Alaska Native People Shaping Healthcare

Alaska Native People Shaping Healthcare

Objectives

To find out what everyone is doing with Electronic Medical Records (EMR)

To find out what Regional CEO’s direction is with EMR

Alaska Native People Became Owners of their Healthcare System

Self Governance Alaska is the only state tribes have

assumed all contractible services from IHS

SCF 2009 Corporate Objectives

Reduce the rate of Domestic Violence, Child Abuse and Neglect.

Reduce the rate of preventable cancers and improve the management of cancer.

Reduce the incidence of suicide. Reduce the rate of obesity. Reduce the rate of substance abuse. Reduce the rate of and improve the management

of diabetes. Improve oral health. Reduce the rate of and improve the management

of cardiovascular disease.

EMR Data

Decrease in ER/Urgent Care over 40% Decrease specialty care by about 50% Decrease in primary care visits by 20% Decrease in admissions and days by 30% Segment need and behavior

EMR Data

Monitor health outcomes, customer and staff satisfaction

Monitor costs - 5% of user population generates over 30% of total costs

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Discussion topics

Isolated data systems do not allow for adjustment to differences in user groups

Costs associated with redundant workCosts of care transfers between programs Inability to quantify impact of mobile

population and is use across the state

Opportunities

Funds allocated for EMR at the Indian Health Service Director Level

Collaborative ways for Alaska Native health organizations to connect systems

Next Steps

Meet again on this topicWhen?Where?

Thank You!