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Health IT:Meaningful Transitions
David R. Hunt, MD, FACSChief Medical Officer and Acting Director, OHITA
Office of the National Coordinator for HIT
tran·si´tionn. [L. transitio a pasing over]
1. a passing from one condition , form, stage, activity, place, etc. to another
2. the period when this occurs
3. a word, phrase, sentence or group of sentences that relates a preceding topic with a succeeding one.
Medicine used to be simple, ineffective and relatively
safe.
Now it is complex, effective and potentially dangerous.
The role and education of doctors in the delivery of healthcare.Hollister Lecture delivered at the Institute of Health Services Research, Northwestern
University, Illinois, USA. October 1998. Lancet 1999;353:1178–81.
Sir Cyril Chantler
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Take Home Messages
• Meaningful change must be led by clinicians
• Meaningful success is wholly dependent on partnership
• Transition requires a system, resources, and courage
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Time
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Energy of Activation for a Reaction (Ea)
Ea without catalyst
Ea with catalyst
Energy Released by
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Energy of Activation for a Reaction (Ea)
Without Recovery Act
WithRecovery Act
Efficiencyand
QualityCare
Payer
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Small Practices (<5 docs)
42%
21%
37%
Medium Practices (> 6-10 docs)
Large Practices (> 11 docs)EHR Adoption by Practice Size
DesRoches, V, et. al.; Electronic Health Records in Ambulatory Care — A National Survey of Physicians N Engl J Med July 2008;359:50-60.
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Change is Underway: Drivers of Health IT Adoption
Industry Leadership
Rising HealthCare Costs
PoliticalLeadership
Declining Efficiency
Drivers of Health Information Technology Drivers of Health Information Technology
Clinical Leadership
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This Act may be cited as the “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009”.
(1) ensures that each patient's health information is secure …
(2) improves health care quality, reduces medical errors, reduces health disparities…
(3) reduces health care costs …
(4) provides appropriate information…
(5) ensures the inclusion of meaningful public input…
(6) improves the coordination of care…
(7) improves public health activities…
(8) facilitates health and clinical research and health care quality ;…”
Section 3001: The National Coordinator shall develop infrastructure that …
improve, ensure, reduce, protect, facilitate, promote, improve…(9) promotes early detection, prevention, and management of chronic diseases;
(10) promotes a more effective marketplace, greater competition, greater systems analysis, increased consumer choice, and improved outcomes in health care services; and
(11) improves efforts to reduce health disparities.
Cont’d…
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66%
50%
54%
44%
41%
39%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Capacity to select contract, install, implement
Transition productivity loss
Concerns about system obsolescence
Finding an EHR to meet needs
Uncertainty of return on investment (ROI)
Amount of capital needed
Major Barriers to Adoption of Electronic Health Records
DesRoches, V, et. al.; Electronic Health Records in Ambulatory Care — A National Survey of Physicians N Engl J Med July 2008;359:50-60.
“And I realize today that if your vision is your vision, that and a quarter gets you a cup of coffee. But if you can make your vision your customer's vision, then you have a business.”
Washington PostJanuary 9, 2002
Michael Saylor, CEO Microstrategy
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Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Maslow, Abraham (1954). Motivation and Personality.New York:. Harper. p. 236
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Health IT Hierarchy of Implementation
Principles, Policies, Procedures, Protections
Functional, Useable, Secure, Interoperable, Reliable
Business Case for Multiple Entities, Proven Return on Investment, Financial and
Non-Financial Support
Value, Education, Outreach
Health Information Exchange,
e.g. Research and Public
Health Public Good
Patient/Provider Engagement
Payments & ResourcesPayments & Resources
Products
Privacy
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66%
50%
54%
44%
41%
39%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Capacity to select contract, install, implement
Transition productivity loss
Concerns about system obsolescence
Finding an EHR to meet needs
Uncertainty of return on investment (ROI)
Amount of capital needed
Major Barriers to Adoption of Electronic Health Records
DesRoches, V, et. al.; Electronic Health Records in Ambulatory Care — A National Survey of Physicians N Engl J Med July 2008;359:50-60.
“…reckoning that all such matters should be kept secret…”
Privacy
Hippocrates
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Principles, Policies, Procedures, ProtectionsPrivacy
Iago: Who steals my purse steals trash; ’t is something, nothing;
’T was mine, ’t is his, and has been slave to thousands;
But he that filches from me my good name…
…And makes me poor indeed.
Othello. Act iii. Sc. 3
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54% Finding an EHR to meet needs
44% Concerns of obsolescence
39% Capacity to implement
SEC. 3012. HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION ASSISTANCE.
(a) Health Information Technology Extension Program- To assist health care providers to adopt, implement, and effectively
use certified EHR technology that allows for the electronic exchange and use of health information…
(c) Health Information Technology Regional Extension Centers-
(1) IN GENERAL- The Secretary shall provide assistance for the creation and support of regional centers (in this subsection referred to as `regional centers') to provide technical assistance and disseminate best practices and other information learned from the
41% Transition productivity loss
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54% Finding an EHR to meet needs
44% Concerns of obsolescence
39% Capacity to implement
SEC. 3016. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS IN HEALTH CARE .
(a) In General- The Secretary, … shall provide assistance to institutions of higher education (or consortia thereof) to establish or expand medical health informatics education programs, including certification, undergraduate, and masters degree programs, for both health care and information technology students to ensure the rapid and effective utilization and development of health information technologies (in the United States health care infrastructure).
41% Transition productivity loss
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“No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he only had good intentions. He had money as well.”
Margaret Thatcher
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66% Amount of capital needed 50% Uncertainty of ROI
SEC. 4101. INCENTIVES FOR ELIGIBLE PROFESSIONALS.
(a) INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.—Section 1848 of the Social SecurityAct (42 U.S.C. 1395w–4) is amended …
(o) INCENTIVES FOR ADOPTION AND MEANINGFUL USE OF CERTIFIED EHR TECHNOLOGY.—
(i)… with respect to covered professional services furnished by an eligible professional during a payment year (as defined in subparagraph (E)), if the eligible professional is a meaningful EHR user
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(a) (2) (A) (i) MEANINGFUL USE OF CERTIFIED EHR TECHNOLOGY- The eligible professional demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary, in accordance with subparagraph (C)(i), that during such period the professional is using certified EHR technology in a meaningful manner, which shall include the use of electronic prescribing as determined to be appropriate by the Secretary
SEC. 4101. INCENTIVES FOR ELIGIBLE
PROFESSIONALS
66% Amount of capital needed 50% Uncertainty of ROI
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(a) (2) (A) (ii) INFORMATION EXCHANGE- The eligible professional demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary, … the electronic exchange of health information to improve the quality of health care, such as promoting care coordination.
66% Amount of capital needed 50% Uncertainty of ROI
Value, Education, Outreach
SEC. 4101. INCENTIVES FOR ELIGIBLE
PROFESSIONALS
Health Informati
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(a) (2) (A) (iii) REPORTING ON MEASURES USING EHR- … in a form and manner specified by the Secretary, on such clinical quality measures and such other measures as selected by the Secretary …
66% Amount of capital needed 50% Uncertainty of ROI
Value, Education, Outreach
SEC. 4101. INCENTIVES FOR ELIGIBLE
PROFESSIONALS
Health Informati
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P. Breughel, the Elder, “Turmbau zu Babel,” 1563Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Tower of Babel
May you find what you are looking for
May you come to the attention of those in authority
May you live in interesting times _________
Proverb, Parable, Allegory, or News?