The videocast was held to discuss the lessons learned from the Beacon Community Program as it enters its final phase. The program aims to demonstrate how strengthening local health IT infrastructure can improve quality and efficiency of healthcare. The ONC provided the 17 communities that participated in the program with $250 million over three years.
According to Farzad Mostashari, national coordinator for health information technology, the 17 Beacon communities displayed remarkable teamwork as they aligned policies and benchmarked quality measures together. This teamwork was one of the pillars of the program and resulted in improved quality for all communities.
Collaboration was essential, as no community was impervious to the changes taking place in healthcare, said Mr. Gordon, and the program also helped make collaboration more effective. Another lesson, he added, was that to be able to implement abstract concepts into practice, the concepts needed to be “boiled down” into specific examples. This could sometimes be a challenge.
Creating structural support for innovation is the mark of successful organizations, said Mr. Gordon. This includes investing in human capital. While technology and data capture is important, having the human capital to back it is of utmost importance.
“You don’t necessarily need expensive technology or multi-million grants to succeed, you need the will to move forward,” said Mr. Gordon.
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Infrastructure, Trust Created as Result of Beacon Community
Program
The trust fabric and infrastructure created as a result of
the efforts of the communities participating in the Beacon Community Program has
been extremely valuable, said Patrick Gordan, director of government programs
for Rocky Mountain Health Plans and Colorado Beacon Consortium program
director, during a videocast held by the Office of the National Coordinator for
Health Information Technology on May 22.
The videocast was held to discuss the lessons learned from
the Beacon Community Program as it enters its final phase. The program aims to
demonstrate how strengthening local health IT infrastructure can improve
quality and efficiency of healthcare. The ONC provided the 17 communities that
participated in the program with $250 million over three years.
According to Farzad Mostashari, national coordinator for
health information technology, the 17 Beacon communities displayed remarkable
teamwork as they aligned policies and benchmarked quality measures together.
This teamwork was one of the pillars of the program and resulted in improved
quality for all communities.
Collaboration was essential, as no community was impervious
to the changes taking place in healthcare, said Mr. Gordon, and the program
also helped make collaboration more effective. Another lesson, he added, was
that to be able to implement abstract concepts into practice, the concepts
needed to be “boiled down” into specific examples. This could
sometimes be a challenge.
Creating structural support for innovation is the mark of
successful organizations, said Mr. Gordon. This includes investing in human
capital. While technology and data capture is important, having the human
capital to back it is of utmost importance.
“You don’t necessarily need expensive technology or
multi-million grants to succeed, you need the will to move forward,” said
Mr. Gordon.
More Articles on Beacon Community Program:
6 Lessons Regarding Local EHR, HIE Adoption
New Initiative Aims to Study HITECH’s Beacon Program to
Improve Patient Care
ONC’s Beacon Communities Provide Building Blocks for ACOs
