Health information technology holds the promise of helping us to improve the quality and efficiency of care. This webinar will focus on our recent report “Results from the 2010-11 Readiness for Meaningful Use of HIT and Patient Centered Medical Home Recognition Survey.”  (November 3, 2011)

Dr. David Hartzband, RCHN CHF’s Director of Technology Research, will participate in an expert panel on the topic of “Unlocking the Value of Health Data: Transforming Care Using Information Securely to Improve Efficiency and Quality, Advance Biomedical and Health Systems Research, and Promote Population-health.

RCHN Community Health Foundation is a sponsor of National Health IT Week, September 12-16, 2011. Joining with other organization ns across the county, RCHN CHF will recognize the important role health information technology plays in advancing quality and improving healthcare delivery.

RCHN CHF co-sponsors the kick-off to National Health IT Week at the annual HIT Technology Showcase and Panel Discussion, part of the Capitol Hill “Steering Committee on Telehealth and Healthcare Informatics.”

National Health Center Week (NCHW), August 7-13, 2011 recognizes the significant contributions of our nation’s community health centers over 45 years, and the role they play in providing affordable, high quality, cost-effective health care to all people, regardless of ability to pay.

Panelists Dr. Peter Shin and Katherine Hayes  discuss the impact of potential funding reductions to community health centers and the patients and communities they serve, and also review findings from the recent report “Who Are the Health Center Patients Who Risk Losing Care Under the House of Representatives’ Proposed FY 2011 Spending Reductions?,” the federal …