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Survey to look at health IT’s impact on case managers
Think of the health IT transition, and you’re likely to think first of physicians and patients.
But what about case managers, the people who are increasingly involved in coordinating the increasingly collaborative process of providing care? How is the move to health IT impacting them?
With the goal of getting some answers to that question, the Case Management Society of America (CMSA) and several co-sponsors recently announced the release of the third bi-annual Health Information Technology (IT) Survey. The primary goal of the survey is to better understand how various health IT applications are impacting the care management field. The survey is open to case managers and other health care professionals to complete by July 14, 2012.
The survey is co-sponsored by the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians (ABQAURP), Schooner Healthcare Services (SHS), and TCS Healthcare Technologies (TCS).
In a release accompanying the announcement, Cheri Lattimer, RN, CMSA’s executive director, said “Although the practice of nursing and medicine has been transformed with the advent and adoption of electronics and computers, the application of health IT systems as a tool to support care management is still evolving. As a result, leveraging technology to improve medical management intervention strategies should remain a high priority in terms of both public health and reduced medical costs.”
The 2012 Health IT Survey aims to:
* Review interoperability and integration interfaces;
* Identify existing and future communication links;
* Highlight data reporting and predictive modeling capabilities;
* Spotlight user satisfaction ratings for key software applications;
* Track consumer and provider access to health information;
* Report on emerging transitions of care and readmission prevention programs; and
* Discuss the future impact of health IT systems on the practice of case management.
According to Rob Pock, TCS founder and CEO, “A core objective of the survey is to assess how health information systems are impacting on case management software applications and related IT functions.”
More information can be found here.
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