Special Innovation Project Health Information Technology for Post Acute Care Stratis Health was selected to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Special Innovation Project: Health Information Technology for Post-Acute Care Providers (HITPAC). This project will assist post acute care providers in Minnesota—focusing on skilled nursing facilities—to improve quality and coordination of care through the effective use of health information technology (HIT) during care transitions, leverage standardized patient assessment content to facilitate health information exchange with hospitals, and reduce medical errors by improving the medication management process. Across Minnesota, two-three communities, each with at least five nursing homes and one referral hospital, are expected to participate in this post acute care HIT project. Within these communities, nursing homes will collaborate with a referral hospital to exchange standardized patient assessment content, discharge documents, and other information. The hospitals will provide updated information to community nursing homes at the transfer of care. HITPAC shall focus on improving patient care in the post acute care setting using Health IT to support the exchange of health information at times of transitions in care or to support instances of shared care involving multiple members of the care team. Specifically, this Special Innovation Project (SIP) shall focus on the use of interoperable health information exchange applications that use standardized patient assessment content, electronic prescribing (eRx), medication reconciliation, and/or electronic medication administration record (eMAR). Key collaborators on the project will be the Minnesota Hospital Association, Care Providers of Minnesota, Aging Services of Minnesota, the Minnesota Department of Health, Minnesota Alliance for Patient Safety, CHIC (Community Health Information Collaborative), and the LeadingAge/Center for Aging Services Technology. Stratis Health will Participating organization will Provide a qualified team of staff to lead and support Create a multidisciplinary team committed to the aims the project of the project and to working with Stratis Health Designate a primary contact, who will have expertise Designate one person who, in a leadership capacity, and ready access to best practices, resources, and can drive and support the organization’s efforts and tools serve as the Stratis Health contact Obtain endorsement from its CEO, and Quality Director
Special Innovation Project Health Information Technology for Post Acute Care Stratis Health was selected to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Special Innovation Project: Health Information Technology for Post-Acute Care Providers (HITPAC). This project will assist post acute care providers in Minnesota—focusing on skilled nursing facilities—to improve quality and coordination of care through the effective use of health information technology (HIT) during care transitions, leverage standardized patient assessment content to facilitate health information exchange with hospitals, and reduce medical errors by improving the medication management process. Across Minnesota, two-three communities, each with at least five nursing homes and one referral hospital, are expected to participate in this post acute care HIT project. Within these communities, nursing homes will collaborate with a referral hospital to exchange standardized patient assessment content, discharge documents, and other information. The hospitals will provide updated information to community nursing homes at the transfer of care. HITPAC shall focus on improving patient care in the post acute care setting using Health IT to support the exchange of health information at times of transitions in care or to support instances of shared care involving multiple members of the care team. Specifically, this Special Innovation Project (SIP) shall focus on the use of interoperable health information exchange applications that use standardized patient assessment content, electronic prescribing (eRx), medication reconciliation, and/or electronic medication administration record (eMAR). Key collaborators on the project will be the Minnesota Hospital Association, Care Providers of Minnesota, Aging Services of Minnesota, the Minnesota Department of Health, Minnesota Alliance for Patient Safety, CHIC (Community Health Information Collaborative), and the LeadingAge/Center for Aging Services Technology. Stratis Health will Participating organization will Provide a qualified team of staff to lead and support the project Create a multidisciplinary team committed to the aims of the project and to working with Stratis Health Designate a primary contact, who will have expertise and ready access to best practices, resources, and tools Designate one person who, in a leadership capacity, can drive and support the organization’s efforts and serve as the Stratis Health contact Obtain endorsement from its CEO, and Quality Director
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