E-health and Health Information Technology (HIT) to Improve
Children’s Health
Information and communications technologies are significantly
changing health care in the United States. Yet, as this electronic
revolution accelerates there has been virtually no public discussion
about how HIT could improve care for the nation's children. At this time
of technological innovation and while significant public and private
dollars are being invested, it is crucial to ensure that
children’s needs are considered.
The Children's Partnership has initiated this E-health and HIT
program, which includes research, community-based demonstrations, and
policy development and advocacy. The program aims to determine how HIT
can promote wellness through access to coordinated, quality,
preventative, and child-centered care.
Program Elements:
Technology-Enabled Innovations for Improving Children's Health
This research and policy initiative, a joint project of The
Children's Partnership and the Public Health Institute/Health Technology
Center (HealthTech), provides the background and technology forecasting
needed to ensure that emerging technologies in healthcare will
adequately benefit children. Based on extensive research into the most
promising technologies, the project developed state-level policy
recommendations which have been incorporated into TCP’s subsequent
work to facilitate health information technology/health information
exchange (HIT/HIE) planning and implementation at the state and national
level.
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more information and resources.
promoting the meaningful use of HIT for children
On March 12, 2010, The Children’s Partnership submitted
comments regarding the meaningful use rules proposed to guide the
Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program. Our
comments specifically address ways that the Proposed Rules should be
strengthened to bring the best results for children. Download
the letter here.
E-Health Snapshot: Federal Support for Health Information
Technology in Medicaid provides an overview of the key health
information technology (HIT) provisions in the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act (ARRA) that have direct implications for Medicaid.
On May 26, 2009, The Children's Partnership sent a letter containing
recommendations for meaninful use of health information technology (HIT)
for children to Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for
Health Information Technology at the Office of the National Coordinator
at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Download
the letter here.
Children's Health Information Technology Action Plan
Our Children's
Health Information Technology Action Plan can modernize health care
for America's children and model the effective use of these reforms to
improve the health of broader populations while building greater fiscal
efficiencies.
E-Health Snapshot: A Look at Emerging
Health Information Technology in Medicaid and SCHIP Programs is an
overview of state activity that highlights how HIT solutions in Medicaid
and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) are being used
to improve care for America's children.
E-Enrollment
E-Enrollment uses
Information and Communications Technology to make health insurance
enrollment and renewal more efficient for families and more accountable
to the public.
E-Health Snapshot: Harnessing Technology
to Improve Medicaid and SCHIP Enrollment and Retention
Practices reviews promising opportunities for improving our
public health programs through effective use of available
technology.
Modernizing
Medicaid and SCHIP So They Work Better for Children and Taxpayers: The
Case for Wise Investments in Health IT describes how Express
Lane Eligibility fits into the health information technology (HIT)
agenda.
Building
Efficient and Effective Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment Systems: Core
Requirements to Ensure the Greatest Value for Children and
Families gives states a framework for moving forward with
modernizing public program enrollment technology in a manner that
improves the consumer experience, promotes systems integration, and
complies with the Medicaid Information Technology Architecture (MITA)
Framework.
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here for more E-Enrollment information and resources.
Telehealth
Telehealth, the application of Information and Communications
Technology to provide health care at a distance, is becoming a vital
tool in meeting the health care needs of low-income and underserved
children.
School-Based Telehealth: An Innovative Approach to Meet
the Health Care Needs of California Children outlines how
telehealth—the use of technology to provide health services at a
distance—in schools is emerging as a valuable way to complement
and expand the capacity of schools to meet the health care needs of
children, particularly those who are low-income and living in medically
underserved areas.
Meeting the Health Care Needs of California's Children:
The Role of Telemedicine describes how telemedicine, the
application of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to
provide health care services at a distance is used to improve the health
of California's children, especially those who are low-income or living
in medically underserved areas.
Download Meeting the Health Care Needs of
California Children in Schools and Child Care: Telemedicine Can
Help to learn how telemedicine can help California schools and
child care centers meet the health care needs of the children and
communities they serve.
Electronic record systems
Electronic Record Systems -- electronic health records, personal
health records, and similar technology solutions that facilitate the
management, sharing, and use of information -- can help providers
coordinate care and improve their ability to deliver appropriate,
cost-effective services in a manner that optimizes the health of the
child.
Improving
Health Outcomes for Children in Foster Care: The Role of Electronic
Record Systems describes how such systems can benefit children in
foster care, highlighting early results, lessons learned, and
recommendations from state and local efforts.
Electronic
Information Exchange for Children in Foster Care: A Roadmap to Improved
Outcomes describes how information technology and the electronic
exchange of information can be used as a powerful tool to improve the
coordination of care and provision of services for children living in
foster care in California.
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