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