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ITCC, a New Training Program for a New Normal - Advancing Interoperability to Achieve Health Equity

Posted by Hub Admin on July 13, 2020 at 3:25pm in Education, Emergency Services, and Health IT

It took Stewards of Change more than 15 years to accumulate the knowledge, resources, experience and connections that we’re now bringing together in both ITCC and the Action Agenda. It took just a few months of a global pandemic to underscore just how important this work truly is – and can be. We now have the opportunity to do much more than just wait and see what the “new normal” in our country is going to look like; we believe we’ve got the wherewithal to help shape it. Please join us for the

NIC Webinars Continue – with Thanks to Presenters and a New Focus on Our Equity Action Agenda

Posted by Hub Admin on June 22, 2020 at 3:39pm in Education, Emergency Services, and Health IT

On behalf of all of us at Stewards of Change Institute (SOCI), which is NIC’s nonprofit parent organization, I extend my deep thanks to all of my colleagues, old and new friends, and other supporters who have helped us organize these “deep dive” webinars. We’re particularly grateful to the scores of presenters who have made the time to lead conversations, answer questions, and stimulate activities during and after each one.

Tech Talk: Unify Ends Three-Part Webinar Series by Diving into Ontology, Privacy and Much More

Posted by Hub Admin on June 16, 2020 at 10:57am in Education, Health IT, and Human Services

June 5th, 2020 NIC webinar was a bulls-eye for professionals whose bailiwick includes such technical aspects of interoperability and information-sharing as ontology, person-matching and privacy/security (among others). And, we’re happy to say yet again, that means we’re making substantive progress on our proof-of-concept initiative, Project Unify. If you’re a geek like us and want to catch up on the fun, check out the recording of the session.

A Global Perspective on Corona-19: Moving Forward without a Roadmap

Posted by Hub Admin on June 15, 2020 at 11:56am in Education, Health IT, and Human Services

The assessment about Covid-19 from one of our presenters at last week’s NIC webinar was quite straightforward. “We don’t know what to do,” said Pierre-Gerlier (PG) Forest, Director of the School of Public Policy, Calgary University.

Project Unify – Updates From Person-Matching and Privacy & Security Workgroups

Posted by Hub Admin on June 1, 2020 at 2:19pm in Education, Health IT, and Public Health

Rita Torkzadeh and Pradeep S.B. Podila, provided an update on the work of Unify’s Person-Matching Workgroup; that includes identification of clients/patients who may be matches; improving statistical confidence in matches; identity data linkage of high-confidence matches; and resolution of matching identity data inconsistencies.

A Deep Dive on Project Unify: Bringing Together Health and Human Services

Posted by Hub Admin on May 26, 2020 at 10:36am in Education, Health IT, and Human Services

I want to thank the 230-plus participants in the discussion, which was a largely-technical update and brainstorming session titled “Project Unify (Part 1): Advancing Progress on Building Cross-Domain Interoperability across Health and Human Services.” Please join us for Part II, which will begin at noon Eastern this coming Friday, May 29.

Responsible Data Sharing During (and After) a Pandemic

Posted by Hub Admin on May 18, 2020 at 1:05pm in Education, Health IT, and Human Services

“Privacy is a religion,” and the way many people think about it is tied to their core beliefs. So not everyone is going to be convinced that the data we’re asking them to share is going to actually remain private, but we can be governed by principles and policies that help people feel more comfortable about moving forward while addressing their very real concerns. And, necessarily, we should do so while continuing to be as transparent as possible.

Stewards of Change Issue Brief - Interoperability Insights: Demonstrating the Need and the Benefits of Connecting Health and Human Services

Posted by Hub Admin on May 13, 2020 at 1:12pm in Education, Health IT, and Human Services

The intent of both SOCI’s new paper and of the InCK initiative’s intent is basically the same, and it’s an important one: to provide practical guidance, tools and models that can be leveraged, replicated and improved over time to address the enormous and growing need for coordinated care across our nation.

Lessons from Our Other Health Crisis: The Opioid Epidemic

Posted by Hub Admin on May 11, 2020 at 12:44pm in Education, Emergency Services, and Health IT

The webinar was titled “Getting Evidence into Practice: Lessons from the Opioid Crisis,” and the three AHRQ presenters were Medical Officer Elisabeth Uphoff Kato, Staff Fellow Roland Gamache and Program Officer Suchitra Iyer. 400 attendees from health, healthcare, social services and other public and private sectors and systems attended – a record high for our weekly webinar series!

Building the Health Information Infrastructure – and Accelerating Progress

Posted by Hub Admin on May 4, 2020 at 2:18pm in Education, Health IT, and Human Services

Over time, the initiatives discussed during the webinar will strengthen the nation’s capacity to share information and use it for data-driven decision-making to improve health outcomes, equity and operational effectiveness. Indeed, once these efforts are operational, they should help us to navigate many current challenges and to build technical resilience to address the effects of COVID-19 and other future emergencies.

We All WIN With These Measures and Insights

Posted by Hub Admin on April 27, 2020 at 2:18pm in Education, Health IT, and Human Services

One particularly important insight that Soma shared was this: “Out of the domains that relate to the well-being of people, places, and equity – it turned out that asking people how they felt about their own lives proved to be most important.” That’s an interesting point because it relates to the opportunities that individuals have in areas that significantly impact their lives, such as jobs, housing, and education.

A Call to Action by Public Libraries: Advancing the Health of Communities

Posted by Hub Admin on April 6, 2020 at 3:28pm in Education, Emergency Services, and Health IT

What comes to mind when you think of public libraries? Do you perceive them as just a source of books or something more? Are they an important component of community life? Most pointedly, can they play a significant role in combatting a public health crisis?

A Need for Collaboration – and an Agenda for Progress – at a Time of Isolation

Posted by Hub Admin on April 1, 2020 at 9:54am in Education, Emergency Services, and Health IT

As daily life changes for everyone, we are all learning how to function in different, more-flexible ways. It is a learning exercise that feels – and often is – both individual and isolating. There’s an additional way to look at the lessons of the coronavirus crisis, however, and the title of last Friday’s (3/27/20) NIC webinar/discussion describes it: “Collaborating to Deal with Today – While Preparing for Tomorrow.”

When It Comes to SDOH, American Exceptionalism (Alas) is the Exception

Posted by Hub Admin on March 23, 2020 at 4:26pm in Education, Emergency Services, and Health IT

The situation in the United States is unique because of the wall that exists between health and social policy. The former is consuming close to 18 percent of U.S. GDP and, despite its terrible shortcomings, is a global symbol of medical prowess and innovation. Meanwhile, the latter is underfunded and underserviced as we can clearly see – unfortunately – during the current coronavirus crisis.

Moving toward a national health information exchange system

Posted by Paul Wormeli on March 19, 2020 at 2:44pm in Health IT

While we have made progress through new technology and federal rules toward making a national health information exchange system a reality, just about everyone who works in this space knows we have “miles to go before we sleep”. There are indeed local HIE’s that are quite successful, but few major operational state HIE’s and not a true national HIE system the likes of which we wished for when this work started. Now Niam Yaraghi writes in an article published by the Brookings Institution that

Lessons from the Coronavirus Crisis: A Call to Arms for Real Action on the Social Determinants

Posted by Hub Admin on March 17, 2020 at 5:30pm in Education, Emergency Services, and Health IT

The coronavirus pandemic was front-and-center, of course, but the National Interoperability Collaborative (NIC) also had another broad, long-term objective in mind when it started planning this convening months ago, when the words “worst public health crisis in modern US history” referred to the opioid epidemic. Today, NIC’s objective remains the same; that is, to create a National Policy Action Agenda by year’s end designed to improve our nation’s too-siloed health-related systems by meaningful

In the NIC of Time for 2020: Engage in a Different Kind of Webinar Series

Posted by Hub Admin on January 20, 2020 at 5:05pm in Education, Emergency Services, and Health IT

The ingredients in our not-so-secret sauce include accomplished expert presenters, of course, along with a facilitation approach that keeps conversations going throughout each session. Another key is the selection of diverse topics and showcasing them in ways that clearly demonstrate the value of information-sharing and collaboration across silos, domains and disciplines.

2019 In Review - A Look Back at some of the Year's Achievements and Most Popular Moments, on the NIC Hub!

Posted by Hub Admin on January 17, 2020 at 11:36am in Education, Emergency Services, and Health IT

National Interoperability Collaborative Wins Three Prestigious Davey Awards

Posted by Sondes Ben Chagra on October 31, 2019 at 10:47am in Education, Emergency Services, and Health IT

Stewards of Change Institute (SOCI) is proud to announce that our primary initiative, the National Interoperability Collaborative (NIC), has received three Silver awards from the 2019 International Davey Awards. This prestigious competition "honors the best in Web, Design, Video, Advertising, Mobile, and Social from small agencies worldwide." The three Silver Awards went to the NIC Collaboration Hub in the categories of Health and Health Services, Non-profit, and Community.

Improving Health and Human Services: It’s About Making Connections

Posted by Hub Admin on October 14, 2019 at 2:25pm in Education, Health IT, and Human Services

All of us at Stewards of Change Institute are excited that we’ll be presenting our new Interoperability Mural Gallery for just the third time, after successful showings at two other major national events this year. Those were the Community Information Exchange Summit in San Diego and the Medicaid Enterprise Systems Conference in Chicago.

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ITCC, a New Training Program for a New Normal - Advancing Interoperability to Achieve Health Equity

NIC Webinars Continue – with Thanks to Presenters and a New Focus on Our Equity Action Agenda

Tech Talk: Unify Ends Three-Part Webinar Series by Diving into Ontology, Privacy and Much More

A Global Perspective on Corona-19: Moving Forward without a Roadmap

Project Unify – Updates From Person-Matching and Privacy & Security Workgroups

A Deep Dive on Project Unify: Bringing Together Health and Human Services

Responsible Data Sharing During (and After) a Pandemic

Stewards of Change Issue Brief - Interoperability Insights: Demonstrating the Need and the Benefits of Connecting Health and Human Services

Lessons from Our Other Health Crisis: The Opioid Epidemic

Building the Health Information Infrastructure – and Accelerating Progress

We All WIN With These Measures and Insights

A Call to Action by Public Libraries: Advancing the Health of Communities

A Need for Collaboration – and an Agenda for Progress – at a Time of Isolation

When It Comes to SDOH, American Exceptionalism (Alas) is the Exception

Moving toward a national health information exchange system

Lessons from the Coronavirus Crisis: A Call to Arms for Real Action on the Social Determinants

In the NIC of Time for 2020: Engage in a Different Kind of Webinar Series

2019 In Review - A Look Back at some of the Year's Achievements and Most Popular Moments, on the NIC Hub!

National Interoperability Collaborative Wins Three Prestigious Davey Awards

Improving Health and Human Services: It’s About Making Connections

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