Scott J. Cowsill, MBA-HCM

The Imaging e-Ordering Coalition is an alliance of leading healthcare providers, technology companies, and diagnostic imaging organizations aimed at interacting proactively with policymakers and healthcare providers on certain issues related to imaging services. In particular, the Coalition advocates the use of electronic clinical decision support (CDS) technologies that give clinicians guidance regarding the ordering of patient-appropriate imaging services. Members of the Coalition devote… Show more

The Imaging e-Ordering Coalition is an alliance of leading healthcare providers, technology companies, and diagnostic imaging organizations aimed at interacting proactively with policymakers and healthcare providers on certain issues related to imaging services. In particular, the Coalition advocates the use of electronic clinical decision support (CDS) technologies that give clinicians guidance regarding the ordering of patient-appropriate imaging services. Members of the Coalition devote their energies to educating policy makers and healthcare providers about the patient-centered efficiencies of e-Ordering, as well as recommending to lawmakers that incentives for e-Prescribing medications electronically should include diagnostic imaging e-Ordering solutions. A variety of active legislative and regulatory proposals attempt to address utilization of imaging services for publicly subsidized programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. The Coalition focuses on the following components and has achieved measured progress within each: •Promote existing HIT legislative concepts to inform policy makers on the value of e-Ordering to enable the appropriate use of imaging. •Ask lawmakers to include e-Ordering in the development of healthcare system efficiency incentives. •Acted as a resource for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on its Medicare Imaging Demonstration Project established by Congress in Section 135(b) of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA). •Work with stakeholders to establish standards to accelerate e-Ordering as a meaningful and valuable application within EHRs. DOTMed News - "Coalition Formed to Promote Evidence-Based e-Ordering of Appropriate Diagnostic Tests" - June 19, 2009: http://www.dotmed.com/news/story/9422?p_begin=0 Show less