At the Forefront of Healthcare Transformation
ILHITREC
Interchange
Newsletter
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The Post-Covid World: 16 Ways Telehealth Could Transform Healthcare |  |
While telehealth has boomed during Covid-19, the trend was already taking off before the pandemic. From reduced costs to increased access, here's how telehealth could improve the healthcare system. Read more here.
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2021 Eligible Professionals/Eligible Clinicians and Eligible Hospitals/Critical Access Hospitals Electronic Clinical Quality Measure Flows
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The eCQM flows are designed to assist in interpretation of the eCQM logic and calculation methodology for performance rates. The eCQM flows provide an overview of each of the population criteria components and associated data elements that lead to the inclusion or exclusions into the eCQM's quality action (numerator).
The eCQM flows supplement eCQM specifications for potential inclusion in the following programs:
- Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program
- Medicare and Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Programs
- Quality Payment Program: The Merit-based Incentive Payment System and Advanced Alternative Payment Models (Advanced APMs)
- APM: Comprehensive Primary Care Plus
- APM: Primary Care First
These flows are intended to be used as an additional resource when implementing eCQMs and should not be used in place of the eCQM specification or for reporting purposes. Specific to the Eligible Hospital/Critical Access Hospital eCQM flows, a "Read Me First" guide is available to assist users as they navigate the flows.
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Upcoming Webinars! |  |
Tuesday,
September 22,
10 - 11:55 am
REGISTER HERE
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Under Pressure: 2020 Illinois Hypertension Summit
Untreated hypertension is linked to severe COVID-19 illness, increasing the urgency to help patients manage high blood pressure. A free webinar co-hosted by IHA, will provide best practices for treating this common condition.
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Tuesday,
September 22,
12 noon
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Are you interested in optimizing telehealth in your medical practice?
Join us as we learn telehealth best practices and successful strategies from healthcare leaders in our state. Hear their journey of implementing telehealth, the barriers they faced and what the future of telehealth services will look like.
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Are You Taking the Correct Steps to Save your Direct Contact Information in NPPES?
Join Us for a Webinar on How to Update your Direct Contact Information in NPPES to comply with the new CMS Rules |
Three part series
Wednesday,
Oct. 7
12 - 12:45 pm
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Wednesday,
Oct 14
12 - 12:45 pm
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Wednesday,
Oct 21
12 - 12:45 pm
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Strengthening Your Immune System Through Nutrition
In the first webinar in the series, we will explore the current state of health in the US, as it relates to diet, and how what we eat contributes to chronic disease and affects our immune system.
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In the second webinar in the series, we will explore some general food guidelines that can be put into place right away, to establish a healthier way of eating.
----In the third and final webinar in this series on Nutrition, we will offer some strategies on how to customize an eating plan, while taking into consideration various lifestyle factors.
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ILHITREC Rolls Out
2020 Practice Survey Help Us Help You! |
For over a decade, ILHITREC has supported practices throughout Illinois in various CMS programs focused on EMRs, meaningful use, clinical quality improvement, HIE, interoperability, telehealth and more. One of the keys to our success is making sure we understand the needs of practices, small and large, urban and rural. Please take a few minutes to share with us your needs, challenges, and opportunities and let us know how we can support your education, training and technical assistance needs.
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Please note that ILHITREC's Clinical Informatics Specialists have expertise to assist you with any questions or concerns related to the EHR Incentive Programs. Contact us at [email protected] or visit ILHITREC for complete details on the wide variety of services provided by
ILHITREC.
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About Support Provided by ILHITREC
The Illinois Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center (ILHITREC), under contract with the Illinois Department of Health and Family Services (HFS), is providing education, outreach, EHR, and Meaningful Use support to Medicaid providers for the Promoting Interoperability Program. Contact us at [email protected].
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