- August 30, 2010: STC's Immunization Registry Meaningful Use Solutions
- August 24, 2010: Maine Immunization Record Exchange in Support of Meaningful Use – A Case Study
- August 11, 2010: STC to Host Web Demonstrations of HIE Disease Surveillance Software on August 17th and 19th
- August 3, 2010: STC Completes Two Assessments to Enhance Immunization Services in Washington State
- July 15, 2010: STC Announces HIE Business Division
STC Blog
August Blog Entries
National Immunization Awareness Month – Education is Key to Saving Lives
Janet Balog, RN, BS – Senior Public Health Specialist and Project Manager
August is National Immunization Awareness month. Immunizations save lives. Indisputable research has proven that immunizations are the most cost-effective health care dollar spent and yet people of all ages continue to be under-immunized. This is particularly true for the age 65+ population. The immunization coverage rates of African American and Hispanic populations continue to be significantly lower than the national average across all ages.
Posted on: August 20, 2010 | Read More...
August is National Immunization Awareness Month!
Deborah Allwes – STC Senior Public Health Specialist and Project Manager
In celebration of National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM), recognized each August, Scientific Technologies Corporation (STC) is reflecting on the history and future of states’ immunization efforts. Beyond a doubt, immunization is one of the most significant public health achievements in history. Immunization can prevent a disease from happening, limit a disease’s impact on an infected patient, and protect the public health, especially those who cannot be immunized due to health concerns. However; for all of these benefits to be realized, the immunization has to be available to the patients who need it most.
Posted on: August 17, 2010 | Read More...
Healthcare Savings Available through Cost Sharing
Todd Watkins - STC Managing Partner/CAO
A national vision and framework for effective Health Information Exchange (HIE) between and among the various stakeholders is in place to help guide individual state and regional initiatives. By enabling the exchange of healthcare information, important patient and aggregate data can be analyzed to head off disease, provide higher quality of care to more individuals, combat fraud, and lower cost.
Posted on: August 16, 2010 | Read More...
July Blog EntriesJanet Balog, RN, BS – Senior Public Health Specialist and Project Manager
August is National Immunization Awareness month. Immunizations save lives. Indisputable research has proven that immunizations are the most cost-effective health care dollar spent and yet people of all ages continue to be under-immunized. This is particularly true for the age 65+ population. The immunization coverage rates of African American and Hispanic populations continue to be significantly lower than the national average across all ages.
Posted on: August 20, 2010 | Read More...
August is National Immunization Awareness Month!
Deborah Allwes – STC Senior Public Health Specialist and Project Manager
In celebration of National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM), recognized each August, Scientific Technologies Corporation (STC) is reflecting on the history and future of states’ immunization efforts. Beyond a doubt, immunization is one of the most significant public health achievements in history. Immunization can prevent a disease from happening, limit a disease’s impact on an infected patient, and protect the public health, especially those who cannot be immunized due to health concerns. However; for all of these benefits to be realized, the immunization has to be available to the patients who need it most.
Posted on: August 17, 2010 | Read More...
Healthcare Savings Available through Cost Sharing
Todd Watkins - STC Managing Partner/CAO
A national vision and framework for effective Health Information Exchange (HIE) between and among the various stakeholders is in place to help guide individual state and regional initiatives. By enabling the exchange of healthcare information, important patient and aggregate data can be analyzed to head off disease, provide higher quality of care to more individuals, combat fraud, and lower cost.
Posted on: August 16, 2010 | Read More...
Health Information Exchange: Opportunities Abound to Improve the Public’s Health and Economy
Todd Watkins - STC Managing Partner/CAO
With the emphasis and funding recently being placed on Health Information Exchange (HIE) to support our nation’s health reform initiatives, it is important that those trusted with the responsibility of leveraging Health Information Technology (HIT) maintain focus on the ultimate outcome — improving the health and wellbeing of our nation’s citizens.
Posted on: July 13, 2010 | Read More...
Significant Strides Occurring in Modernization of Public Health IT
Mike Popovich - STC CEO
Modernization of the national health technology environment is occurring through a variety of investments in the health sector. A focus on prevention to minimize the risk of disease and support health care cost containment, sharing of patient medical records, and technology initiatives in home health care are just a few of the areas where modernization is occurring. Public health stands to gain significantly from new data sources to support real or near real time surveillance, disease management, intervention assessments, and population health initiatives.
Posted on: July 1, 2010 | Read More...
June Blog EntriesTodd Watkins - STC Managing Partner/CAO
With the emphasis and funding recently being placed on Health Information Exchange (HIE) to support our nation’s health reform initiatives, it is important that those trusted with the responsibility of leveraging Health Information Technology (HIT) maintain focus on the ultimate outcome — improving the health and wellbeing of our nation’s citizens.
Posted on: July 13, 2010 | Read More...
Significant Strides Occurring in Modernization of Public Health IT
Mike Popovich - STC CEO
Modernization of the national health technology environment is occurring through a variety of investments in the health sector. A focus on prevention to minimize the risk of disease and support health care cost containment, sharing of patient medical records, and technology initiatives in home health care are just a few of the areas where modernization is occurring. Public health stands to gain significantly from new data sources to support real or near real time surveillance, disease management, intervention assessments, and population health initiatives.
Posted on: July 1, 2010 | Read More...
Becoming Different by Being Better!
Todd Watkins - STC Managing Partner/CAO
Dale Dauten is a syndicated columnist who writes weekly articles published in many newspapers across the country. He's an economist, successful businessman, published author, and corporate consultant. I enjoy reading his weekly columns published in the Albuquerque Journal's business section each Monday morning. A recent article was entitled "Creating a brand requires that you care." Since STC is currently looking to "brand" itself in a broader HIE marketplace, I was especially eager to learn some clever tactics we could quickly implement.
Posted on: June 1, 2010 | Read More...
May Blog EntriesTodd Watkins - STC Managing Partner/CAO
Dale Dauten is a syndicated columnist who writes weekly articles published in many newspapers across the country. He's an economist, successful businessman, published author, and corporate consultant. I enjoy reading his weekly columns published in the Albuquerque Journal's business section each Monday morning. A recent article was entitled "Creating a brand requires that you care." Since STC is currently looking to "brand" itself in a broader HIE marketplace, I was especially eager to learn some clever tactics we could quickly implement.
Posted on: June 1, 2010 | Read More...
Health Care Information Reform: It’s About Teamwork!
Todd Watkins - STC Managing Partner/CAO
Many initiatives are simultaneously underway to streamline health care information to enable and facilitate health care reform. While the meaningful exchange of health care information is not the only issue, it is clearly a critical element of being able to achieve a more cost-effective health care delivery system in the U.S. It is certainly no secret that the data associated with our health care system is distributed across multiple systems. Many of the systems and their data are not logically integrated thereby inhibiting the meaningful exchange of critical information on patients and events that affect the health and well being of our country and its residents.
Posted on: May 25, 2010 | Read More...
Overcome Barriers to Establishing a Public Health Exchange
Mike Popovich - STC CEO
Seven principles to overcome barriers in establishing a Public Health Information Exchange:
1. Use Standards but not at the expense of establishing the initial links. Migrate your exchange to a Standard in Phase II.
2. Public health IT professionals already possess the skills, products, and services to implement information exchanges. Study the many examples that are already in place.
Posted on: May 17, 2010 | Read More...
Will Health IT Improve Outcomes?
Mike Popovich - STC CEO
The new order in health care transformation has energized the health care information technology business. This is both good and bad. The good: change, cost, innovation, call to action, and outcomes – all come to mind. The bad: change, cost, innovation, call to action, and outcomes. It is a mirror effect or perhaps more appropriately, the competing angel and devil in your ear.
Posted on: May 6, 2010 | Read More...
Todd Watkins - STC Managing Partner/CAO
Many initiatives are simultaneously underway to streamline health care information to enable and facilitate health care reform. While the meaningful exchange of health care information is not the only issue, it is clearly a critical element of being able to achieve a more cost-effective health care delivery system in the U.S. It is certainly no secret that the data associated with our health care system is distributed across multiple systems. Many of the systems and their data are not logically integrated thereby inhibiting the meaningful exchange of critical information on patients and events that affect the health and well being of our country and its residents.
Posted on: May 25, 2010 | Read More...
Overcome Barriers to Establishing a Public Health Exchange
Mike Popovich - STC CEO
Seven principles to overcome barriers in establishing a Public Health Information Exchange:
1. Use Standards but not at the expense of establishing the initial links. Migrate your exchange to a Standard in Phase II.
2. Public health IT professionals already possess the skills, products, and services to implement information exchanges. Study the many examples that are already in place.
Posted on: May 17, 2010 | Read More...
Will Health IT Improve Outcomes?
Mike Popovich - STC CEO
The new order in health care transformation has energized the health care information technology business. This is both good and bad. The good: change, cost, innovation, call to action, and outcomes – all come to mind. The bad: change, cost, innovation, call to action, and outcomes. It is a mirror effect or perhaps more appropriately, the competing angel and devil in your ear.
Posted on: May 6, 2010 | Read More...