also helps health care providers prepare for health care reform, including future federal and state requirements for reporting on quality of health care. Organizations in New Mexico submitting HEDIS data on controlling high BP for public reporting and their overall scores are displayed below in Table 8. 8. New Mexico Coalition for Healthcare Quality Medical Group Snapshot (2012) Overall Community Score: 73 Percent Medical Groups Organization Insurance Type Clinics Overall Scores Atrinea Health Commercially insured, Atrinea Albuquerque Family 74% Medicare patients Health Center First Choice Commercially insured, FCCH Edgewood Center, Los 73% Community Medicaid, Medicare Lunas Healthcare patients Center, North Valley Center, South (FCCH) Broadway Center, South Valley Center Nations Number of patients is too N/A N/A Community (<30 ) to reliably tell Health Source how well they are doing across all insurance types New Mexico Commercially insured, NMHI Albuquerque 77% Heart Institute Medicare patients (NMHI) Presbyterian Commercially insured, PMG Clinics: Atrisco, Belen, 69% Medical Group Medicaid, Medicare Kaseman, Los Lunas, Northside, (PMG) patients Rio Rancho High Desert, San Mateo, Wyoming UNM Medical Commercially Insured, UNMMG 1209 University Clinic, 73% Group Medicaid, Medicare Family Practice Center, Medicine (UNMMG) patients Faculty Center, NE Heights Clinic, SE Heights Clinic, Westside Clinic The Role of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) in Reporting An important component to facilitating data reporting is an EHR system. An EHR is a digital version of a paper chart that contains a patient’s medical history. An EHR is mostly used by providers for diagnosis and treatment. The main objective of health information technology is to advance the quality and safety of patient care. The overarching goal of a fully functional EHR is to create a single record that includes all of a patient's health information and is up to date,
also helps health care providers prepare for health care reform, including future federal and state requirements for reporting on quality of health care. Organizations in New Mexico submitting HEDIS data on controlling high BP for public reporting and their overall scores are displayed below in Table 8. 8. New Mexico Coalition for Healthcare Quality Medical Group Snapshot (2012) Overall Community Score: 73 Percent Organization Insurance Type Clinics Medical Groups Overall Scores Atrinea Health Commercially insured, Medicare patients Atrinea Albuquerque Family Health Center 74% First Choice Community Healthcare (FCCH) Commercially insured, Medicaid, Medicare patients FCCH Edgewood Center, Los Lunas Center, North Valley Center, South Broadway Center, South Valley Center 73% Nations Community Health Source Number of patients is too (<30 ) to reliably tell how well they are doing across all insurance types N/A N/A New Mexico Heart Institute (NMHI) Commercially insured, Medicare patients NMHI Albuquerque 77% Presbyterian Medical Group (PMG) Commercially insured, Medicaid, Medicare patients PMG Clinics: Atrisco, Belen, Kaseman, Los Lunas, Northside, Rio Rancho High Desert, San Mateo, Wyoming 69% UNM Medical Group (UNMMG) Commercially Insured, Medicaid, Medicare patients UNMMG 1209 University Clinic, Family Practice Center, Medicine Faculty Center, NE Heights Clinic, SE Heights Clinic, Westside Clinic 73% The Role of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) in Reporting An important component to facilitating data reporting is an EHR system. An EHR is a digital version of a paper chart that contains a patient’s medical history. An EHR is mostly used by providers for diagnosis and treatment. The main objective of health information technology is to advance the quality and safety of patient care. The overarching goal of a fully functional EHR is to create a single record that includes all of a patient's health information and is up to date,
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