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Report: Advanced Use of EHRs, HIE Essential for Successful ACO

Advanced use of an electronic health record system and an implementation  strategy for health information exchange are essential to building a successful  accountable care organization, according to a report released last week by the Commonwealth  Fund, EHR Intelligence reports (Murphy, EHR  Intelligence, 12/17).

Methodology

For the report, researchers analyzed 59 health systems of different sizes,  characteristics and locations.

To address a lack of data on readiness to implement ACOs, researchers  developed a “capabilities framework” tool that included components such as  population health data management (Manos, Healthcare IT News, 12/17).

Report Findings

According to the report, “[d]evelopment of underlying information technology  was found to be [an] element necessary for accountable care.”

It added, “This technology goes beyond electronic health records and health  information exchanges and enables the integration of disparate data, analysis of  data across a patient population, stratification of financial and clinical risk  in the population, and measurement of the impact of targeted interventions.”

The report found than an IT infrastructure “that can support data mining is  key, as monitoring a patient population’s health care quality, spending and  utilization is fundamental to operating an ACO effectively.”

According to the report, financial resources to invest in such an IT  infrastructure are essential (Hall, FierceHealthIT, 12/18).

The report added that since few organizations across the U.S. have achieved  advanced use of EHRs and health data exchange, it is too soon to predict where  the technology will reduce costs and improve care (EHR Intelligence,  12/17).

Source: iHealthBeat

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