This course is comprised of 2 1/2 days of keynote presentations, workshops, and panel discussions, which explore current topics in the meaningful and effective use of health IT for providers and patients. Our Faculty are drawn from the experts across Partners HealthCare, Harvard Medical School, and across the country – each with deep real world experience in the issues that must be considered to effectively design, implement, and use health IT to transform care. Our students are healthcare leaders, clinicians, and IT professionals, — all of whom are dedicated to the effective use of health it to transform health care quality, improve patient safety, and reduce unwarranted costs of care.
Below is some of the great
feedback we received from prior courses:
- "Really thought this was an extremely high value experience. The effort was obvious. I greatly appreciated the opportunity to participate."
- "The workshop topics were wonderful. It would have been terrific to be able to attend them all!"
- "I saw the entire course presenting the [health IT] situation with all of the associated issues that need to be accommodated and considered. It did not provide a solution - the perfect solution is not there yet - this provides the things to consider in getting there - it presented the fully reality and presented it quite well."
- “Dr. Middleton & his team at Harvard are at the epicenter of bringing effective Continuous Quality Improvement to main stream medicine.”
- “Top faculty. Great organization and scheduling. Varied educational methods.”
Brief 2012 Course Description
This practical course presents the work of national experts in patient-centered computing and eHealth using a format that will enable acquisition of new knowledge and allow students to take-away skills for immediate application back home. Through plenary presentations, panel discussions and workshops, participants will have an opportunity to see the ‘big picture’, understand current best practices, and take away practical lessons learned and insights about how to effectively use health IT.
This practical course presents the work of national experts in patient-centered computing and eHealth using a format that will enable acquisition of new knowledge and allow students to take-away skills for immediate application back home. Through plenary presentations, panel discussions and workshops, participants will have an opportunity to see the ‘big picture’, understand current best practices, and take away practical lessons learned and insights about how to effectively use health IT.
Students will interact with
experts about the current opportunities and challenges that arise from implementation
and use of patient-centered health IT tools, including, but not limited to:
- best
practices and guidelines for the use of eHealth applications (e.g.
Electronic Health Records [EHRs], Personal Health Records [PHRs], secure
messaging, web visits),
- the
evidence base regarding health IT’s role in behavior change and chronic
disease self-management (e.g. diabetes, heart failure, depression),
- the
role of eHealth in enhancing patient safety and reducing medical error, and potential unintended consequences of use
- the
value proposition for physicians and other stakeholders of using eHealth
strategies,
- patients'
perspectives on eHealth applications and technologies, and their
viewpoint about the impact on healthcare costs, quality and satisfaction,
- information
about working collaboratively and communicating effectively with patients
to assess and differentiate the quality of healthcare information on the
Internet, and publicly reported quality measures,
- opportunities
and risks in clinical data sharing,
- the
potential for provider and patient technologies to support improved
public health reporting and community wellness, and
- future research and development directions in patient-centered computing and eHealth.
Keynoters for 2012 include:
David Blumenthal, MD, Harvard Medical School - e-Health for Patient Safety, Quality, and Care: Transforming
U.S. Healthcare
Dr. David Blumenthal is the founding director of the
Mongan Institute for Health Policy at MGH, and has returned to the Massachusetts General Hospital
following two years in Washington, DC,
as the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology for the
Obama administration. In his role at the ONC, Dr. Blumenthal forged policies that will guide the
development and dissemination of electronic health records (EHRs) for decades
to come. In particular, he led the initiative that set standards for meaningful
use of EHRs, which in turn determine the content and functionality of these
records. Dr. Blumenthal has advised Democratic presidential candidates from
Michael Dukakis to Barack Obama on health related issues, and is the author of The
Heart of Power: Health and Politics in the Oval Office. In this keynote
presentation, Dr. Blumenthal will review the current state of health care and
eHealth, and discuss the future needs and opportunities for eHealth to help
transform U.S. healthcare delivery.
Victor Strecher, PhD, MPH, University of Michigan -
Evidence supports the benefits of tailoring eHealth
applications. They are more salient, increase adoption and reach and have
greater impact. The process of “deep tailoring” is emerging, which goes beyond
tailoring based upon demographic and nominal characteristics only to include
more culturally sensitive and multi-level variables. This approach to the
design of personalized services has implications for practice re-design and the
potential to enhance health outcomes, making it relevant to the practicing
provider. Key concepts will be described and examples presented from current applications.
John D. Halamka, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School -
The landscape for health information technology (HIT)
standards is evolving quickly in the U.S. with financial incentives, regulatory
reform and legislation to support HIT adoption and meaningful use. Dr. Halamka,
recognized as a national expert in this field and Chair of the US Healthcare
Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP), will review nationwide
activities, policy initiatives, standards normalization and acceleration and
EHR certification and tell you what you need to know as it applies to your
clinical practice.
Robert Wachter, MD, University of California, San Francisco --
Dr. Robert Wachter will highlight the current state
of the art of medical practice with respect to quality and patient safety, and
the opportunity for health IT to contribute to transformation of U.S. healthcare
delivery. In his books, Internal Bleeding: The Truth Behind America’s
Terrifying Epidemic of Medical Mistakes, and Understanding Patient
Safety, Dr. Wachter has described the many ways in which we need to improve
upon how U.S. healthcare is delivered. He is widely regarded as the founder of
the Hospitalist movement, and a leading expert in patient safety and quality:
he is the editor of the AHRQ Web M&M, a case-based patient safety journal
on the Web, and AHRQ Patient Safety Network, the leading federal patient safety
portal. Together, the sites receive over two million unique visits each year.
Kim Nazi, FACHE, PhDc,
Veterans Health Administration --
Healthcare delivery systems of the future will
require deep understanding of consumer/patient needs for engagement in their
own health and wellness, health information management, and decision support.
Patients will seek PHR systems which are personal, connected, and provide value.
They must be supportive and enabling of increasing consumerism. This bold
vision of PHR systems will be presented in the context of the transformation of
the present health care system into a more patient-centric one. Key examples to
illuminate these issues will be drawn from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
“Project Health Design.”
David Ahern, PhD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School --
Patients and providers often have radically different
ideas about the health and disease states they are working on improving
together. These differences impact communication, understanding, and healthcare
outcomes. Consideration of the cognitive models of patients and providers in
the design of health IT applications and personalized services is critical for
successful practice re-design and the effective use and application of health
IT. Theories underlying behavioral health informatics will be discussed, and
practical examples presented demonstrating their impact on EMR and PHR design
and use.
Blackford Middleton, MD, MPH, MSc, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Partners Heatlhcare, Harvard Medical School --
Dr. Middleton will address the patient safety
imperative and healthcare transformation using healthcare IT and clinical
decision support. He will discuss critical features and functions of EHRs and
PHRs; and discuss the current state of the art with respect to providing
effective clinical decision support for providers and patients using these
technologies. Notable findings from current research and examples from current
applications will be presented.
Course Objectives
- Participants
will gain current, state-of-the art knowledge about patient-centered
computing and eHealth.
- Participants
will be able to identify best practices and guidelines for the meaningful
use of patient-centered health IT.
- Participants
will attain a better understanding about the theoretical and practical
opportunities and challenges in implementing and utilizing
patient-centered eHealth applications.
- Participants
will learn how to effectively use and/or implement the following eHealth
technologies: EHRs, PHRs, and clinical decision support.
- Participants
will attain practical understanding of the issues surrounding healthcare
information exchange, and data reuse for public health and community
wellness.
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