Session #: 81718-xh
Presenter(s): Fred Richards
Session Length: 1hr. 40 min.
Event: 2007 HFMA Audio Webcast Date: 03-13-07
Today managing the increasing complexity of healthcare information exchange is a critical issue for all participants in the US health care system; providers, payers, patients or support agencies. Building a financially successful RHIO is a step by step process beginning with the community being willing to share information. Learn about the "best practices" available now that support the growth of RHIOs through better management of data and revenue.
Regional Health Information Organizations have emerged as a strategy for enabling healthcare providers to share critical information electronically thus creating a clinical communication system to improve patient safety. However, beyond ease in clinical data exchange, standardized information architecture must be implemented to collect and exchange administrative information that supports patient care.
This Audio Webcast will outline the best administrative and operational practices to put in place now to prepare for a seamless, cost effective evolution of healthcare data exchange. The step-by step guide to creating a successful RHIO points out philosophical as well as financial benefits and builds a foundation for a solid adaptive organization.
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