Woods, speaks about EHR adoption. Commentary lead by John Tedeschi, Chairman & CEO Continuum Health Alliance, along with stories from New Jersey physicians and hospitals.
Theme 3: Exchange & HIOs
