MeHI Continues Support for the Effective Use of Technology in Behavioral Health Settings
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Representatives from MeHI participated in the
2017 Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership (MBHP) Statewide Integration Conference
. The conference highlighted how agencies across the Commonwealth are addressing challenges with the integration of behavioral health and primary care services, and identified best practices to enhance integration now and in the future. MeHI shared our behavioral health information-sharing resources, experiences, and lessons learned with conference attendees.
Read this blog summary
to learn more about MeHI's participation in this event, our continued efforts to support utilizing technology to improve care coordination among healthcare providers and communities, and the innovative resources developed through
MeHI's Learning Collaboratives
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Updated MU Aggregation Form
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Please visit the
MeHI website
to access the updated
MU Aggregation Form
. All Eligible Professionals (EPs) must upload this document prior to submitting their MAPIR application for review. The form must be used to confirm that either a) the EP did not work at multiple locations, or b) did work at multiple locations and has combined the EP’s Meaningful Use data across their locations.
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Using Opt Out to Demonstrate MU Modified Stage 2
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When patients elect to Opt Out of participating in electronic access to their health information, this impacts a provider’s ability to meet two related Meaningful Use Modified Stage 2* measures:
- Measure 1: Unique patients provided with access to view, download, transmit their information
- Measure 2: Unique patients who view download or transmit their information
CMS recently confirmed that providers can apply the Opt Out method to measure 1 and 2
,
which may aid providers with Opt Out patients to successfully attest in Program Year 2017.
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* Note: How Opt Out can be used and documented for MU Stage 3 will be communicated separately.
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Request for Response Posted: Statewide Event Notification Service
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) has issued a Request for Responses (RFR) on February 15, 2018, in search of a vendor to support the EOHHS Event Notification Service (ENS) Initiative by providing an effective SaaS platform that stores, manages, and shares Admission, Discharge, and Transfer (ADT) information.
EOHHS will facilitate event notification services statewide, with the goal of improving care coordination regarding transitions of care and health care events such as emergency room and hospital admissions, discharges, and transfers.
The RFR is posted on COMMBUYS, the official procurement record system for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Executive Departments, and it can be accessed
here
.
Responses are currently due by
April 17, 2018, at 4:00 P.M
. Any amendment to the RFR will be posted to COMMBUYS.
See slides 20-22 in the February 5, 2018 HIT Council presentation available
here
for more information.
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The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission's Shift-Care Challenge is a $10M grant opportunity designed to foster innovative care delivery models in Massachusetts.
The SHIFT-Care Challenge aims to strengthen partnerships between community-based organizations, Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), hospitals and health systems, and support the delivery of coordinated care that meets the whole-person needs of patients, including their behavioral health care and health-related social needs. This investment represents a unique opportunity for Massachusetts health care providers to test leading-edge ideas for transforming care and to advance the HPC’s goal of better care, better health – at a lower cost – across the Commonwealth.
The SHIFT-Care Challenge offers two funding tracks for competitive applications for innovative care delivery models that:
- Address the health-related social needs of complex patients.
- Provide timely access to behavioral health services.
- Included within this track is an opportunity to focus specifically on addressing the opioid epidemic by implementing progressive models of care that seek to initiate evidence-based treatment in the emergency department (ED) for patients who present with an opioid use disorder.
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Boston Children's Hospital Advances Innovation through an Internal Accelerator Grant
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The
Innovation & Digital Health Accelerator
(IDHA) at Boston Children's Hospital engages with entrepreneurs within the hospital (300+ to date) to support and accelerate innovations for the purpose of improving pediatric care. IDHA has successfully accelerated 18+ innovative solutions through deployment, leading $15 million in follow-on funding for home grown innovations including Circulation and Neuromotion. The IDHA has provided Boston Children’s innovators with 650+ hours of expert consultation for concepts ranging from "back-of-the-envelope ideas" to funded startups.
The IDHA Accelerator Grant Program is happy to announce their first application window for 2018. This unique award supports high-priority, commercially viable health technology innovations with the potential to scale beyond Boston Children's Hospital.
The Accelerator Grant Program is open to all Boston Children’s Hospital employees with health technology innovations. Winners are eligible to receive:
- Funding of up to $25,000 in direct costs
- R&D software development support values at up to $250,000
- Strategic project management support
The application window for the first 2018 cycle of the Innovation & Digital Health Accelerator (IDHA) Grant Program closes
Friday, March 23
. However, applications are reviewed all year on a rolling basis. For more information, email Katie Segien at:
Kathryn.Segien@childrens.harvard.edu
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HHS Startup Day in Boston
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The United States Department of Health and Human Services is looking for innovation. Boston will be the first stop on the HHS Startup Day tour, following the launch in Washington D.C., as the program travels the country to open their doors to startups and innovators. As described on their
Idea Lab website
, their target market is companies and individuals that work in the digital health space and can support HHS’ mission delivery.
HHS Startup Day in Boston will include:
- Speakers and key decision makers from departments within HHS including Chief Technology Officer Bruce Greenstein and officials from the FDA, NIH, and CDC. These speakers will describe their agency's mission, highlight the types of solutions they are looking for, and ways to identify ways to work with HHS agencies;
- Talks by local ecosystem leaders;
- "Shark Tank" style presentations from leading digital health startups in the community; and
- An audience filled with innovators and health leaders.
When:
Friday, March 30, 2018
Where:
Landmark Center - COOP Event Space
401 Park Drive, 8th Floor East
Boston, MA 02215
Agenda:
- 10:00AM - 12:00 PM: HHS & Government Speakers
- 12:00PM - 1:00 PM: Networking Lunch
- 1:00PM - 3:00 PM: Breakout Sessions
- 3:00PM - 4:00 PM: Startup "Shark Tank" Pitches
- 4:00PM - 5:00 PM: Networking Reception
The local organizers for HHS Startup Day are:
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Northeastern University Nurse Hackathon:
Hacking the Opioid Crisis
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On
Friday, May 18th, from noon to 4pm
, expert panelists will present on the latest research, digital health, policies, and procedures related to the growing opioid epidemic in advance of this outstanding three-day event.
The Hackathon
itself kicks off at 6:00pm on Friday, May 18th and concludes on Sunday May 20th at 6:00pm.
Startup Weekend is designed as an inclusive event and program that brings all sorts of people together including:
- Aspiring & experienced entrepreneurs,
- Developers and other tech-related professionals,
- Designers of all types,
- Professionals in health/life sciences,
- Non-technical talent (i.e. business, sales, finance, legal, etc.)
- Students from universities and even high schools,
- Professionals looking to switch careers,
- Passionate visionaries
When:
Friday, May 18, 2018 6:00 P.M. to Sunday, May 20, 2018 6:00 P.M.
Where:
Northeastern University, Egan Research Center, Raytheon Ampitheater
120 Forsyth Street, Boston, MA 02115
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