NYC DOH PCIP NYC REACH Public Events Calendar

Here is the link for the calendar of events.

Current topics include:

Case for conversion to EHRs and PCMH

How NYC REACH can assist practices achieve Meaningful Use

Calendar

NYC DOH PCIP EHR Open House Feb 11

NYC DOH PCIP EHR Open House Feb 11, 2010

Transform your Practice with a Subsidized EHR

Learn the ins and outs of Electronic Health Records at an EHR
Open House, hosted by the NYC Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene.
Providers will meet the Primary Care Information Project team
and hear how to switch from paper records to secure Electronic
Health Records. Presentations will cover how to use an EHR to
improve patient care, meet federal incentive payment
requirements, and protect sensitive patient data. You will also
learn how to get an EHR at a substantial discount through our
limited incentive program.

Meet One on One With:
 EHR trainers
 Billing/coding instructors
 NYC Business Solutions: Help with financial and staffing
resources
 Providers who have implemented an EHR


http://nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/pcip/janfeb.pdf

NYC DOH PCIP and ECW NY Times

The NYC DOH PCIP and eCW were featured in the NY Times this week.
Cudos to Dr.Harvey Benovitz and Dr. Nicholas Gianoukakis for helping blaze the trail in New York City. The City's promotion of health information technology will help make the Patient Centered Medical Home Model accessable to millions of New Yorkers. SV



NY Times 12302008

NYC PCIP

PCIP NYC eCW User Conference 2009

Here is an invitation from the NYC PCIP Team.
The target audience consists of PCIP docs and other NYC eCW docs, office staff, and other PCIP partners.

SV

Dear Primary Care Information Project Partner,


Mark your calendars! The Primary Care Information Project and eClinicalWorks are very excited to announce that the first NYC eCW User Conference will be held on Friday, March 20th, 2009 at the New York Academy of Medicine.



We are planning an exciting agenda filled with presentations, trainings, and interactive discussions on a variety of topics, including: Best Practices in Coding & Documentation, Advance Your Usage of the EMR Training, Keys to a Successful eCW Implementation, specialty focus groups, and much more. Participants will also have the opportunity to learn about new PCIP programs, meet industry thought leaders, participate in free eClinicalWorks trouble-shooting, and network with hundreds of eClinicalWorks users in New York City.



Please stay tuned for registration information, and make sure to reserve your spot as soon as possible for early bird pricing ($50/participant, $250 for up to 10 participants, $450 for up to 20 participants).

We look forward to seeing you next spring!


Happy holidays,


The PCIP Team

NYC PCIP

Click here for registration form

Mayor Bloomberg visits eCW medical practice

Both the doctor and the software were a big hit.
Congratulations to Dr Sumir Sahgal of Essen Medical Associates 2015 Grand Concourse Bronx, NY. SV

NY Times

GHI HIP NYCDOHMH Seminar on applying for EHR funding

The November 9th, 2007 deadline for receiving city funds for an EHR is fast approaching. SV

Find out how you may receive city funds to improve administrative efficiences and reduce the day-to-day cost of running your practice with an Electronic Health Records system.

Featured Speakers

Mat Kendall, Director of Operations, PCIP NYCDOH
Sidd Shah, Project Director eClinicalWorks

Date
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
6-8:30 PM, Buffet Dinner provided

Location

HIP Health Plan of New York
55 Water Street, third floor
NY NY 10041

Call 1.866.447.9717, option 5 to register

NYC HEAL 5 Grant Category III: Pilot Implementations of Community-wide Interoperable EHRs

If you or a peer practice in NYC, this can be an excellent opportunity.
Please share this with information with others. SV

Background
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH)’s Primary Care Information Project (PCIP) is dedicated to improving the quality, safety, and efficiency of health care for Medicaid recipients and other underserved populations in New York City through the adoption and use of electronic health records (EHRs).

As part of a Mayoral initiative, the DOHMH has received $30 million from New York City, to support over 1,300 primary care providers to adopt an EHR that is designed to foster community health. To be eligible to participate in this element of the project, a provider must either practice in a District Public Health Office (DPHO) area, or care for a population where at least 30% of their patients are on Medicaid/Child health plus or are uninsured. These eligible providers will receive assistance that will allow them to implement the Take Care New York (TCNY) version of eClinicalWorks (eCW) EHR that contains special functionalities developed by the DOHMH that are designed to assist providers to deliver high quality preventative health care.

The DOHMH has secured additional external support to enhance the project and expand its eligibility criteria. It received a $3.2 million HEAL I, that will allow 29 NYC Community Health Centers (CHCs), comprised of 648 providers at more than 150 locations, to adopt an interoperable EHR system with public health functionality. It has received a $3 million Center of Excellence grant in public health informatics that it is using to research the optimal ways that EHRs can be used to support public health goals, such as improved population health. Finally, it has received a grant from the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) to evaluate the project and disseminate its findings nationally.

HEAL V Goal
To assist over 650 primary care providers operating in the NYC community, who currently aren’t eligible for the mayoral funded program, to adopt an EHR that will allow them to improve the quality of care they deliver to their entire patient population.

Plan of Action
In HEAL NY Phase 5, DOHMH will serve as the lead applicant, or CHITA, to contract with New York State. This proposal will specifically extend the EHR to 665 providers, who aren’t eligible for the mayoral support project (i.e., do not care for a population where at least 30% of patients are on Medicaid/Child health plus or are uninsured), but who serve Medicaid beneficiaries and are interested in adopting a public health focused EHR including. Specialists would fall to hospitals or pay their own way. Non-eligible providers include:
a) Physician practices and ambulatory care clinicians in solo and small physician offices;
b) General hospital(s) with clinical affiliation to CHITA clinicians
c) Diagnostic and treatment centers and facilities
All providers participating in the project will receive the TCNY eCW EHR system that will contain decision support tools such as point-of-care reminders that incorporate clinical guidelines and specific public health indicators developed by the DOHMH and interfaces with DOHMH information systems such as the Citywide Immunization Registry. Using its existing contract, DOHMH will propose to use HEAL NY funds to purchase the licenses, implementation and support services, necessary to assist primary care providers to adopt the TCNY eCW EHR system, which is valued at approximately $12,000 per provider full time equivalent (FTE). Each provider FTE, however, will be expected to contribute $4,000 to a shared technical assistance pool and document at least $8,000 in in-kind contributions, which can include the purchase of new information technology hardware and lost productivity due to training and go-live scheduling.

Providers that are interested in participating in the project must complete an application (attached), a HEAL NY letter of intent and financial commitment form and return it to DOHMH by Friday November 9th, 2007. Completed documents should be sent via fax to (212) 788-3240 and via email to pcip@health.nyc.gov. Questions should be sent to Mat Kendall, PCIP Director of Operations mkendall@health.nyc.gov or Reena Samantaray, PCIP Outreach Coordinator rsamanta@health.nyc.gov (212) 341-2263