Practicing Prevention in Physician OfficesPreventing Medicare Consumers from Getting Sick The prevention of major illness is the first step in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. It seems so simple, yet every day Medicare consumers who can and should get screenings and vaccinations don’t. There is a very real need for more effective strategies for delivering preventive medicine to those who need it the most.

In the 9th Scope of Work, we are helping health care providers use their electronic health record system to implement care management processes to improve the rate of patients that receive:

Breast & colorectal cancer screenings
Influenza & pneumococcal immunizations
 
 Resources to Note Medicare's new Web site explains the Medicare and Medicaid incentives for electronic health records adoption as provided for in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. You will find:

  • A fact sheet
  • A press release about meaningful data
  • Privacy and security resources
Note our Health Literacy & Disparities Resource Center

Download Medicare's Practical Guide to the E-Prescribing Incentive Program
 
Also note A Clinician’s Guide to Electronic Prescribing, which helps you understand if the system is “qualified” and uses Medicare Part D standards. The publication also contains a buyer’s guide to help you compare e-prescribing systems. Visit www.ehealthinitiative.org for more information.

Download the following inclusion criteria for breast and colorectal cancer screenings and influenza and pneumococcal immunizations:
June 2009
March 2009