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An Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform Event

Advancing the Adoption of Health Information Technology to Improve Quality and Value in Health Care

Health Care, Information Technology


Event Summary

Increasing the adoption of health information technology (IT) has the potential to not only improve quality of care, but also change the way health care is delivered. What's more, the use of value cases could drive practical, relevant use of health IT on a faster track, ultimately helping improve the quality of health care. On Nov. 24, Mark McClellan, Carolyn Clancy and other distinguished experts addressed current opportunities to accelerate the adoption and integration of health IT, with an emphasis on how it can lead to higher quality care at lower costs.

Event Information

When

Monday, November 24, 2008
1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Where

Saul/Zilkha Room
The Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC
Map

Contact: Brynn Barnett, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform

E-mail: engelbergevents@brookings.edu

Phone: 202.797.6140

The first panel explored how successful health IT adoption within geographic regions is allowing for the measurement of key outcomes. The many opportunities for enhancing current claims-based measurement approaches with clinical data was the focus of the second panel. And the final discussion focused on previously identified examples and suggested pathways for greater adoption of health information technology, as well as recommendations for advancing health IT adoption through value cases.

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Event Audio:

Download the event welcome and introduction » (mp3)
Download the update from Carolyn Clancy »  (mp3)
Download panel one » (mp3)
Download panel two » (mp3)
Download panel three » (mp3)
Download the concluding remarks » (mp3)
 

Participants

Welcome and Introduction

Mark B. McClellan

Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform

Update: American Health Information Community (AHIC) Quality Work Group

Carolyn Clancy

Director, Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality

Panel One: How Regional Efforts to Adopt Health IT are Providing Opportunities for Better Quality Measurement

Micki Tripathi

Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative

Marc Overhage

Indiana Health Information Exchange

Lori Evans

New York Department of Health

Carol Diamond

Markle Foundation

Panel Two: Using Health IT to Enhance the Quality Measurement and Reporting Infrastructure

Jack Lewin

American College of Cardiology

Lee Newcomer

UnitedHealthCare

Paul Tang

Palo Alto Medical Group

Panel Three: “Value Cases” and the Path Toward Greater Adoption of Health IT

Kevin Hutchinson

Prematics

John Glaser

Partners Healthcare

Steven Findlay

Consumer’s Union

Concluding Remarks and Next Steps

Mark B. McClellan

Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform


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