Montana Frontier Healthcare Network Cleary Waldren Lead Partner – Community Hospital of Anaconda HRSA All Grantees Meeting, September 2009

Projects of Interest Clinical Groupware, “EHR Light” –Electronic Disease Registry with CDSS –eRx –Data Reporting (i.e. PQRI) –Online Visit Notes Health Information Exchange (HIE) Web-Based Telemedicine Facilitation of Other Web-Based Services –Provider Web Sites –Secure Messaging –Personal Health Records (PHR)

Impact Clinical Groupware –Improved Outcomes! –Creates eligibility for data reporting, eRx and other performance-based incentives Health Information Exchange –Improved Outcomes! –Decreases Costs Web-Based Telemedicine –Improved Outcomes! –Cost Efficient and Affordable Model Facilitation of Other Web-Based Services –Improved Outcomes! –Community Awareness, Education, Patient-Enabled HIE

Financial Advantages Shared technology and infrastructure make HIT/HIE affordable for frontier healthcare providers Cost efficient telemedicine services increase local patient retention Shared planning to qualify for ARRA and HITECH stimulus support for HIT investment and for traditional state and federal grant support

Future Plans Network Expansion in areas of: –Membership –Technology –Services

Advice Achieve meaningful operational consensus among administrative and clinical personnel, including defined implementation plans Be aware of rapidly evolving federal definitions pertaining to stimulus funding and technical standards when adopting new HIT