Connie/UCONN Health Webinars
Archived
June 9 2022
Making the Connection: Local & National Perspectives on Public Health Data Exchange
This is a knowledge-based activity.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will (be able to):
1. Define disease surveillance and the standards required for a robust network
2. Describe the current status of how public health data are collected and exchanged
3.Discuss lessons learned from COVID-related data exchange
4. Identify the optimal infrastructure necessary to develop a public health surveillance network
When Moments Matter: Expanding Access to Advance Care Plans
This is a knowledge-based activity.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will (be able to):
1. Define the elements and value of Advance Care Planning (ACP)
2. Identify challenges and best practices to document, access and communicate ACP across various settings
3. Discuss how a Health Information Exchange can facilitate and enhance availability of advance care planning decisions
It's My Data! How a Health Information Exchange can Facilitate Patient Engagement
This is a knowledge-based activity.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will (be able to):
1. Discuss the benefits of granting access to health data for patients and their designated surrogates and what elements are required to accomplish this
2. Describe the current status of providing patients/designated surrogates access to their health data at a national level
3. Discuss how a Health Information Exchange can facilitate the safe and effective implementation of patient-facing data sharing
How Image Sharing Can Add Value to a Health Information Exchange
This is a knowledge-based activity.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will (be able to):
1. Discuss the benefits of medical image sharing for patients and providers
2. Discuss the additional value that medical image sharing can provide through an electronic exchange
3. Identify challenges and best practices to implement and apply medical image sharing to practice
4. Describe how a Health Information Exchange can facilitate medical image sharing in Connecticut
Patient Care Access through Electronic Referrals and Consults: Lessons Learned from Coast to Coast
This is a knowledge-based activity.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will (be able to):
1. Describe the difference between standard referrals and electronic consults (eConsults) and referrals (eReferrals).
2. Discuss the additional value that an eReferral can provide through an electronic exchange.
3. Discuss the benefits of eReferrals and eConsults for patients and providers in the context of both clinical and social care.
4. Identify challenges and best practices to implement and apply eReferrals and eConsults to practice.
5. Describe how a Health Information Exchange can facilitate eReferrals and eConsults in Connecticut.
Delivering Care Anywhere: Improving Health Outcomes Through Remote Patient Monitoring
This is a knowledge-based activity.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will (be able to):
1. Define Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) and discuss the benefits to patients and providers
2. Discuss how the collection and utilization of RPM data improves chronic condition management and health outcomes
3. Describe how to utilize health information technology to collect, exchange and analyze RPM data to support patient-centered care
4. Identify challenges and best practices to implement and apply RPM to practice
5. Describe how CT providers are utilizing RPM to better aid underserved populations
Caring for the Whole Patient: Using Health IT to Address Social Determinants of Health
This is a knowledge-based activity.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will (be able to):
1) Discuss the benefits of the collection and utilization of Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) data on improving health outcomes.
2) Describe how SDOH can help providers recognize and treat the underlying causes that impact individual and population health.
3) Identify challenges and best practices to the collection and use of SDOH data.
4) Discuss the tools and solutions available to address SDOH.
Improving the Health of Connecticut Citizens: Introducing Connie, Our State Recognized Health Information Exchange
This is a knowledge-based activity.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will (be able to):
- Describe the current ways Health Information Exchange (HIE) is occurring between clinical providers in Connecticut and its future status and direction.
- Discuss the benefits of effective HIE to various stakeholders such as patients, providers, health organizations, payers, public health and state agencies.
- Identify the current and upcoming ways Connie is implementing HIE in Connecticut
- Discuss how you and your organization can get involved in Connie, the state’s endorsed HIE
Taking the Pain Out of Pain Management Through the Optimal Use of HIT
This is a knowledge-based activity.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will (be able to):
- Define the current situation with opioid prescribing in Connecticut and regionally.
- Describe the current statutory requirements for prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) access in Connecticut funding opportunities.
- Explain the various integration methods of the PDMP into the electronic health record (EHR) and assess each method.
- Describe lessons learned through a pilot project of CDS (clinical decision support) Connect for pain management.
- Discuss the opportunities supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to deploy clinical decision support for pain management that is easier to adopt, use, and maintain.
Telehealth in the Time of COVID: Vision 2020 from National and Connecticut Perspectives
This is a knowledge-based activity.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will (be able to):
- Define the elements of telehealth
- Describe how telehealth is addressing current and future COVID-19 related primary care delivery challenges
- Explain the role of telehealth in chronic disease state management and medication reconciliation
- Identify challenges and best practices to implement and apply telehealth to practice
The State of Health Information Exchange (HIE) - Today and Tomorrow: Three New England Examples
This is a knowledge-based activity.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will (be able to):
- Define the various models of Health Information Exchange and identify which model the States of Connecticut, Maine and Rhode Island most closely resemble.
- Identify the major healthcare problems being tackled by each of the HIE’s today
- Describe how HIE’s are vital to solving current and future COVID-19 health data needs