by Strategic Interests News | May 3, 2016 | Population Health
Event Date: May 12, 2016
Population health addresses the health status and health issues of groups of people or populations. It brings significant health concerns into focus and addresses ways in which communities, healthcare providers, and public health organizations can allocate resources to overcome the problems that drive poor health conditions in the population, e.g. diabetes, obesity, autism, heart disease, etc.
Information technology is a part of the core infrastructure on which population health can be assessed and addressed. Successful population health programs utilize IT and significant change in the way providers deliver care – based on collaboration, communication, information exchange, analytics, and approaches to identify and manage gaps in care for high-risk patients.
This Digital Rochester event will provide attendees with insights into the activities and initiatives that local health systems, provider groups, and support agencies, and local and national population health solutions providers and are doing to analyze population health information to improve health outcomes in our community and nationally.
Speakers include:
Dr. Tom Mahoney, Chief Medical Officer, Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency
LaRon Rowe, Director, Information Management, Accountable Health Partners
Jaime Hayslip, Chief Information Officer, GRIPA
Jose Rosario, Sr. Director of IT and Analytics, FLPPS
Dr. Martin Lustick, Sr. Vice President and Corporate Medical Director, Excellus BCBS
Event Moderator:
Al Kinel, President, Strategic Interests LLC
Registration information: https://www.runmyclub.com/DR/eventcalendar.asp?id=209111
by Strategic Interests News | Sep 26, 2015 | HIT Strategy
“The only way for health IT to achieve its full potential, is when it unobstrusively supports individuals as they strive to reach their full potential for health.”
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has finalized the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan for the next five years (2015-2020) and explains how the federal government intends to apply the effective use of information and technology to help the nation achieve its health care goals. The plan focuses on how to advance health information technology innovation and its use.
In an aim to modernize the U.S. health IT infrastructure, the expectation is for individuals, providers, and communities to use HIT to help achieve their health and wellness goals, while maintaining the individual person as the hub of the process.
There are four main areas of focus to the plan:
High-quality care
Lower costs
Healthy Population
Engaged People
The strategic goals to be achieved:
1. Advance Person-Centered and Self-Managed Health
2. Transform Health Care Delivery and Community Health
3. Foster Research, Scientific Knowledge, and Innovation
4. Enhance Nation’s Health IT Infrastructure
Overarching is that the “person” is to be at the center. This is indeed a shift from prior strategies when the goal was simply to make sure information was available. Now, the recommendation is to have a broader view of the health care delivery system as well as stressing scientific advancements and improvements in public health.
The structure of the plan enhances the importance of patient engagement and the impact health has on the family and the community.
Adoption of health care IT, while no longer the top of the initiatives, remains ingrained in every aspect of the plan. Viewing health care with a patient-centered focus, there are urges to collaborate efforts to achieve value, respect individual preferences, create an environment of learning and improvement and encourage innovation.
Overall, this is a positive step in moving the world of health care technology from one of raw data availability to a system that actively supports health, wellness and people.
Source: ONC Federal Health IT Strategic Plan 2015 – 2020
by Strategic Interests News | Sep 21, 2015 | Consulting
If your organization is on the fence between hiring an outside expert consulting firm such as Strategic Interests or managing and implementing a project using your internal resources, here are 10 things to consider:
1. Blended, Experienced Teams — our teams have multiple fields of expertise, deployed when needed for a particular project or aspect of a project. Our consultants bring with them experience working with all different types of organizations, projects and people which helps you to see around corners, predict the pitfalls and avoid mistakes.
2. Proven Tools — using our proven methodologies, you can leverage work that has already been successfully completed for others without reinventing the systems, processes and tools for the job.
3. Speed — there’s no need to pull your best people from the work they are already doing to keep your company moving forward. New employees can take months to get fully trained and comfortable with their positions. We can supplement your business as usual and keep you on track while ensuring fast deployment of your new goals — and we’re ready now!
4. Independent Objectivity — Strategic Interests has the ability to view your organization from 10,000 feet. We can see what internal teams with boots on the ground might miss on a daily basis and offer intelligent advice to improve and streamline your objectives without the internal politics that might interfere with progress.
5. New eyes — Albert Einstein said it is impossible to solve problems with the same thinking that created them. We look at your company, problems and projects with a fresh perspective and provide clarity and new thinking that leads to creative decision making.
6. Staff Cost Savings — the real cost of an employee is 1.5x – 3x their actual salary. You can hire Strategic Interests only for the hours you need without the additional HR costs like recruitment, salaries, benefits, vacations, sick time, and long-term contracts. Using our firm, you can avoid unnecessary expenses and the prospect of layoffs at the end of a project.
7. Best practices — working with multiple clients, we bring the knowledge of the best in your industry and help you assimilate these processes. We have industry relationships that we can use to make introductions, forge collaborations and negotiate cooperative alliances. We can help you uncover new opportunities, evaluate new lines of business and guide your entry into new verticals.
8. Training Augmentation — what good is new technology or processes if your staff cannot operate them? We have the experience in effective training and implementation strategies to ensure you make the most of new systems, processes and technology.
9. Gain Alignment — nothing is more efficient as when everyone is on the same page working for the same goal. We help leadership and staff understand what needs to be done and why so the entire organization can function like a well-oiled machine.
10. Change Management — we understand that change is difficult but our team has experience in effectively catalyzing change in a positive, effective and exciting way.
Strategic Interests can be a valuable member of your team to help drive and facilitate new endeavors, manage costs and uncover new opportunities. Contact us today and let’s discuss how we can work together to achieve the best results.
by Strategic Interests News | Sep 15, 2015 | DSRIP
On October 8, 2015, Strategic Interests president Al Kinel is scheduled to speak at a Digital Rochester/HIMSS partnered educational event. Per the NYS Department of Health, DSRIP´s purpose is to fundamentally restructure the health care delivery system by reinvesting in the Medicaid program, with the primary goal of reducing avoidable hospital use by 25% over 5 years. Up to $6.42 billion dollars are allocated to this program with payouts based upon achieving predefined results in system transformation, clinical management and population health. Many of the projects in the DSRIP program require subtantial technology initiatives around analytics/reporting, interoperability, and infrastructure.
Join us and learn about the IT initiatives required to support this transformation and what is being done in the Rochester and Western NY area to facilities the technological requirements.
Speakers include:
Chris Bell, Sr. Project Manager, Finger Lakes Performing Provider System
Al Kinel, President, Strategic Interests
Denise DiNoto, Director of Community Services, Rochester RHIO
Jose Rosario, Director of IT & Analytics, Finger Lakes Performing Provider System
When: Thursday, October 8, 2015
Time: 7:30 AM
Where: Locust Hill Country Club
2000 Jefferson Rd, Pittsford, NY 14534
Admission: $20 for DR Members, $35 for Non Members.
Promo Codes: Not-for-Profit Attendees, use promo code NFP2015
Register or get more information here
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