Nebraska Medical Association EHR Nebraska

The Nebraska Medical Association Foundation received a two-year grant for $499,604 from the Physicians Foundation for Health Systems Excellence to work with small and medium-sized physician practices on electronic health records and chronic disease management registries. 

This grant will establish a baseline to determine the status of health information technology utilization in Nebraska practices.   A technical, operational and educational needs assessment survey of Nebraska practices will be developed to determine current utilization of electronic health records and their future needs.   Activities will include the development of educational materials and assessment tools for self-evaluation of health IT for practices currently not using a system.   Additionally a series of educational workshops will take place across the state to improve the standard of knowledge pertaining to health IT.  

Following the workshops, a change management tool will be developed to identify needs specific to Nebraska and will include the creation of a virtual center clearinghouse for workshop participants to continue their work and exchange information.  

Links

How Many Physicians Have Adopted Electronic Health Records in Nebraska? An Update on the Nebraska Medical Association Project by Kimberly Galt and Sandy Johnson and the EHRNebraska Research Team: Dawn Anderson, Dave Glover, Dale Mahlman, Ted Kasha, Andjela Drincic, Karen Paschal J.D. Bramble, Mark Siracuse, Ann Rule, Amy Abbott, Kevin T. Fuji

Status of Health Information Technology in Nebraska: Focus on electronic Health Records in Physician Offices (March 2008)

EHRNebraska website

Creighton Health Services Program

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