| Indiana Health Information Exchange (IHIE) today | | | | Wabash National and Subaru, we see the QHF |
| announced the expansion of their innovative | | | | program as a way for employers to partner with |
| Quality Health First (QHF) program to the greater | | | | payers to improve healthcare while reducing costs |
| Lafayette region. The QHF program, the first of | | | | ? not just insurance premiums, but reduced sick |
| its kind in the United States, is a quality-reporting | | | | time too. It?s an opportunity for Lafayette to |
| tool for primary-care physicians, designed to | | | | help lead the way with this cutting-edge health |
| benefit both physicians and their patients through | | | | reporting system.? |
| better health outcomes. The QHF program | | | | Healthcare insurers Anthem Blue Cross and Blue |
| supports healthcare providers in identifying and | | | | Shield of Indiana, UnitedHealthcare and Unified |
| treating patients? health conditions and reminds | | | | Group Services all currently participate in the QHF |
| them when crucial preventive care is needed. The | | | | program. Some insurers financially support |
| Lafayette area?s nearly 200,000 residents will be | | | | top-performing physicians according to quality |
| positively impacted by the QHF program?s | | | | metrics, which could mean an additional |
| presence in the region. | | | | $10,000-$20,000 per year. |
| Lafayette is the second metro area in Indiana to | | | | Currently more than 900 physicians participate in |
| adopt the QHF program, which debuted in | | | | the QHF program. They receive monthly reports |
| Indianapolis in 2008. The QHF program, which was | | | | that they can use to proactively monitor patients? |
| designed by IHIE and the Employers? Forum of | | | | preventive and chronic disease care. For example, |
| Indiana, is a groundbreaking approach to quality | | | | they can view which patients are getting tests |
| healthcare built on the idea that improving | | | | completed, the results of those tests and which |
| healthcare will ultimately reduce costs. The QHF | | | | patients have yet to come in for testing. |
| program is built upon an evidence-based | | | | "Through the QHF program and other IHIE |
| measurement system that securely aggregates | | | | initiatives, Indiana is leading the country in |
| and delivers important patient information such as | | | | integrated health reporting that benefits |
| lab results, medication and treatment histories, and | | | | physicians, insurers and most of all, patients,? said |
| other clinical data in a standardized, electronic | | | | Dr. J. Marc Overhage, President and CEO of the |
| format, across all healthcare providers. The QHF | | | | Indiana Health Information Exchange. Overhage |
| program is free to the more than 300 | | | | also serves as Director of Medical Informatics at |
| Lafayette-area primary-care physicians, and | | | | the Regenstrief Institute, Inc. and is Regenstrief |
| provides crucial patient information, such as those | | | | Professor of Medical Informatics at the Indiana |
| due for preventive screenings and chronic disease | | | | University School of Medicine. ?This is true |
| follow-up care. | | | | healthcare reform: reducing costs and improving |
| On Wednesday, October 21 at 6:30 p.m., the | | | | patient care by confidently sharing vital patient |
| Lafayette West Lafayette Employers Health | | | | information. It?s an exciting time for Lafayette |
| Forum is hosting an informational meeting at | | | | physicians who can now take part in this reform |
| Subaru of Indiana Training Center to educate local | | | | by utilizing the QHF program to improve care for |
| employers, insurers and providers on the QHF | | | | their patients.? |
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| Forum fully supports IHIE?s introduction of the | | | | buy individual health insurance. Free services |
| QHF program to our region,? said Ray Sheagley, | | | | include instant online health insurance quotes, |
| Chairman, Lafayette/West Lafayette Employers? | | | | custom proposals for each client, free phone |
| Forum. ?With some of the state?s largest | | | | consultations, and 10-minute application by phone. |
| employers, including Purdue University, Caterpillar, | | | | Nobody does what we do for our clients! |