Trends, Comments, & Opinions
Implementation of Antibiotic Stewardship Activities in Critical Access Hospitals
For U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week, Erin O’Leary along with Emily Spivak, MD, MHS, FIDSA, presented the 2019 NHSN Annual Hospital Survey results for the antibiotic stewardship program Core Element uptake. They also provided practical suggestions for enhancing stewardship activities in critical access hospitals. Arjun Srinivasan, MD, FSHEA from CDC’s Division Quality Healthcare Promotion and Natalia…
Read MoreMIDS c3 Forum
Our CMS Hospital Quality Initiatives Public Reporting Support Contract team (Chris Truman, Larissa Mennen, and Ruby Nash) were invited to present a 15-20 minute overview of the project for the MIDS c3 Forum. The team presented a program overview (including history of this task order), task order purpose and scope, primary tasks and deliverable, upcoming…
Read MoreCMA OASIS Field Test Findings
Zabrina Gonzaga co-created these three posters, accepted as part of the Academy Health Conference in June 2019, which describe the results of the Home Health CMS Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) field test conducted from 2016-2017. The PROMIS – OASIS Comparison: First Steps for Post-Acute Care Data Collection with Patient Reported Outcomes poster describes…
Read MoreHATA Educational Webinar: Slaying the Fax Machine
Liora Alschuler and Rick Geimer collaborated on a webinar for HATA focusing on the potential role of practice and document management systems in orchestrating standard electronic attachments, per the anticipated CMS NPRM.
Read MoreThe Future of Standards for Clinical Quality Measurement & Reporting
KP Sethi, Director of Information Analysis & Technology, presented on the future of quality measurement to the HL7 community at HIMSS 2019.
Read MoreLantana Webinar: C-CDA-on-FHIR
Rick Geimer, Chief Innovation Officer, presented an overview of FHIR Documents, a walkthrough of the C-CDA on FHIR implementation guide, and coverage of bi-directional C-CDA to FHIR transformations including demonstrations. Download the recording and the Q&A log for more information.
Read MoreIMPACT, Standards and Interoperability: The Road Ahead
Lantana’s Zabrina Gonzaga and Lynn Perrine presented “IMPACT, Standards and Interoperability: The Road Ahead” on Tuesday, August 25 as part of the McKnight’s Media Super Tuesday webinar series which focuses on technology in the Long Term and Post Acute Care setting.
Read MoreWebinar – CDA on FHIR: The Road Ahead
Lantana hosted a CDA on FHIR: The Road Ahead webinar on September 9, 2014. We provided an overview of each standard and the efforts to migrate or recreate CDA on a FHIR platform. Rick Geimer and Liora Alschuler discussed progress, challenges, and implementation strategies, taking questions at the end of the session from among the attendees.
Read More10th Annual Iowa eHealth Summit – Quality Reporting Under Meaningful Use Stage 2
Crystal Kallem attended the 10th Annual Iowa eHealth Summit held in Des Moines. She gave a presentation entitled Quality Reporting Under Meaningful Use Stage 2. The presentation provided an overview of quality reporting requirements under Meaningful Use Stage 2, the relationship between quality reporting and standards and guidance on how to put it all together.
Read MoreQuality Reporting Under Meaningful Use Stage 2
For WEDI’s December 12 Town Hall Webinar, Crystal Kallem presented “Quality Reporting under Meaningful Use Stage 2.” To learn more about becoming a WEDI member, please send an email to Samantha Holvey –sholvey@wedi.org.
Read MoreAmericanEHR: Making Standards Clinically Relevant
An 8 minute podcast interview with Bob Dolin, MD.
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