KENNEBEC VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROGRAM UPDATEApril 19, 2012HIT Steering CommitteeMartha Vrana-Bossart MSN, RN-BCDirector, Health IT Program

2nd Year Evaluation

• Evaluation at end of March, 2012 for grant year two• Independent evaluator• Surveyed students, instructors, stakeholders

• Topics evaluated• Program changes• Program effectiveness

• Student enrollment• Stakeholder feedback• Student feedback

• Consultant track• Engineer track

Program Changes• Content of three tracks realigned into 2 tracks

• Engineer• Consultant

• Admission requirement • AA degree (some prior college education)

• Gap program offered in June 2011• provide earlier Practice Work Flow Track cohorts “missing elements of

new Consultant Track

• Founding coordinator left mid-December• New Director started end-February• Engineer instructor left November 2011

• September enrollees without instructor for 7 weeks• Once new instructor hired, class “caught-up” and completed by mid-

March

Student Enrollment

  June 2011 Sept. 2011 Jan. 2012 Mar. 2012 Total

Engineering Track 13 12   8   6   39

Consulting Track 31 31 25   7   94

“Gap”   7           7

Total students 51 43 32 13 140

Enrollment of 140 students = 93% of target (150 students)**Included “gap” program when Practice Work-Flow Track was absorbed into Consulting Track

Most trainees are current incumbent workers in a healthcare setting

Attrition/Retention

Track* Started  Dropped Percent Completed

June 2011 Consultant 31 6   77.4

June 2011 Engineer 13 0 100.0

Sept. 2011 Consultant 31 4   87.1

Sept. 2011 Engineer  12 1   91.7

January 2012 Consultant** 25 0 100.0

January 2012 Engineer**   8 1   87.5

Total 120 12   90.0

Attrition dropped from year one to year two. Completion rate of 90%

Program Effectiveness

• Evaluator met with both Engineer Tack students and Consultant Track students

• Two faculty members were asked for feedback-one provided

• Three employers of September 2011 enrollees queried• Two members of Program Advisory Committee queried

Suggestions• Greater hands-on labs in the engineering track• Additional instruction in the Consultant Track

• Basic IT instruction-IT vocabulary

• Public awareness about content & value of both KVCC EHR program and HITPro Examinations

• Assistance with HITPro Examinations

• Internship opportunities

Conclusion• Program at end of second year• Granted a no-cost extension of program to complete this

year’s work in September 2012 (last cohorts complete then)

• Granted a third year of funding to operate in all three Northern New England states (Maine, New Hampshire & Vermont)

• Additional staffing: • Full time consultant track instructor hired: Lorie Smith• Part time administrative specialist hired: Ted Bessey

• Go-to meeting software to allow for “virtual classroom”

Future Classes

EHR Consultant EHR Engineer Start Date: Start Date: May 19, 2012 End Nov. 18, 2012 May 19, 2012 End Nov.18, 2012 June 16, 2012 End Dec. 16 2012 July 14, 2012 End Jan. 13, 2013 July 14, 2012 End Jan. 13, 2013

Sept.15, 2012 End Mar.17,2013 August 4, 2012 (1) End Feb. 3, 2013 August 25, 2012 (2) End Feb. 24, 2013 September 15, 2012 End March 17, 2013