PCPCC Releases "Meaningful Connections: a Resource Guide for Using HIT to Support PCHM”
As healthcare leaders explore how best to draw upon billions in new federal dollars for health information technology (HIT), the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) released a white paper, Meaningful Connections: A Resource Guide for Using HIT to Support the Patient-centered Medical Home, that identifies the capabilities and functionalities of e-health applications that experts consider crucial to support the patient-centered medical home (PCMH).
The guide was recently released during the PCPCC stakeholder's working meeting in Washington, DC.
"While HIT is widely considered a valuable tool to enable the PCMH, it is only one component of what must be a larger transformation in healthcare delivery," said Edwina Rogers, executive director of PCPCC. "This resource guide offers provider practices and other stakeholders a useful crosswalk between HIT capabilities and functionalities that recognize the central role of the primary care provider in overseeing continuous and coordinated care."
PCPCC is a coalition of more than 400 organizations representing the nation's business leaders, consumer groups, primary care physicians and other healthcare stakeholders. PCPCC's work is moved forward through four "centers" which produce work products designed to advance understanding and adoption of the PCMH. Meaningful Connections is the result of efforts by the Center for e-Health Information Adoption and Exchange (CeHIA). It was produced by Health2 Resources and funded through a grant by Merck.
