Lee Sacks, MD, CMO at Oak Brook, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care and CEO of Advocate Physician Partners, says data registries — including pharmacy, laboratory, electronic health record and chronic disease registries — are an inexpensive and essential component to success under the emerging accountable care organization model, according to a Health Data Management news report.
Speaking at HIMSS11, Dr. Sacks suggests healthcare providers invest in data registries immediately without waiting to implement an EHR. Advocate Physician Partners, the health system's physician/hospital organization, relies on reports from multiple registries every day to deliver coordinated care to patients in the Chicagoland area.
Read the news report about registries in ACOs.
Read other coverage about ACOs:
- Atlanta's Piemont Healthcare Signs Letter of Intent With 38-Member Physician Group
- Berwick: ACO Rules Are Imminent
- 8 Key Points on Preparing Employees for ACOs
Speaking at HIMSS11, Dr. Sacks suggests healthcare providers invest in data registries immediately without waiting to implement an EHR. Advocate Physician Partners, the health system's physician/hospital organization, relies on reports from multiple registries every day to deliver coordinated care to patients in the Chicagoland area.
Read the news report about registries in ACOs.
Read other coverage about ACOs:
- Atlanta's Piemont Healthcare Signs Letter of Intent With 38-Member Physician Group
- Berwick: ACO Rules Are Imminent
- 8 Key Points on Preparing Employees for ACOs