Psychiatr News February 17, 2006
Volume 41, Number 4, page 57
© 2006 American Psychiatric Association
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Latest Health Care Trends Focus of Workshops
Two workshops at this year's annual meeting will provide excellent
opportunities for members and others to learn about the latest developments in
key areas that are soon likely to have a major impact on psychiatric practice.
One of the workshops will explore pay-for-performance issues, and the other
will delve into the shift from paper to electronic medical records.
The workshop titled "Pay for Performance: Linking Incentives to
Provider Performance on Quality Measures" is sponsored by APA's Council
on Quality Care and Council on Healthcare Systems and Financing in association
with the Department of Quality Improvement and Psychiatric Services (QIPS). It
will be held on Monday, May 22, from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Pay-for-performance initiatives are taking hold in both private and public
health plans. The workshop will review the status of pay for performance, its
potential impact on clinicians, and the processes by which national bodies are
selecting measures of mental health care. Participants will be able to discuss
measures that are under consideration, and APA's role in the
performance-measurement movement will be reviewed. Presenters will include
Richard Hermann, M.D., Bruce Schwartz, M.D., and John Oldham, M.D.
A workshop on the fast-moving trend to adopt electronic health records
(EHR) will be sponsored by APA's Corresponding Committee on Electronic Health
Records and QIPS. The workshop is titled "The National Health
Information Network and Psychiatry: How Will the Coming National Electronic
Health Records Impact Our Patients and Our Practice?" and will be held
on Wednesday, May 24, from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Presenters will detail the latest developments in the national effort
toward interoperable EHR and a national health information network. A great
deal of activity is now consolidated under the federal Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information Technology. The workshop will review the
status of the EHR movement, provide opportunities to discuss issues such as
privacy and confidentiality, and describe ways in which psychiatrists can
contribute to this rapidly accelerating campaign.
QIPS staff have been following national developments in health information
technology, and representatives from the department will be available at the
APA Membership Center to discuss these issues. Staff will be distributing a
survey to assess current EHR adoption by APA members and to learn what
information and services members would like APA to provide in this area. At
the end of the annual meeting, a drawing of completed surveys will be held to
award the latest edition of the compendium APA Practice Guidelines for the
Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders. In addition, a new health information
technology page will soon be added to the APA Web site at
<www.psych.org>.
QIPS staff would like to hear from members about their experiences
with health information technology. The department's e-mail address is
qips{at}psych.org.
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