Electronic Health Record (EHR) implementation often exposes an organization’s strengths and weaknesses in leadership, communication, workflow, and staffing. This document outlines the key foundational elements identified by Health Care for the Homeless grantees for successful implementation of electronic health records. Download Research (PDF)
There is a growing consensus that the US primary care system must be redesigned in fundamental ways to improve health and the patient experience while lowering costs (Knox et al., 2011). The current system’s skyrocketing costs are unsustainable and present a serious threat to our national fiscal integrity, as well as to individual’s and small
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Webinar Slides(PDF) This webinar is the third in a four-part series on the patient-centered medical home; recordings and presentations from previous webinars are available in our Webinar Archives. In this case study of Mary Howard, a nurse-managed health center, presenters will discuss the NCQA’s PCMH standards and how they relate to an HCH grantee, the role
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Webinar Slides(PDF) In this webinar, Yakima Neighborhood Health Services, a member of the Council and a 330 funded HCH program, will share its journey as the first community health center in Washington State to achieve Level 3 NCQA Recognition—for its 8th Street CHC and its satellite HCH clinic, Neighborhood Connections. Speakers: Anna Gard, FNP-BC; Health Disparities
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NCQA PCMH 2011_Standards and Guidelines(PDF) Webinar Slides(PPTX) This webinar will review the National Committee of Quality Assurance (NCQA) Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMH) 2011 Standards as well as the eligibility and application process, scoring guidelines, and the relationship between Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services’ (CMS) Meaningful Use Requirements and the 2011 Standards. The presenter will
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At present, there is incomplete information about the status of health centers with respect to Electronic Health Record (EHR) adoption, readiness to meet the standards for Meaningful Use (MU) of Health Information Technology (HIT), and achieving Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) recognition. To address this knowledge gap, the Geiger Gibson Program at George Washington University
Integrated Care is central to the Healthcare for the Homeless approach and has been implemented in varying degrees in HCH sites since the 1980’s. The major elements of the HCH model of care include compassionate and persistent outreach to persons experiencing homelessness; an emphasis on easy access to care through the use of walk-in models
