In an effort to help Maine physicians and other providers adopt and use electronic health records (EHRs) to improve care, the federal government is offering incentive payments and assistance for "meaningful use" of EHRs.  HealthInfoNet, Maine’s health information exchange, serves as the federally-recognized “Regional Extension Center” to support providers in this effort.  In their role as the Maine Regional Extension Center (MEREC), HealthInfoNet offers assistance to primary care physician practices to select, adopt, and use EHRs to improve patient care.

Quality Counts works with the MEREC to align EHR adoption with quality measurement and improvement, and will promote the sharing and exchange of best practices through its statewide learning community. This webinar is the first in a set of educational opportunities that will be made available to provider practices to promote understanding of federal meaningful use regulations and reporting requirements, and to successfully achieve meaningful use.

Speakers:

Lisa Letourneau, MD, MPH, with guest speaker Shaun Alfreds, Chief Operating Officer, Regional Extension Center, HealthInfoNet

Register for this webinar on September 2nd or September 7th.

The presentation from this session is available for download at Getting to Meaningful Improvement (slides).