se minnesota beacon program: building technology capacity to improve health
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SE MINNESOTA BEACON PROGRAM: Building Technology Capacity to Improve Health. SE MINNESOTA BEACON PROGRAM. Building Capacity Through Technology to Improve Health What is the Beacon Program? Why is this important to SE MN Counties? The role for LHD’s in the Beacon Program - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
SE MINNESOTA BEACON PROGRAM:
Building Technology Capacity to Improve Health
SE MINNESOTA SE MINNESOTA BEACON PROGRAMBEACON PROGRAM
Building Capacity Through Technology
to Improve Health
What is the Beacon Program?
Why is this important to SE MN Counties?
The role for LHD’s in the Beacon Program
Partnership with SE MN healthcare providers
Engaging SE Minnesota School Districts
15 Beacon Communities15 Beacon Communities
Extend advanced health IT & exchange infrastructure
Leverage data to inform specific delivery system & payment strategies
Demonstrate a vision of the future where:
Hospitals, clinicians, & patients are meaningful users of health IT
Communities achieve measurable & sustainable improvements in health care quality, safety, efficiency, and population health
Beacon Grant for SE MN Beacon Grant for SE MN VisionVision
SE MN community will embrace standards based health information exchange to improve access, quality and efficiency of health care delivery
SE MN BEACON PROGRAMSE MN BEACON PROGRAM
A partnership with local public health and health care providers in SE Minnesota
Mayo Clinic: 1 of 17 Beacon Grant recipients nationwide through 2013
Opportunity to enhance communication and coordination between LPH and SE MN healthcare systems
2 demonstration projects in SE MN: childhood asthma and adult diabetes
ASTHMA AND DIABETES ASTHMA AND DIABETES PROJECTS: BEACON GOALSPROJECTS: BEACON GOALS Laying the groundwork for better use of
health information to improve health
Demonstrate secure, confidential health information exchange between parties authorized by the patient
Reduce inappropriate healthcare utilization and cost
Improve the ability of individuals to follow through on disease treatment plans
WHY IS BEACON PROPGRAM WHY IS BEACON PROPGRAM IMPORTANT TO OUR COUNTY?IMPORTANT TO OUR COUNTY?
$ 1.7 million investment in PH-Doc, user owned and designed local public health software operating in all 11 SE MN local public health departments
Lays the groundwork for better data about the health status of our community
Increases LPH infrastructure for more effective secure data exchange i.e. communicable diseases
Addresses two local public health responsibilities of Community Health Boards
LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSIBILITIES IN MINNESOTARESPONSIBILITIES IN MINNESOTA
Promote healthy communities & healthy behaviors
Prevent the spread of infectious disease Prepare for and respond to disasters Protect against environmental health
hazards Assure the quality and accessibility of
health services Assure an adequate local public health
infrastructure
ROLE FOR SE MN ROLE FOR SE MN LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTHLOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH
Integrate PH-Doc IT enhancements in departments through training and practice
Coordinate with local healthcare providers in engaging school districts to participate in Beacon Program
Develop capacity for health information exchange
PARTNERSHIP WITH SE MINNESOTA PARTNERSHIP WITH SE MINNESOTA HEALTHCARE PROVIDERSHEALTHCARE PROVIDERS
Beacon Program lays the groundwork for secure health information exchange between local public health departments and other stakeholders:
Health care providers
Other public health entities: state and local
School districts
ENGAGING SCHOOLSENGAGING SCHOOLS
Local public health departments working with local healthcare providers to engage schools in assuring that children with asthma have best possible outcomes:
“Healthy Students are Better Learners”
PARTICIPATION IN PARTICIPATION IN BEACON PROGRAMBEACON PROGRAM
January 2010 - Eleven SE Minnesota County Boards supported participation in the Beacon Communities Program
September 2010 - Next steps involve: Incorporating IT improvements Partnering with healthcare providers
in outreach to SE Minnesota school districts
BEACON BENEFITSBEACON BENEFITS
The next step in secure health information exchange
More effective communication and data exchange between healthcare and local government about population health issues
Regional advancement in healthcare
BEACON WEBSITEBEACON WEBSITE
www.semnbeacon.org
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