Thursday, Feb. 24, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Description:
Discover how a physician organization implemented a health information exchange (HIE) to improve care coordination and quality management through clinical decision support, advanced quality measures and EMR interoperability to help achieve meaningful use.

Speaker Information:
Thomas M. Deas, Jr., chief medical officer and medical director at Sandlot

Objectives:

• Describe the benefits of an interoperable HIE platform to physicians using EMRs.
• Examine how the independent practicing physicians use the HIE's clinical decision support application at the point of care to track care quality measures which meet the EHR meaningful use criteria.
• Discuss examples of quality reports (e.g., Physician Quality Reporting Initiative, HEDIS) produced by the HIE, highlighting the advantages of reports from the interoperable HIE comprehensive EHR platform.

• Explore the pivotal role of the HIE in allowing physicians and patients to adhere to care guidelines and improve quality of care.