美国ONC提供在线医疗IT工具和资源，进一步改善医护质量、降低成本

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美国国家医疗信息技术协调办公室（ONC）近日宣布提供在线工具和资源，旨在帮助参与各州创新模式（State Innovation Models）计划的诸州改善医疗质量、降低成本。

各州创新模式计划支持各州规划或实施一套定制的、全面发展的提案，目的是通过该提案改造整个州的医疗系统，从而改善医疗质量，关注医疗保险、医疗补助和儿童健康保险计划的受益人。美国卫生和福利部致力于实现更优质的医疗、更合理地花费医疗资金、提高国民健康水平，而这项新计划正是其一部分内容。

由于提供的奖金达到6.65亿美元，一半以上的州（34个州、3个准州和哥伦比亚特区）参与了这项计划，这些州的人口占到美国总人口的近三分之二。

ONC与资助各州创新模式计划的医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心（CMS）签订了一项协议。其中一项内容是，ONC开发了一些工具和资源，来帮助各州充分利用医疗补这些资源包括可帮助各州和医疗服务机构使用医疗IT工具的资源，从而管理病人的医疗保健，以满足初级保健和行为健康需求，确保病人在合适的时间、在合适的地方得到合适的护理。助系统和医疗服务机构使用的现有的医疗IT基础设施和工具。这些工具和资源可以从 www.HealthIT.gov 获取，没有参与各州创新模式计划的州同样可以享用。

全国医疗IT协调员卡伦•德萨尔沃（Karen DeSalvo）是医学博士、公共卫生学硕士兼理科硕士，他说：“这些在线资源是整个项目的一部分，而整个项目旨在尽早实现改善医疗护理、更合理地花费资金、最终提高国民健康水平这些目标。我们致力于支持各州和合作伙伴开发创新的模式来支付医疗保健费用，提供支持变革的工具和资源，并且为广大消费者和病人提供更丰富的信息，从而让他们能够在合适的时间做出合适的决定，最终改善健康和护理。”

此外，通过使用在线资源，各州和医疗服务机构将拥有所需的资源，可以帮助它们成功地搭建并使用医疗IT基础设施的部件或组件。

想进一步了解现在可以使用的工具和资源，请访问：www.HealthIT.gov

想了解政府奖金方面的更多信息，请访问：http://innovation.cms.gov/initiatives/State-Innovations/

想进一步了解CMS创新中心测试的其他创新模式，请访问：innovation.cms.gov

【参考原文】

Online tools and resources available to help states use health IT to improve health care quality and lower cost

 The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced today the availability of online tools and resources designed to help states participating in the State Innovation Models initiative improve health care quality and lower costs.

The State Innovation Models initiative supports states in planning or implementing a customized, fully developed proposal capable of creating statewide health transformation to improve health care, focusing on Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance Program beneficiaries. This new initiative is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services effort to achieve better care, smarter spending of health dollars, and healthier people.

With the support of $665 million in awards, over half of states (34 states and 3 territories, and the District of Columbia), representing nearly two-thirds of the population are participating in the initiative.

As part of an agreement with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which funds the State Innovation Models initiative, ONC has developed tools and resources to help leverage existing health IT infrastructure and tools being used by state Medicaid systems and health care providers. These include resources that can help states and health care providers use health IT tools to manage an individual’s care for both their primary care and behavioral health needs, ensuring the individual is getting the right care, at the right time, and at the right place. Many of these tools and resources, accessible at www.HealthIT.gov, will also be available to states that are not participating in the State Innovation Models initiative.

“These online resources are part of an overall effort to advance of goals of better care, smarter spending, and, ultimately, healthier people,” said Karen DeSalvo, M.D., M.P.H., M.Sc., national coordinator for health IT. “We are focused on supporting states and partners in developing innovative ways to pay for health care, providing tools and resources to support change, and making more information available to consumer and patients to enable them to make the right decisions – at the right time – to improve health and care.”

In addition, through the use of the online resources states and health care providers will have resources to help them successfully create and use health IT infrastructure components.

To learn more about the tools and resources available, please visit: www.HealthIT.gov

For more information on the awards, please visit: http://innovation.cms.gov/initiatives/State-Innovations/.

To learn more about other innovative models being tested by the CMS Innovation Center, please visit:innovation.cms.gov.