The Future is Now: Enabling Greater Interoperability During Transitions of Care

Presented by

Dr. Terrence O’Malley, M.D.

Co-chair the PACIO Project, Transitions of Care Workgroup

 Howard Capon 

Senior Health Program Analystat The MITRE Corporation

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Summary: 

Barriers to interoperable data exchange across the continuum complicate smooth transitions of care. This session will examine ways to overcome these barriers, resulting in less safe and burdensome transitions of care. Specifically, by engaging multidisciplinary care teams, the PACIO project is working to identify and address transitions of care data interoperability challenges. The PACIO Project is a collaborative effort to advance interoperable health data exchange between post-acute care (PAC) and other providers, patients, and key stakeholders across health care and to promote health data exchange in collaboration with policy makers, standards organizations, and industry through a consensus-based, use case-driven approach.

Objectives:

• Compare and contrast clinical workflow development and standards development 

• Summarize how each of PACIO’s implementation guides support transitions of care.  

• Identify the types of information their own clinical discipline would contribute to a transition of care composition.

Speaker Bio:

Dr. Terrence O’Malley, M.D. is the former Medical Director, Non-Acute Care Services at Partners HealthCare in Boston and Geriatrician at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Terry was a member of the ONC HITAC and co-chaired the USCDI Taskforce while participating in Gravity, 360X, and the LTPAC HIT Collaborative.  He co-chairs the PACIO Project Transitions of Care Workgroup and the Moving Forward Coalition HIT Committee which is developing  standards for an individual's goals, preferences, and priorities.  He is a board member of the Long Term Quality Alliance (LTQA). 

Howard Capon is a Senior Health Program Analyst at The MITRE Corporation. He serves as a clinical advisor and connector for clinical and technical teams. He has worked on multiple PACIO sub-projects including Transitions of Care (TOC), Personal Functioning and Engagement (PFE), Advance Directive Interoperability (ADI), and others. He was previously a full-time paramedic firefighter and fire department / hospice liaison. Howard has a Master of Public Health degree from George Washington University and still actively practices as a paramedic.

*This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians, Inc. (ABQAURP) and the National Transitions of Care Coalition (NTOCC).  ABQAURP is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABQAURP is an approved provider of continuing education for nurses. This activity is designated for 1 contact hour through the Florida Board of Nursing, Provider # 50-94.