Innovations in Health Reform Updates - The Children's Partnership

Maximizing the Value of HIT to Improve the Health of Children: A Guide for Consumer Engagement

By Beth Morrow | September 2011

consumer_engagement_thumb The Children's Partnership has developed a guide to maximize HIT's ability to engage child and parent consumers in their own health by improving access to and use of their electronic health information. When designed with children and parents in mind, HIT can connect, inform, empower, and protect -- four guide posts to effective engagement of this critical consumer segment.

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Terms:Beth Morrow, Consumer Engagement, Health , Health IT, HIT

New Resources on Consumer Engagement Through Health IT

Health Reform Enrollment September 2011 Update

Maximizing the Value of HIT to Improve the Health of Children: A Guide for Consumer Engagement.

Terms:Family-Friendly Enrollment, Health IT, Health Reform Update, HIT

Explaining Health Reform: Uses of Express Lane Strategies to Promote Participation in Coverage

By Beth Morrow | July 2011

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Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), millions of uninsured adults and children will gain eligibility for Medicaid or health coverage through new health insurance Exchanges beginning in 2014. The law calls upon states to develop simple and streamlined processes for establishing, verifying and updating eligibility for Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program and federal subsidies for Exchange coverage.

Terms:Beth Morrow, Express Lane / ELE, Federal, Health , Health Care/Reform, HIT, Medicaid/Medi-Cal

From Silos To Linkages: Improving Outcomes For Vulnerable Youth Through the Wise Use of Information Technology

By Stefanie Gluckman with Ashley Phelps | May 2011

silos_thumb California is poised to make great progress, and has an opportunity to leverage the tremendous potential of information technology to improve health and wellness outcomes for vulnerable populations, particularly children and youth living in foster care. Recent technology and policy developments have created an environment in which it is possible to transform the delivery of care by linking systems, programs, and providers, allowing decision-makers efficient access to the information necessary to provide comprehensive care to the whole child.Building on two previous reports, this Issue Brief summarizes the potential for electronic information exchange to enhance care coordination and improve outcomes, highlights current efforts at the state and local level to achieve these results, and raises a few policy issues that, if resolved, would facilitate movement toward the goal of appropriate information exchange between programs and providers to serve vulnerable youth.