Resource Details

Using Your EHR to Improve Your Diagnosis and Follow Up of Obesity

Year Developed: 2023

Resource Type: Archived Webinar.

Primary Audience: C-Suite (CEOs, CFOs, CIO, COOs, CMOs, etc.) Clinicians
Secondary Audience: Board of Directors Enabling Staff PCAs

Language(s): English

Developed by: Renaye James Healthcare Advisors (RJHA) (See other resources developed by this organization).

Resource Summary: In this Renaye James Healthcare Advisors’ webinar, health center staff will learn tips for capturing the Body Mass Index (BMI) value, documenting a follow-up plan, capturing data, and reporting. The speakers will discuss the roles and responsibilities of care team members in the BMI documentation workflow, data capture, reporting, and best practices.

Resource Details: Speakers will share how to use BMI data to stratify risk and readiness for treatment; describe the role of EHR data development and implementation of campaigns; the impact of BMI on chronic disease and healthcare costs; use of the EHR in assessing social constructs as risk factors for obesity; describe the roles needed for team-based BMI management; and relay the social risk factors for BMI management.

Resource Topic: Clinical Issues, Emerging Issues, Special and Vulnerable Populations

Resource Subtopic: Diabetes, Policy and Advocacy, Quality Improvement, Quality Assurance, Telehealth Quality Assurance.

Keywords: Adolescents and Youth, Blacks/African Americans, Chronic Diseases and Care, Patient Education, Health Information Exchange (HIE), Hypertension, Pediatrics (Infants, Toddlers, and Children), Obesity, Patient Demographics, Physical Activity, Prevention, Team-Based Care.