JamesLHollyMD

Family Medicine • Beaumont, TX

Hospital Medicine/Hospitalist

CEO at Southeast Texas Medical Associates, LLP

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Office
2929 Calder St
Ste 100
Beaumont, TX 77702
Phone+1 409-833-9797

Fax+1 409-654-6802

Summary

I am actively involved with health care policy and transformation. All of my work is displayed at www.setma.com. I have written a 2,000 word health column weekly for the past 14 years. I have led my group in the use of EMR since 1998. We are a Joslin Diabetes Affliate, a Patient Centered Medical Home by NCQA and AAAHC. We work in Medicare Advantage and in an Accountale Care Organization. I am the President of an IPA, Chairman of the Board, Medical Director and Hospitalist. At this time in 2012, I still work fultime.

My practice public reports by provider name on over 250 quality metrics on our website There are over 150 articles from national publications about SETMA on our website under In-The-News. All oh my articles -- over 800 -- and over 60 of my presentations at national meetings are published there.

All of our elelectronic patient management, decision support materials are there. SETMA participates in many peer reviewed studies.

2012 Distinquished Alumnus of UTHSCSA School of Medicine

Endowed Dr. and Mrs James L. Holly Distinquished Professorship in Patient-Centered Medical Home 2012

Endowed UTHSCSA Alumni Distinquished Lecture in Music and Medicine

Endowed Williarm R. Holly and Wirt E Bellus Distinquished Lectureship in Patient-Centered Medical Home at UTHSCSA

Founding Contribution for the Primary Care Institute at UTHSCSA

Education & Training

University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of MedicineResidency, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1974 - 1974
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Joe and Teresa Lozano Long School of MedicineInternship, Internal Medicine, 1973 - 1974
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San AntonioClass of 1973, MD
Baylor UniversityMaster of Arts, History, 1966 - 1969
Northwestern State UniversityBA, History and Philosophy, 1961 - 1965

Certifications & Licensure

TX State Medical License 1973 - 2025
LA State Medical License 1973 - 2019

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Innovator of the Year eHI, 2012
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification NextGen Ambulatory EHR, NextGen Healthcare, 2012-2013
SETMA award Innovator of the Year Healthcare Informatics Magazine, 2011
Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition Program National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2010
Physician Practice Connections Recognition Program National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2010-2013
Davies Award HIMSS, 2006
SETMA awarded Gartner Business Intelligence Semi-Finalist for excellence in BI
HIMSS Physician Leadership Award IT 2012 HIMSS
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Fearlessly facing the future. Case study: a Texas practice's implementation of EMR and a fully integrated back-office system.
James L Holly
MGMA Connexion. 2006-02-01

Journal Articles

Improving Population Healthcare and Safety Through Real-time Data access, Auditing and Reporting.
James L Holly, Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Stories of Success

Books/Book Chapters

Chapter: Innovation for the Future of Health Care: The SETMA Model of Care.
James L HollyEditors: Dr. Lyle Berkowitz and Chris McCarthy.Springer Science and Business Media

Lectures

Preventable Hospital Readmissions, Policy, Problems, Processes.
SETMA Staff Training
Infrastructure required for a sustainable Quality Improvement initiative to decrease preventable readmissions to the hospital.
Scottsdale Institute
Care Transitions: The heart of Patient-Center Medical Home.
Texas Health Resources, Arlington, Texas
Advances in Diabetes Using Electronic Tools.
Harvard School of Medicine and Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Excellence and Innovation in Education.
22nd Annual Conference of the National Task Force on CME/Provider/Industry..., Baltimore, Maryland
Revolutionizing the Practice of Medicine And Meeting the Challenge of 21st Century Medicine With Electronic Medical Records (EMR) which Evolves into Electronic Patient...
TMF (Texas CMS’ Quality Improvement Organization, Webinar)
Care Transitions, The Heart of Patient-Centered Medical Home.
HIMSS 2012, Las Vegas, Nevada
Convenience is the new word for Quality.
HIMSS 2012, Leaders & Innovators Breakfast, Las Vegas, Nevada
The Future of Primary Care, Primary Care Progress.
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio School of Medicine
Performance Improvement CME.
Society For Academic CME, New York, New York
The Importance of Data Analytics in Physician Practice.
Massachusetts Medical Society, Boston Massachusetts
Large-scale Medical Management of Patients Using Quality Indicators and Electronic Health Records, Preparing for the 1115 Medicaid Waiver: Outcomes that Matter.
YAI, Premier Healthcare Training Institute, New York City
NextGen as a Tool for Redesigning Primary Care to Fulfill IHI’s Triple Aim.
NextGen’s Larger Group Users’ Meeting, Dallas, Texas
Symposium on Hospital Readmissions.
Healthcare Informatics Summit, Orlando, Florida
New and Innovative Approach to Medical Care.
Future of Healthcare Workshop, Texas Health Institute
The Use of Analytics in Physician Practices.
American Heart Association, Guidelines Advantage
CARE Spotlight: State-based Solutions.
Diabetes Innovation 2012, Washington, D.C
The Power of Data Analytics in Population Mangment
Massachusetts Medical Society
Designing an EMR to Enhance Medical Education.
Texas A&M University School of Medicine
Healthcare Issues Facing Southeast Texas in the Twenty-first Century: A Proposal for Excellence in the Care of the Uninsured and the Indigent.
Beaumont Chamber of Commerce, Beaumont, Texas
Toward Electronic Patient Management.
Clinical Quality Improvement Forum, American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois
Advancing The Quality Agenda Physician Performance Measures.
AMA Chicago, Illinois
Beyond Electronic Medical Records: The Hope and Promise of Electronic Patient Management.
AMA, Chicago, Illinois
Advancing Electronic Healthcare Records Systems Implementation.
AMA
Spanning the Specialties to Bring You the Best Standards.
HIMSS, San Diego, California
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Other

Your Life Your Health.
James L Holly
http://www.setma.com
A New and Innovative Approach to Healthcare.
James L Holly
http://www.setma.com
Texas Health Institute, Austin, Texas
Importance of Data Analytics in Physician Practice.
James L Holly, Guidelines Advantage Webinar
http://www.setma.com
Revolutionizing the Practice of Medicine And Meeting the Challenge of 21st Century Medicine With Electronic Medical Records (EMR) which Evolves into Electronic Patient...
James L Holly
http://www.setma.com
TMF Health Quality Institute (CMS' Texas Quality Improvement Organization)
Moving From Quality Measurement to Continuous Performance Improvement.
James L Holly
http://www.setma.com
Performance Improvement CME (PI-CME).
James L Holly
http://www.setma.com
Society For Academic CME, New York City
The Future of Healthcare.
James L Holly
http://www.setma.com
Office of National Coordinator, HIT, HSS, Washington, D.C.
Care Transitions: The Heart of Patient-Center Medical Home.
James L Holly
http://www.setma.com
HIMSS, Orlando, Care
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Press Mentions

Surescripts’ Interoperable Network Connects 1.3 Million Healthcare Professionals to Deliver Nearly 11 Billion Secure Transactions in 2016June 7th, 2017
Becoming a PCMH: How One Physician Transformed His PracticeJuly 2nd, 2015

Committees

Member, HIMSS Innovations Commitee 2012 - Present

Research History

Robert Wood Johnson Foundatoin Learing From Exemplar Ambulatory Practtices3 year study of 30 exemplar practices, looking for reproducible innovations for the transformation of primary care -- MacColl Research Institute conducting study for RWJF