Description

Health information technology (HIT) presents new opportunities to address public and community health priorities in a timely and proactive fashion. Health centers can partner with public health agencies at the local, state and national levels and engage technical expertise in the field to pilot innovative approaches for the benefit of community health. This session will highlight real-world examples of innovative technologies health centers are employing at point of care with a focus on lead hazard in children, electronic case reporting for sexually transmitted infections, creating data infrastructure to capture hepatitis C care cascades, and adoption of sharable clinical decision support artifacts.

Moderator(s):

• Timothy Long, MD, Chief Clinical Officer, AllianceChicago

Speaker(s):

• Andrew Hamilton, RN, BSN, MS, Chief Informatics Officer/Deputy Director, AllianceChicago
• Nivedita Mohanty, MD, Chief Research Officer and Director of Evidence-Based Practice, AllianceChicago
• Chris Grasso, Associate Vice President, Informatics and Data Services, The Fenway Institute
• Ned Mossman, MPH, Program Manager, Value-Based Care and Social Determinants of Health, OCHIN, Inc.
• Febe Wallace, MD, FAAP, Director, Primary Care Service, Cherokee Health Systems