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Save the Date - Reducing Avoidable Readmissions Training
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Prairie Meadows Event Center, Altoona, IA
Utilizing Health Information Technology in Iowa’s Critical Access Hospitals
Telligen is pleased to receive award of the Utilizing Health Information Technology in Iowa's Critical Access Hospitals’ contract issued by the Iowa Department of Public Health.
8th Annual Iowa e-Health Summit
Date: Wednesday and Thursday, August 8-9, 2012
Place: The Meadows Events and Conference Center, Altoona, Iowa
Sponsored by: Telligen, Iowa Medicaid Enterprise and Iowa eHealth
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IME Medical Director Serves on National Panel
Iowa Medicaid Enterprise Medical Director, Jason Kessler, has been selected to join an expert panel to rate and review quality indicators.
Sharing collaborative designs of tobacco cessation performance improvement CME projects
Performance Improvement Continuing Medical Education (PI CME) provides an important opportunity for CME providers to combine educational and quality health care improvement methodologies.
Evaluation of a collaborative program on smoking cessation Translating outcomes framework into practice
Although evaluating at multiple outcome levels has been proposed for continuing education activities and programs, it is a complex undertaking and is not done routinely, especially in collaborative,...
Developing clinical competencies to assess learning needs and outcomes The experience of the CS2day initiative
Continuing medical education’s transition from an emphasis on dissemination to changing clinical practice has made it increasingly necessary for CME providers to develop effective interorganizational...
Wednesday, February 15 - Million Hearts Campaign - Hosted by the Telligen QIO
Hear from the Telligen QIO as they provide an overview of the national Million Hearts Campaign, an introduction of the Guideline Advantage, and the cardiovascular initiatives underway in Iowa.
Telligen Announces New Hospital Engagement Contract in Illinois
Telligen and one of its quality segments, IFMC, is pleased to announce their participation and collaboration on the Hospital Engagement Contract (HEC) with UHC, formerly known as University...
Telligen Announces New Hospital Engagement Contract in Iowa
The US Department of Health and Human Services recently announced a new program in which hospitals across the country will have new resources and support to make healthcare safer and less costly by...
Webinar - Tips for Overcoming the Gray Areas of Meaningful Use Stage 1 for Safety Net Providers
This webinar provides tips and guidance of how safety net providers, such as health centers, critical access hospitals and rural health clinics can overcome common gray areas of meeting Meaningful Use...
Telligen is collaborating with Mathematica
Telligen is collaborating with Mathematica to help develop new quality benchmarks in ehealth technology.
Telligen’s Health Management Program Saves Medicaid Dollars
Telligen announced today the results of an independent evaluation of the SoonerCare Health Management Program it operates for the Oklahoma Health Care Authority. The evaluation was performed by the...
Direct Messaging
This presentation will focus on how electronic health records can utilize direct messaging technology to exchange critical data between different systems. John Orosco, HIT solutions architect at...
IFMC-IL Announces Major Triumph for Illinois Hospitals and Medicare Patients
Oak Brook, Ill. – October 6, 2011 – IFMC–IL, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for the state of Illinois, has announced that effective October 1, 2011, all Illinois hospitals have met the...
2012 Grant Applications Sought for Health Programs in IA and IL
Telligen Community Initiative, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization established by Telligen (formerly IFMC) in 2003, is seeking grant proposals for 2012 programs that help organizations and citizens in...
IFMC is now known as Telligen
From its beginnings nearly 40 years ago as a Medicare quality improvement organization in Iowa, our company has evolved into a well?diversified organization that helps improve the quality and...
7th Annual e-Health Summit
Mark your calendars! The 7th Annual Iowa e-Health Summit will be held August 11-12, 2011 at The Meadows Events and Conference Center in Altoona, Iowa.
2011 National QIES Technical Conference
The 2011 National QIES Technical Conference was held June 21st – 23rd at the Holiday Inn, Inner Harbor in Baltimore, MD.
Chungath, Mason Complete Executive Health Challenge
Jeff Chungath, CEO, and Peg Mason, Vice President, Health Management, recently completed the Des Moines Business Record’s Executive Health Challenge. The goal of the program was to make individuals...
IFMC Sponsors Wound Assessment Seminar
IFMC is sponsoring free Wound Assessment seminars for hospital and nursing home staff and other clinicians at multiple locations across Iowa from June 14-June 16. Nancy Morgan RN, BSN, MBA, WOCN, WCC,...
IFMC Chief Medical Officer to Present on Patient Safety
Dr. Tim Gutshall, Chief Medical Officer at IFMC, will be a featured speaker for the program, Preventing Unintended Consequences with Electronic Health Records, which is being offered to Iowa hospitals...
IFMC to Manage Minnesota’s Medicaid Utilization Management Program
The Minnesota Department of Human Services has selected IFMC to operate the Medicaid Utilization Management Program for the State of Minnesota. The contract with IFMC, which begins July 1, 2011, is a...
IFMC Announces Medicare Meaningful Use Attestation for an Iowa Critical Access Hospital
Monday, April 18 was the first day that health care providers could attest to meaningful use of electronic health records to earn Medicare EHR incentive payments.
IFMC is pleased to announce that one...
IFMC Employee Shares Patient Safety Experience
Kelli Vellinga, RN, BSN and collaboration specialist with IFMC was featured in an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality case study for her work as a TeamSTEPPS® master trainer. She uses her...
IFMC Community Initiative Surpasses One Million Dollars!
What do a 35 year old homeless male with HIV, and a single mom who has been a victim of domestic violence and substance abuse have in common? Both have been helped through IFMC’s Community Initiatives...
IFMC Employees Provided Training on eMeasures with NQF
IFMC employees Julie Bennett, Stan Rankins, Andrew Schmidt and Chad Bennett presented two eMeasures training webinars along with National Quality Forum leadership, targeting the Measure Steward...
IFMC Presents at Pay for Performance Summit
Dr. Jason Kessler, IFMC and Iowa Medicaid Enterprise Medical Director, Dane Pelfrey, IFMC and IME Health Information Technology Coordinator and Marni Bussell, IFMC and IME Clinical Project Manager...
IFMC employees provide training on eMeasures with NQF
The National Quality Forum is conducting two eMeasures Training Webinar's on Thursday February 10. IFMC employees, Julie Bennett, Stan Rankins, Andrew Schmidt and Chad Bennett will be jointly...