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"Our country needs a secure electronic health care system. Nebraska will be part of that effort with a pilot technolgy grant for Hebron and Thayer County to better coordinate patient records, to improve a patient's health and to moderate health care cost." Gov. Heineman's State of the State Address (01/15/08) Complete Transcript of the State of the State Address Thayer County Health Services is featured in articles of "ACCESS" The Newsletter of the Nebraska Office of Rural Health, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services and the Nebraska Rural Health Association for all rural health stakeholders. May 2009 ACCESS newsletter Feburary 2009 ACCESS newsletter May 2008 ACCESS Newsletter Feburary 2008 ACCESS newsletter Online Grant Survey To help with our grant, we are asking patients to take a survey regarding future online services. This survey will help us decide what patient services will be made available through our website. Please take a few minutes to complete this survey. Click here to take survey Grant Information Updates: HIT Grant Press Release Update 1 February ACCESS Newsletter Update 2 May ACCESS Newsletter Update 3 HIT Grant Update 4 HIT Grant Update 5 Nebraska was one of only 16 states to receive a Critical Access Hospital, Health Information Technology (HIT) grant. This grant is funded by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration. In order to develop this electronic system, the grant project will focus on Thayer County Health Services and their circle of local health care partners in Thayer County and surrounding communities in Nebraska and Kansas. This area includes their 19-bed critical access hospital in Hebron, five rural health clinics, a home health agency, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, several EMS units, a hospital-owned retail pharmacy, an independent retail pharmacy, and a network partner hospital. The grant will be managed by the DHHS, Division of Public Health, Office of Rural Health. "The Community of Hebron, their health care facilities and their partner hospital, St. Elizabeth’s in Lincoln, will work to create this model, "said Dennis Berens, Administrator of the DHHS Office of Rural Health. "They will also work to find ways to sustain the model. We believe patient records can be better coordinated between hospitals, medical staff, and other providers. This, in turn, can improve a patient’s health, reduce health care costs, and more efficiently use health resources." The 18 month grant began September 1, 2007. The main purpose of the grant is to create an electronic system which will give hospitals and clinics instantly updated patient information. Health care providers can, in turn, make better treatment decisions based on this more up to date patient data. The grant project will also identify other current initiatives in Nebraska related to the electronic sharing of clinical health information. The purpose of this grant effort is to incorporate lessons learned, reduce any potential duplication of efforts, and support collaboration. "The activities funded by this grant will serve as a demonstration project for the rest of our state," said Dr. Joann Schaefer, Chief Medical Officer, DHHS. "The entire arena of electronic medical records is high up on DHHS’ to-do list. For example LB185, passed this year, allows DHHS to release patient data to health care providers. This is the patient data that Emergency Medical Service (EMS) crews collect and submit for the eNARSIS* data base. This is just one example of how DHHS is moving forward with electronic health record keeping." Grant Information will be updated throughout the 18 month period. Please check back to follow our progress. Click here to submit a comment or question to the Grant Committee Grant Information Updates: February 2009 ACCESS Newsletter Update 2 May 2008 ACCESS Newsletter Update 3 February 2008 ACCESS Newsletter Update 2 HIT Grant Press Release Update 1 HIT Grant Update 4 HIT Grant Update 5 |
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