243649 Pacific Innovation Collaborative (PIC) Dashboard: Using a regional Health Information Exchange to monitor patient health in Hawaii and Washington states

Wednesday, November 2, 2011: 10:50 AM

Heather Law, MA , Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations, Oakland, CA
Rosy Chang Weir, PhD , Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations, Oakland, CA
Michelle Valle-Perez, MA , Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations, Oakland, CA
Jeffrey Caballero, MPH , Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations, Oakland, CA
  
     
The Pacific Innovation Collaborative (PIC) Health Information Technology Network is a collaboration between the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO), eight Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), and two health plans in Hawaii and Washington states. The intent of this network is to utilize the technology established at FQHCs to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of healthcare to the low-income, high risk and often underserved patient populations they serve. The Pacific Innovation Collaborative (PIC) Dashboard is a user-friendly summary report of patient data for health centers and includes the following measures: childhood immunization, diabetes, primary care visits, ER visits, and well-child visits. These measures are tracked through a combination of claims, practice management system, and electronic health record data. A regional Health Information Exchange (HIE), such as the PIC Dashboard, can be used by managerial and quality assurance staff at FQHCs in different states to monitor, analyze, and improve patient health outcomes.

Learning Areas:
Administration, management, leadership
Communication and informatics

Learning Objectives:
1. Assess how a regional HIE can be used by FQHC staff in different states to monitor and analyze patient health outcomes 2. Explain how the technology at FQHCs can be used for quality assurance and cost-effectiveness

Keywords: Health Information Systems, Information Technology

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I conducted the research listed in the abstract. My education includes a MA in Asian American Studies and graduate-level training in Medical Sociology.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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