Webinar: Wednesday, March 18 12:00pm-1:00pm MT
Hosted by the Center for Improving Value in Health Care
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Join Healthy Transitions Colorado for a discussion of the accomplishments and lessons learned through the TEFT (Planning and Demonstration Grant for Testing Experience and Functional Tools in Community-Based Long Term Services and Supports) - a 4 year grant from Center for Medicare and Medicaid awarded Colorado and 7 other states. The grant program is designed to field test an experience survey and a set of functional assessment items, demonstrate personal health records, and create a standard electronic LTSS record.
The TEFT effort includes four components:
We will be looking at what was accomplished during the planning year and what challenges await us as we prepare to launch phase one in 2015.
Presented by:
Pamela Russell, MS, BSW
CORHIO Development and Outreach Manager
Pamela Russell, LTC Program Director with Government Programs at CORHIO (Colorado Regional Health Information Organization) and currently managing the TEFT Grant (Planning and Demonstration Grant for Testing Experience and Functional Tools in Community-Based Long Term Services and Supports, awarded to Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing.
Pamela is on the Board of Directors for CHIMSS as the Advocacy Chair-Elect and sits on many care transitions initiatives work groups in Colorado. Pamela has a degree in Social Work from Colorado State University and a Master's Degree of Science in Healthcare Systems from the University of Denver.
Kelly Wilson
TEFT Grant Specialist
Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
Kelly Wilson is the TEFT Grant Specialist at the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) and is working on the Testing Experience and Functional Tools (TEFT) Demonstration Grant for Long Term Services and Supports.
Kelly spent nearly five years at the Colorado Department of Education as a State Professional Development Grant Consultant, where she worked on preschool and community-wide implementation of Pyramid Model practices with fidelity and sustainability.
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If you or your organization supports improving care transitions in your community, pledge your support today and join our network of providers, patients and community members committed to keeping Coloradans healthy.
- Experience of Care Survey
- Care Assessment Tool
- PHR testing/development/implementation
- Standards and Interoperability (S & I) Framework for electronic records for long term support services
We will be looking at what was accomplished during the planning year and what challenges await us as we prepare to launch phase one in 2015.
Presented by:
Pamela Russell, MS, BSW
CORHIO Development and Outreach Manager
Pamela Russell, LTC Program Director with Government Programs at CORHIO (Colorado Regional Health Information Organization) and currently managing the TEFT Grant (Planning and Demonstration Grant for Testing Experience and Functional Tools in Community-Based Long Term Services and Supports, awarded to Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing.
Pamela is on the Board of Directors for CHIMSS as the Advocacy Chair-Elect and sits on many care transitions initiatives work groups in Colorado. Pamela has a degree in Social Work from Colorado State University and a Master's Degree of Science in Healthcare Systems from the University of Denver.
Kelly Wilson
TEFT Grant Specialist
Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
Kelly Wilson is the TEFT Grant Specialist at the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) and is working on the Testing Experience and Functional Tools (TEFT) Demonstration Grant for Long Term Services and Supports.
Kelly spent nearly five years at the Colorado Department of Education as a State Professional Development Grant Consultant, where she worked on preschool and community-wide implementation of Pyramid Model practices with fidelity and sustainability.
Click Here for Free Registration
If you or your organization supports improving care transitions in your community, pledge your support today and join our network of providers, patients and community members committed to keeping Coloradans healthy.
