SE MINNESOTA BEACON PROGRAM:

Building Technology Capacity to Improve Health

SE MINNESOTA SE MINNESOTA BEACON PROGRAMBEACON PROGRAM

Building Capacity Through Technology

to Improve Health

What is the Beacon Program?

Why is this important to SE MN Counties?

The role for LHD’s in the Beacon Program

Partnership with SE MN healthcare providers

Engaging SE Minnesota School Districts

15 Beacon Communities15 Beacon Communities

Extend advanced health IT & exchange infrastructure

Leverage data to inform specific delivery system & payment strategies

Demonstrate a vision of the future where:

Hospitals, clinicians, & patients are meaningful users of health IT

Communities achieve measurable & sustainable improvements in health care quality, safety, efficiency, and population health

Beacon Grant for SE MN Beacon Grant for SE MN VisionVision

SE MN community will embrace standards based health information exchange to improve access, quality and efficiency of health care delivery

SE MN BEACON PROGRAMSE MN BEACON PROGRAM

A partnership with local public health and health care providers in SE Minnesota

Mayo Clinic: 1 of 17 Beacon Grant recipients nationwide through 2013

Opportunity to enhance communication and coordination between LPH and SE MN healthcare systems

2 demonstration projects in SE MN: childhood asthma and adult diabetes

ASTHMA AND DIABETES ASTHMA AND DIABETES PROJECTS: BEACON GOALSPROJECTS: BEACON GOALS Laying the groundwork for better use of

health information to improve health

Demonstrate secure, confidential health information exchange between parties authorized by the patient

Reduce inappropriate healthcare utilization and cost

Improve the ability of individuals to follow through on disease treatment plans

WHY IS BEACON PROPGRAM WHY IS BEACON PROPGRAM IMPORTANT TO OUR COUNTY?IMPORTANT TO OUR COUNTY?

$ 1.7 million investment in PH-Doc, user owned and designed local public health software operating in all 11 SE MN local public health departments

Lays the groundwork for better data about the health status of our community

Increases LPH infrastructure for more effective secure data exchange i.e. communicable diseases

Addresses two local public health responsibilities of Community Health Boards

LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSIBILITIES IN MINNESOTARESPONSIBILITIES IN MINNESOTA

Promote healthy communities & healthy behaviors

Prevent the spread of infectious disease Prepare for and respond to disasters Protect against environmental health

hazards Assure the quality and accessibility of

health services Assure an adequate local public health

infrastructure

ROLE FOR SE MN ROLE FOR SE MN LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTHLOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH

Integrate PH-Doc IT enhancements in departments through training and practice

Coordinate with local healthcare providers in engaging school districts to participate in Beacon Program

Develop capacity for health information exchange

PARTNERSHIP WITH SE MINNESOTA PARTNERSHIP WITH SE MINNESOTA HEALTHCARE PROVIDERSHEALTHCARE PROVIDERS

Beacon Program lays the groundwork for secure health information exchange between local public health departments and other stakeholders:

Health care providers

Other public health entities: state and local

School districts

ENGAGING SCHOOLSENGAGING SCHOOLS

Local public health departments working with local healthcare providers to engage schools in assuring that children with asthma have best possible outcomes:

“Healthy Students are Better Learners”

PARTICIPATION IN PARTICIPATION IN BEACON PROGRAMBEACON PROGRAM

January 2010 - Eleven SE Minnesota County Boards supported participation in the Beacon Communities Program

September 2010 - Next steps involve: Incorporating IT improvements Partnering with healthcare providers

in outreach to SE Minnesota school districts

BEACON BENEFITSBEACON BENEFITS

The next step in secure health information exchange

More effective communication and data exchange between healthcare and local government about population health issues

Regional advancement in healthcare

BEACON WEBSITEBEACON WEBSITE

www.semnbeacon.org

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