The lean electronic health record : a journey toward optimized care / Ronald G. Bercaw, Kurt A. Knoth, Susan T. Snedaker.
"The Electronic Health Record (EHR) is a reflection of the way your organization conducts business. If you're looking to make lasting improvements in the delivery of care, you must start with looking at the system from your patient's perspective to understand what is of value and what is simply waste."--Back cover.
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- ISBN: 9781138626584
- ISBN: 1138626589
- Physical Description: xxii, 275 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Publisher: Boca Raton : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, [2018]
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Always start with the patient -- Take care of ourselves before we take care of others -- Dollars and cents -- What is lean and how does it apply to the EHR -- EHR vendor selection -- Lean project management -- Requirements gathering-a new approach -- Design and build phase -- Testing, user acceptance, and training -- Go Live -- Optimizing the electronic health record -- Optimizing your legacy system-standardize by specialty -- Optimizing your legacy system-create and spread the model. |
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Subject: | Medical records > Data processing. Electronic Health Records. Total Quality Management. Medical Records Systems, Computerized. |
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The Lean Electronic Health Record : A Journey Toward Optimized Care
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Table of Contents
The Lean Electronic Health Record : A Journey Toward Optimized Care
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Foreword | p. xiii | |
Acknowledgments | p. xvii | |
Authors | p. xxi | |
1 | Always Start with the Patient | p. 1 |
What's in It for the Patient? | p. 1 | |
A More Seamless and Safer Experience | p. 3 | |
Reduce Unnecessary Tests and Procedures | p. 6 | |
Self-Service Options | p. 7 | |
Easy Access to Medical Records | p. 8 | |
Chapter Summary | p. 10 | |
Further Reading | p. 10 | |
2 | Take Care of Ourselves before We Take Care of Others | p. 13 |
Provider Burnout Is Exasperated by Today's EHRs | p. 15 | |
The Promise of a Simplified User Experience Has Not Materialized | p. 17 | |
Getting a Day's Work Done in a Day | p. 20 | |
Additional Thoughts | p. 21 | |
Chapter Summary | p. 21 | |
Further Reading | p. 22 | |
3 | Dollars and Cents | p. 23 |
How Much Does This New Electronic Health Record Cost? | p. 23 | |
Where Are the Benefits of an Electronic Health Record? | p. 26 | |
Can an EHR Have a Return on Investment? | p. 30 | |
What Can Be Done to Minimize Expenses? | p. 32 | |
Chapter Summary | p. 35 | |
Further Reading | p. 35 | |
4 | What Is Lean and How Does It Apply to the EHR? | p. 37 |
What Is Lean? | p. 37 | |
Value Added | p. 38 | |
Non-Value Added | p. 38 | |
First Theme of Lean Improvement-Continuous Improvement | p. 41 | |
Second Theme of Lean Improvement-Respect for All People | p. 43 | |
Seven Wastes | p. 44 | |
Overproduction | p. 44 | |
Waiting | p. 45 | |
Overprocessing | p. 46 | |
Inventory | p. 47 | |
Motion | p. 48 | |
Defects | p. 49 | |
Transportation | p. 50 | |
One Additional Waste: Unused (Wasted) Human Talent | p. 51 | |
Principles of Improvement | p. 52 | |
Flow | p. 52 | |
Pull | p. 54 | |
Defect-Free | p. 56 | |
Visual Management | p. 56 | |
Kaizen | p. 58 | |
Lean Healthcare Defined | p. 59 | |
Chapter Summary | p. 61 | |
5 | EHR Vendor Selection | p. 63 |
Patient Perspective | p. 64 | |
Organizational Requirements | p. 65 | |
Assessing Readiness | p. 66 | |
Who Are the Key Stakeholders and What Are Their Objectives? | p. 66 | |
Who Will Form the Implementation Team and What Are Their Roles and Responsibilities? | p. 67 | |
How Will We Include the Patient Perspective? | p. 68 | |
What Is the Overall State of Our Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure? | p. 69 | |
Cultural Climate | p. 70 | |
Clinical and IT Governance Structures | p. 70 | |
Incorporating SAFER Guidelines | p. 71 | |
Systems Integration | p. 72 | |
Interfaces | p. 72 | |
Up and Downstream Systems Integration | p. 74 | |
Hardware and Infrastructure Considerations | p. 77 | |
Organizational Strategies | p. 77 | |
Risk Assessment | p. 78 | |
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Considerations | p. 80 | |
Gap Analysis-Current Infrastructure vs. Vendor Requirements | p. 81 | |
Current State of End-User Devices | p. 82 | |
State of Organizational Finances | p. 84 | |
Operational Considerations | p. 86 | |
Current Staff Capabilities and Limitations | p. 86 | |
Network Infrastructure (Core, Wired, Wireless) | p. 88 | |
Telephony, Unified Communications, Audio Visual | p. 88 | |
Service Desk | p. 89 | |
Data, Analytics, and Measurement Considerations | p. 89 | |
Data Needs | p. 90 | |
Reports | p. 91 | |
Analytics and Measurement | p. 91 | |
Population Health Management and Meaningful Use | p. 93 | |
EHR Funding | p. 93 | |
EHR Selection-Requirements and Selection Criteria | p. 94 | |
Pugh Selection Method | p. 96 | |
Chapter Summary | p. 101 | |
Further Reading | p. 102 | |
6 | Lean Project Management | p. 103 |
Deploying the Electronic Health Record as a Project | p. 103 | |
Key Steps in Lean Project Management | p. 105 | |
Identify a Representative Sample of the Key Stakeholders Who Will Design, Build, Test, Deploy, and Use the EHR | p. 107 | |
Assign the End Date for the Project | p. 108 | |
Define the Key Phases the Project Will Go Through | p. 108 | |
Develop the Criteria for Passing Each Tollgate and Define the Evidence Needed to Verify the Criteria Has Been Met | p. 109 | |
Determine the Tasks Needed to Pass the Tollgate | p. 111 | |
Assign Accountability for the Tasks to Meet Tollgate Criteria and the Timeline | p. 112 | |
Execute the Tasks Needed to Meet the Tollgate | p. 114 | |
Hold a Formal Review to Confirm That the Tollgate Criteria Have Been Met | p. 116 | |
Repeat Steps 7, 8, and 9 for Each Phase of the Project Until the Project is Completed | p. 116 | |
EHR Deployment Governance | p. 117 | |
Chapter Summary | p. 117 | |
7 | Requirements Gathering-A New Approach | p. 119 |
Map Existing State | p. 120 | |
Patient Appointment Task List | p. 121 | |
Reengineered Patient Appointment Task List | p. 123 | |
Identifying Existing Workflows | p. 125 | |
Developing Requirements from Workflows | p. 127 | |
Functional Requirements for Patient Appointment | p. 127 | |
Patient Engagement Requirements | p. 128 | |
Module Selection | p. 129 | |
Alerts and Reminders | p. 130 | |
Reports | p. 130 | |
Technical Interfaces | p. 131 | |
Population Health Management and Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) | p. 132 | |
Data Migration Requirements | p. 133 | |
Chapter Summary | p. 133 | |
Further Reading | p. 134 | |
8 | Design and Build Phase | p. 135 |
Standardize, Standardize, Standardize | p. 135 | |
Visioning | p. 138 | |
Chapter Summary | p. 146 | |
9 | Testing, User Acceptance, and Training | p. 147 |
Overview | p. 147 | |
Testing Considerations | p. 147 | |
Unit and Functional Testing | p. 149 | |
System Testing | p. 151 | |
Integrated Testing | p. 152 | |
Performance Testing | p. 153 | |
Super User Considerations | p. 158 | |
User Acceptance Criteria | p. 160 | |
Training Tips | p. 161 | |
Lean Process and Product Testing | p. 163 | |
Chapter Summary | p. 166 | |
Further Reading | p. 167 | |
10 | Go Live | p. 169 |
Overview | p. 169 | |
Planning the Go Live | p. 169 | |
Readiness | p. 170 | |
Application Readiness | p. 170 | |
Staff Readiness | p. 172 | |
Process Readiness | p. 172 | |
Technology Readiness | p. 174 | |
Strategy | p. 174 | |
Data Management during Go Live | p. 175 | |
Go Live Staffing | p. 176 | |
Central Command Center | p. 177 | |
Go Live Statistics | p. 180 | |
Support "At the Elbow" for Providers | p. 181 | |
Leveraging Super Users | p. 184 | |
Triaging Requests for Changes | p. 184 | |
Validating Critical Issues | p. 185 | |
Decommissioning Command Center and Go Live Support | p. 188 | |
Chapter Summary | p. 189 | |
Further Reading | p. 190 | |
11 | Optimizing the Electronic Health Record | p. 191 |
What Is Optimization? | p. 191 | |
Optimization through the First Lens: Keeping the Evidence Current | p. 193 | |
Physician Change Control | p. 196 | |
Physician Participation in the Change Control Committee | p. 196 | |
Physician EHR Advisory Group | p. 197 | |
Physician Input through Medical Executive Council or Service Line Advisory Groups | p. 197 | |
Physician Builders | p. 198 | |
Optimization through the Second Lens: Managing for Daily Improvement | p. 198 | |
Operationalizing the MDI System | p. 205 | |
Optimization through the Third Lens: Continuous Improvement | p. 208 | |
Plan on Changes | p. 210 | |
Assign an EHR Optimization Resource to the Value Stream Steering Team | p. 212 | |
Do Not Lead with IT Solutions | p. 214 | |
Minimize HandOffs before Automating | p. 215 | |
Why Is Optimization of the EHR so Difficult? | p. 217 | |
Chapter Summary | p. 218 | |
Further Reading | p. 219 | |
12 | Optimizing Your Legacy System-Standardize by Specialty | p. 221 |
Three Steps to Transforming Your Legacy System | p. 222 | |
Standardize by Clinical Specialty | p. 222 | |
Standardizing by Subspecialty? | p. 227 | |
Chapter Summary | p. 228 | |
13 | Optimizing Your Legacy System-Create and Spread the Model | p. 229 |
What Is a "Model" Area? | p. 229 | |
Create the Model | p. 230 | |
Using Rapid Cycle Improvement | p. 231 | |
Applying the Scientific Method and the A3 | p. 232 | |
Rapid Cycle in Action-A Case Study | p. 233 | |
Spreading the Model | p. 244 | |
Yokoten | p. 245 | |
Chapter Summary | p. 250 | |
Book Summary | p. 253 | |
Glossary of Lean EHR Terms | p. 257 | |
Index | p. 265 |