Transcript SE MINNESOTA BEACON PROGRAM: Building

SE MINNESOTA BEACON
PROGRAM:
Building Technology Capacity to
Improve Health
SE MINNESOTA
BEACON PROGRAM
Building Capacity Through Technology
to Improve Health
 What is the Beacon Program?
 Why is this important to SE MN Counties?
 The role for LHD’s in the Beacon Program
 Partnership with SE MN healthcare
providers
 Engaging SE Minnesota School Districts
15 Beacon Communities
Demonstrate a vision
of the future where:
 Hospitals, clinicians,
& patients are
meaningful users of
health IT
Extend advanced health IT &
exchange infrastructure
Leverage data to inform specific
delivery system & payment strategies
 Communities achieve
measurable &
sustainable
improvements in
health care quality,
safety, efficiency, and
population health
Beacon Grant for SE MN
Vision
SE MN community will embrace standards
based health information exchange to
improve access, quality and efficiency of
health care delivery
SE MN BEACON PROGRAM
A partnership with local public health and
health care providers in SE Minnesota
 Mayo Clinic: 1 of 17 Beacon Grant
recipients nationwide through 2013
 Opportunity to enhance communication
and coordination between LPH and SE
MN healthcare systems
 2 demonstration projects in SE MN:
childhood asthma and adult diabetes
ASTHMA AND DIABETES
PROJECTS: BEACON GOALS
 Laying the groundwork for better use of
health information to improve health
 Demonstrate secure, confidential health
information exchange between parties
authorized by the patient
 Reduce inappropriate healthcare utilization
and cost
 Improve the ability of individuals to follow
through on disease treatment plans
WHY IS BEACON PROPGRAM
IMPORTANT TO OUR COUNTY?
 $ 1.7 million investment in PH-Doc, user owned
and designed local public health software
operating in all 11 SE MN local public health
departments
 Lays the groundwork for better data about the
health status of our community
 Increases LPH infrastructure for more effective
secure data exchange i.e. communicable
diseases
 Addresses two local public health
responsibilities of Community Health Boards
LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH
RESPONSIBILITIES IN MINNESOTA
 Promote healthy communities & healthy
behaviors
 Prevent the spread of infectious disease
 Prepare for and respond to disasters
 Protect against environmental health
hazards
 Assure the quality and accessibility of
health services
 Assure an adequate local public health
infrastructure
ROLE FOR SE MN
LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH
 Integrate PH-Doc IT enhancements in
departments through training and
practice
 Coordinate with local healthcare
providers in engaging school districts
to participate in Beacon Program
 Develop capacity for health
information exchange
PARTNERSHIP WITH SE MINNESOTA
HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS
Beacon Program lays the groundwork for
secure health information exchange
between local public health departments
and other stakeholders:
 Health care providers
 Other public health entities: state and
local
 School districts
ENGAGING SCHOOLS
Local public health departments
working with local healthcare providers
to engage schools in assuring that
children with asthma have best
possible outcomes:
“Healthy Students are Better Learners”
PARTICIPATION IN
BEACON PROGRAM
 January 2010 - Eleven SE Minnesota
County Boards supported participation in
the Beacon Communities Program
 September 2010 - Next steps involve:
 Incorporating IT improvements
 Partnering with healthcare providers
in outreach to SE Minnesota school
districts
BEACON BENEFITS
 The next step in secure health
information exchange
 More effective communication and
data exchange between healthcare
and local government about
population health issues
 Regional advancement in healthcare
BEACON WEBSITE
www.semnbeacon.org
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