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Data exchange is crucial to coordinating care and services for older people, particularly those who have an array of health and social needs that require multidisciplinary teams to. ....
In late June, California’s Governor Newsom signed the California Health Care Quality and Affordability Act, establishing a new Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) within the. ....
Assembly Committee on Health holds informational hearing on options for the health information exchange in California Sydney Kurle | Mar 2, 2021 Share this:
According to background documents, as of 2019 regional health information organizations (HIOs) touch an estimated 22 million lives in the state, but only half of California’s hospitals participate. Twenty-three of California’s 58 counties lack a regional HIO presence. There are also areas of the state with no HIE entity and have limited participation by major types of providers. This limits the abilities of patients, providers and public health departments to use data to improve quality of and coordination of care. The HIE entities would also reduce duplicative imaging, lab tests and monitor population health. ....
5 Things California: State HIE options, Topical Agenda, ACA subsidy expansion DJ Wilson | Mar 3, 2021 Share this: We have two great conferences coming up for you: one focused on federal policy and the Biden administration, and one focused on the unique challenges in Northern California health care. And, both are referenced below in our 5 Things We’re Watching in California health care for the beginning of March, 2021.
1. Update from the Assembly Health Committee High-value telemedicine applications and equitable access should be top of mind when looking toward telehealth policy post-pandemic, said presenters at last week’s Assembly Health Committee meeting. In a presentation, Dr. Ateev Mehrotra, Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School, told the committee that policy should be formulated through the lens of value, and stressed there shouldn’t be a one-size-fits-all policy. Another presentation highlighted the structural barri ....
Lining Up for Health IT The huge challenges of implementing a $30 billion program are just beginning to hit the states. Andy Kim | July 2010 To get a sense of the information technology (IT) challenges states face under the new health-care law, take a quick peek at Jonah Frohlich s schedule. On a recent day, California s deputy secretary for health IT started the morning by meeting with the leaders of 12 departments from the state s Health and Human Services Agency. The agenda: the implications of a health information exchange (HIE) on the agency s business processes. Next up, a get-together with officials from the California Public Employees Retirement System the pension fund is a large employer to discuss the role their purchases play in supporting e-health initiatives. Then it was on to a briefing on Medi-Cal s electronic health record (EHR) incentives, which was followed by a meeting with academics at a Unive ....