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Planning Your EHR Planning Your EHR ImplementationImplementationImplementationImplementation

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Webinar Schedule

• Planning for your EHR Implementation –• Planning for your EHR Implementation –October 27 and 30

• Selecting your EHR – January 26 and 29

• Successfully Implementing your EHR –Successfully Implementing your EHRFebruary 23 and 26

O ti i i EHR f Q lit• Optimizing your EHR for Quality Improvement– March 23 and 26

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Looking for More Information?

• CCME EHR Adoption Workshop Series• CCME EHR Adoption Workshop Series

• Live, comprehensive, 6‐part series on each phase of EHR adoptionphase of EHR adoption

• Limiting series to 40 participants

• Series starts December 11 in Raleigh, NC

• Contact [email protected] @ gfor more info and to register

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Session Objectives• Develop specific, measurable goals for EHR adoption and quality improvement

• Formulate strategies for staff communication and change management

• Develop strategies for meeting the proposed meaningful use criteria g

• Create a practice specific workplan for the EHR implementationEHR implementation

• Formulate the specific features/functionality that the EHR must have to be successfulthat the EHR must have to be successful

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Why Promote EHR/ HIE?Why Promote EHR/ HIE?

Effective EHR/HIE Implementation will:

• Improve patient quality of care 

• Prevent medical errors 

• Reduce health care costs 

• Increase administrative efficiencies• Increase administrative efficiencies 

• Decrease paperwork 

• Expand access to affordable care 

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EHR Adoption StepsEHR Adoption Steps

• Pre‐work

• Assessment

• Planning• Planning

• EHR system selection

• EHR system implementation

• EHR post implementation evaluation

• Clinical system improvement

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Review:  Pre‐work Steps

1. Perform financial/ROI assessment 

2. Confirm senior level commitment

3. Assign a physician champion g p y p

4. Select EHR implementation team 

5 Learn to conduct effective staff meetings5. Learn to conduct effective staff meetings 

6. Learn EHR hardware and software terms 

7. Review recommended EHR  functionalities 

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Review:  Assessment Steps

• Perform readiness assessment

l• Assess practice culture 

• Evaluate the environment for change 

• Assess computer skills of all employees

• Assess patient satisfaction• Assess patient satisfaction 

• Evaluate hardware and networking needs 

f kfl l i• Perform workflow analysis 

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d id iEHR Adoption Step 3 EHR Adoption Step 3 Pl i Y EHRPl i Y EHRPlanning Your EHR Planning Your EHR I l t tiI l t tiImplementationImplementation

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Planning StepPlanning Step IncludesIncludes

• Create plans:  Turn assessment findings into ti bl i f tiactionable information. 

• Plan for backloading and scanning paper charts

• Determine Implementation Approach

• Draft internal project plan for EHRDraft internal project plan for EHR implementation

• Define EHR Implementation goals and• Define EHR Implementation goals and measurements

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St 1Step 1 Create Plans

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Turning Assessment into ActionCreate  documented plans for:

• resource assignment matrixg

• Training needs (computer skills, other)

• hardware and software needs and inventory• hardware and software needs and inventory

• communications

• Interface and conversion needs

• Functionality “wish list”/vendor selection matrixy /

• process improvement plans pre/post EHR 

• the budget and funding sources• the budget and funding sources

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Resource Assignment Matrix

Plan components

k d f h l h• Tasks required for the implementation that require internal resources

• Resources available for implementation tasks

• “back fill” resources for staff pulled into the pimplementation

• Outstanding resource requirements• Outstanding resource requirements

• Plan for acquiring additional resources

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Training PlanPlan components

B i t kill d t i t i i d d• Basic computer skills and typing training needed

• Staff needing training

• Community or other resources available

• Costs associated

• Schedules for staff training

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Hardware and Software PlanPlan components:

• Detailed inventory of printers, faxes,Detailed inventory of printers, faxes, workstations, etc

• new hardware needed (and costs)• new hardware needed (and costs)

• new network drops (if necessary)

• new electrical outlets (if necessary)

• wireless network needs including suggested g ggplacement of access points

• EHR access method (ASP, in house, hosted)EHR access method (ASP, in house, hosted)

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Communications Plan

Plan components

• Stakeholder communications

• Project sponsor communicationsProject sponsor communications

• Implementation team meeting schedule

St ff i ti• Staff communications

• Requirements for written v. verbal communication

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Interface and Conversion Plan

Plan ComponentsPlan Components

• Detailed account of the interfaces needed including priorityincluding priority

• Plan for current PM system (keep or replace)

• Detailed account of needed data conversions

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Functionality “Wish List”Plan components

• Based on your assessments what• Based on your assessments, what functionality is important to your practice?

R ti i t• Reporting requirements

• Plan for assuring CCHIT and meaningful use criteria are included in the EHR

• Creation of a vendor selection matrix, or a list of questions that will be asked of every vendor and a method for comparing results

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Process Improvement Plan

Plan ComponentsPlan Components

• Detailed account of the issues, bottlenecks, paper triggers non value added activitiespaper triggers, non‐value added activities

• Based on your workflow analysis, what issues d b dd d EHR?need to be addressed pre‐EHR?

• Which issues can be resolved with the EHR?

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Budget and Funding Plan

Plan componentsPlan components

• Estimated direct cost of implementation

i d i di f i l i• Estimated indirect cost of implementation

• Estimated revenue increases

• Estimated revenue savings

• Information learned from ROI calculationsInformation learned from ROI calculations

• Funding plans

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Step 2Step 2 Determine Implementation Approach

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Approach 1—Big Bang

The Big Bang approach entails that all EHRThe Big Bang approach entails that all EHR system functions are turned on at go live and all physicians nurses and administrativeall physicians, nurses, and administrative support staff use the EHR as their sole means of documenting patient visits and performingof documenting patient visits and performing other patient related tasks.

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Approach 1—Big BangPros• Shorter implementation

Cons

• Higher risk of failure• Shorter implementation time

• Shortens painful parallel 

• Higher risk of failure 

• Significantly higher productivity hit at go live 

paper/EHR operational period

• Achieves return on

p y gand some time afterward

• Staff or physicians unable to deal with change may rebel• Achieves return on 

investment much quicker

• Less likely to get stuck part 

deal with change may rebel

• Doesn’t allow for “tweaking” the process 

way to the goal

• Takes advantage of staff enthusiasm

g pbased on lessons learned

enthusiasm

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Approach 2—Phased

The Phased approach allows physicians and staffThe Phased approach allows physicians and staff to ease into the EHR.  The office goes live with functions peripheral to the patient visit (suchfunctions peripheral to the patient visit (such as messaging and prescription refills) and works toward electronic charting of patientworks toward electronic charting of patient visits.    

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Approach 2—PhasedPros• Reduces implementation 

i /f i

Cons• Total implementation and 

i i b hi hpains to one group/function at a time

• Spreads out costs of

training costs may be higher

• ROI is not achieved as quicklySpreads out costs of 

hardware and software over a longer period of time

k f f l

quickly

• Risk getting stuck part way to the goal

• Less risk of  failure 

• CAN help build support in a reluctant office

• Can be exhausting ‐ imparts the feeling that things are always in fluxreluctant office  

• Minimize productivity loss 

• Allows time to tweak the 

always in flux 

• Hybrid paper/EHR system can be confusing 

process 

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Phased Approach Suggestions

Phase 1: e‐prescribing medication listsPhase 1:  e prescribing, medication lists, allergies, problems lists, vitals, messaging, lab results patient education materialsresults, patient education materials

Phase 2: prompts/reminders, orders, referrals, templated physician documentationtemplated physician documentation

Phase 3:  advanced clinical decision support, i h l h i d l h ipatient health maintenance modules, chronic 

illness flowsheets/tracking

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St 3Step 3 Backloading and Scanningg g

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Backloading and Scanning 

• Scanning refers to the process of• Scanning refers to the process of electronically scanning your paper medical records into the EHRrecords into the EHR. 

• Backloading refers to the process of manually entering information into sections of yourentering information into sections of your EHR.

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Backloading and Scanning Key Considerations

• Which paper charts will be scanned?  All charts?  Active charts?

• What order will the charts be scanned?

• Which parts of the charts will be scanned?• Which parts of the charts will be scanned? 

• Will indexing be used?

• Which parts will be manually backloaded ?

• Who will scan?  Backload?  And When? 

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More considerations• Process for new, incoming documents ?

• What type of scanner is needed?• What type of scanner is needed?  

• Enough space for a high volume scanner?

• Will scanned documents be  searchable/reportable?  

• Post scan paper document storage?

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Backloading and Scanning Tip

If paper charts are to be scanned you may needIf paper charts are to be scanned, you may need to develop a paper to electronic transition plan so your staff will know where to look forplan so your staff will know where to look for a patient’s chart. For example, should they look on the shelf or in the computer for thelook on the shelf or in the computer for the patient’s chart?

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Step 4Step 4Draft Internal Project Plan forDraft Internal Project Plan forDraft Internal Project Plan for Draft Internal Project Plan for 

ImplementationImplementation

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Hope is not a plan

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Why Create a Workplan?

• Helps communicate the implementation activities to the staffactivities to the staff

• to plan the timing of specific implementation  ktasks  

• can be used to plan resource allocation for each implementation task 

• An aid in vendor contract negotiations. g

• To monitor and control the implementation

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If h l i i f WHENIf you have a clear vision of WHEN the implementation needs tothe implementation needs to occur, you can add specific language to your EHR vendor contract to make sure the EHR iscontract to make sure the EHR is live when YOU need it to be. 

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Sample Base Workplan

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Creating the Workplan • Start with a base EHR implementation plan that includes EHR adoption stepsthat includes EHR adoption steps.

• Plug in your desired live date and then work back ards to fill in the rest of the datesbackwards to fill in the rest of the dates.  

• Fill in who will be responsible for each task. 

• The work plan will never be “set in stone” so anticipate changes to your work plan. 

• The EHR vendor you choose may also have steps that need to be added to the workplan. p p

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Step 5 Define EHR Implementation GoalsDefine EHR Implementation Goals 

and Measurements

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Why Set Goals?

• Helps define success for the implementation d ll li iand overall quality improvement 

• When you define your goals, you can define your needs and actions

• When you define your needs, you can select y y , yan EHR system that will meet your needs 

• Helps with staff buy‐in and facilitates openHelps with staff buy in and facilitates open communication

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Goal Setting Basics

• Goal Definition: Set clear, measurable goals for what can be done to improve the existingfor what can be done to improve the existing conditions. 

i l h l d f l f• Action Plan:  For each goal, define a plan of action for achieving the goal. What specific 

d d k h l?steps do you need to take to reach your goal?    

• Measuring Success: Determine how you will measure the success of your action plan. 

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Sample Goal

• Goal: Decrease the number of pharmacy phone calls regarding prescriptionsphone calls regarding prescriptions

• Action Plan:  Use the e‐prescribing feature in h l d h dthe EHR to eliminate paper and handwritten prescriptions. Utilize the drug interaction h k f f h dchecking feature of the EHR to guard against drug interactions

• Measure of Success: In two months, have an 85% reduction in pharmacy phone calls 

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Sample Goal

• Goal: Decrease transcription turnaround time• Goal:  Decrease transcription turnaround time and reduce transcription cost.

• Action Plan: Use clinical charting within the• Action Plan:  Use clinical charting within the EHR to eliminate the need for transcription servicesservices.

• Measure of Success:  Within two months of EHR li d h f i i bEHR live, reduce the cost of transcription by 80%.

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Goal Setting Guiding Principles

• Keep it simple! Don’t get hung up on statistics• Keep it simple! Don t get hung up on statistics, sample size and complicating factors 

• Set clear measurable goals• Set clear, measurable goals

• Involve everyone in office‐ brain storm

• Define a plan of action for achieving the goal

• Determine how you will measure the success yof your action plan

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Contact CCME

The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence919‐380‐9860 ask to speak with EHR Services

You may visit CCMEwww.thecarolinascenter.org/EHR

You may also [email protected]