Hawai'i Island Beacon Community

Spring eNewsletter

Issue Articles:

• Docs Redesign Their Practices as Patient Centered Medical Homes
  
• Beacon Nation Unites Communities Investing in Health and Health IT
  
• North Hawai‘i HIE Gains Momentum as Practices Test Performance
  
• Mahalo Nui Loa
  

December eNewsletter

Issue Articles:

• Happy New Year
  
• HIBC Learning Collaborative #2
  

November eNewsletter

Issue Articles:

• Technology Use Reaches All-Time High on Hawai‘i Island
  
• Thought Leader Doug Krug Dialogues with Local Health Care Leaders
  
• HEAL Projects Work to Reduce Tobacco Use and Exposure to Secondhand Smoke
  
• The Changing Face of Healthcare on the Big Island—in Plain English
  Originally published in the Hawaii Tribune-Herald

October eNewsletter

Issue Articles:

• A Listening Ear and a Helping Hand
  Care Coordinators and Patient Navigators Go the Extra Mile for Patients with Chronic Disease
• Physicians Mark Halfway Point Towards PCMH Certification
  
• HEAL Projects Improve Health Literacy
  
• HIBC Care Coordination Learning Event #2
  

Celebrating Health IT Week

Issue Articles:

• Celebrate Health Information Technology Week with HIBC
  
• Health IT Undergirds Care Coordination Island-Wide
  
• The Paperless Practice: Doctors and Staff Strive for Meaningful Use of EHRs
  
• Health IT for You and Me
  
• Thank you for celebrating Health IT Week with us!
  

August 2012 eNewsletter

Issue Articles:

• HIBC Welcomes New Care Coordination Partner
  Leading-Edge iHealthHome® Technology Empowers Patients and Streamlines Care
• Video: Care Coordination at West Hawai‘i Community Health Center
  
• Get Fit This Fall with HEAL
  
• Stage 2 Meaningful Use Requirements Issued
  
• Hawaii Beacon infuses health IT, care coordination with aloha Government Health IT By Mary Mosquera
  

July 2012 eNewsletter

Issue Articles:

• A Life-Saving Intervention
  
• Team Huddling: For Jocks and Docs
  
• Hawai‘i Health Care Leaders Represent HIBC in Washington, D.C.
  
• Health IT: Saving Time, Money and Lives
  
• Firing Up Flour and Young Minds: HEAL Projects Teach Science and Healthy Eating
  

June 2012 eNewsletter

Issue Articles:

• Hush, Little Baby…Mom’s Getting Better
  
• People and Connections: The Magic of Project BOOST®
  
• Planting More Seeds to Cultivate Better Health Practices
  
• HIE: The Smart Thing to Do
  
• HEAL: Empowering Toddler and Tutu
  

May 2012 eNewsletter

Issue Articles:

• Native Hawaiian Values Inspire a More Coordinated, Connected Health Care System
  
• Two Years of Transformation
  Beacon Communities Light the Way for Health Care in the U.S.
• HIBC Kicks Off Practice Redesign Program
  Twenty-Five Physicians Sign Up to Adopt the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Model
• EHR Adoption: Faster than Anticipated
  
• Take the Pledge to Live a Healthier Life
  Join the HIBC Water and Step Challenges

April 2012 eNewsletter

Issue Articles:

• Transforming Care for Patients in Need
  Collaboration Catalyzes Systemic Change for Health Care
• Hawaii Island HEAL Projects Present a Healthier 2012
  Eighteen Health & Wellness Programs Gear Up Island-Wide
• Provider Connection: Your Health IT Team
  Got Questions? We Can Help
• What’s in Your Backyard?
  Free, Online Health & Wellness Directory Connects Residents with Community Resources
• National News: Beacon Communities Light the Way for Health Care Transformation
  An Overview of the Health Care Quality Revolution