To Improve Clinical Efficiency - NEHCC€¦ · Evidence‐based practice is a problem‐solving...
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New England Home C C f &Care Conference & Trade Show
June 6, 2013
Carolyn J Humphrey, RN, MS, FAAN
President, CJ Humphrey Associates
Louisville, Kentucky 502‐767‐[email protected]
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Four National Trends… Evidence‐based Clinical Practices
Clinical Decision Support Systems
Electronic Health Record (EHR) & Information Technology (IT) national events are impacting providers and professionals
Importance of standardization to support patient‐centered care and care‐giver communication and gcollaboration
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Today’s Objectivesy j
Identify how current evidence‐based practice (EBP) concepts apply to homecare & hospice clinical practicepractice.
Describe how meaningful use standards impact current and future EMR requirements.
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Today’s Objectives y j Recognize how a Clinical Documentation System (EMR) incorporating a Clinical Decision Support System (CDS)can help:
Streamline workflow Streamline workflow
Increase clinical accuracy & productivity
Support the use & adherence to EBP
Increase clinician satisfaction & improve retention
I ti t t Improve patient outcomes
Maximize agency resources
Position the organization for opportunities
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Take Home
An update of current EBP & EMR terms & concepts to use as a framework for your further analysis
Specific examples of how clinical software at the Point‐of‐care can support several organizational departments and goals
Creative approaches to maximize your IT Investment & increase efficiencies in your agency
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How current evidence‐based practice (EBP)
t l t h & h i concepts apply to homecare & hospice clinical practice
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An EBP Refresher
Evidence‐based practice is a problem‐solving approach to health care that incorporates the conscientious use of current best evidence from well designed studies a of current best evidence from well‐designed studies, a clinician’s expertise, and patient values and preferences. Fineout‐Overhold, Melynk, 2005
All three of these key components must be present for All three of these key components must be present for evidence‐based practice to be effective.
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Why EBP?yStatus of America's Health Care
30% of healthcare spending ‐$750 Billion‐ for ineffective or redundant care. BC/BS 2012
% f t d 6% f h i 54% of acute care and 56% of chronic care conformed to the medical literature. McGlynn, 2003
Patients have a 50% chance of receiving the most advisable care RWJ, 2010J,
98,000 people die each year from preventable medical errors Nat Ac Press, 2009
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Why EBP?yNational, State & Local Perspective
Helps decrease variability across clinicians & providers
Supports accurate & comparable benchmarking
Helps achieve efficient & effective patient outcomes
Helps decrease costs
Meets accreditation & licensure standards
Helps decrease adverse eventsHelps decrease adverse events
Can positively affect HH Compare Scores
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Why EBP?yPositioning your Organization NOW!
Basing practice & care on evidence is integrated into h ff d bl ( )the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
ACOs are required to promote evidence‐based medicine and coordinate care through using it.
Focus on achieving patient‐centered outcomes rather than just delivering care & paying per visit.
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Why EBP?yClinical Perspective
Research studies show that using EBP helps leads to:
Higher quality care
Improved patient outcomes
Reduced costs, and
Greater nurse satisfaction than traditional approaches to care.
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Why NOT EBP?yClinicians’ Perspective
Lack of knowledge.
Wasn’t included in their nursing education.
Lack computer & Internet search skills.
Too difficult or too time‐consuming.
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Why NOT EBP?yRegulations!
“Regulations were never meant to tell clinicians how to practice.”
Increasingly, agencies will be licensed on their use of best practice.
Using evidence‐based clinical practices does not conflict with b i li d li d d if i d i h being compliant and licensed, and if it does, everyone in the agency should know the procedure to move the issue forward.
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Why NOT EBP! yDoctor’s Orders!
Clinicians develop their skilled Plan of Care in h h dconjunction with physician orders.
Agency policies & procedures should support EBP.
Physicians should be open to EBP questions.
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Knowledge Statistics Evidence and Mistakes is Knowledge ‐ Statistics, Evidence and Mistakes ‐ is the enemy of disease…The third revolution in healthcare will be driven by knowledge, technology and patients.”
Sir Mur Gray, Chief Knowledge Officer of Britain's National Health Service
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Meaningful Use g
The set of CMS defined standards that governs the use of EHRs & allows eligible providers to earn incentive payments by meeting specific criteria payments by meeting specific criteria.
The goal of meaningful use is to promote the spread of electronic health records to improve health care in the U it d St tUnited States.
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Benefits of Meaningful Use g Complete and accurate information – EHRs allow providers to
know more about their patients & their health history prior to office visits, having the needed information to deliver the best possible care.
Better access to information ‐ EHRs supply providers with greater information access to diagnose problems earlier and improve patient outcomes. Information is easily shared among providers leading to better care coordination.
Patient empowerment – EHRs can empower patients to be active in their own and their family’s health by receiving and sharing their records and information securely over the Internet.
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Meaningful Use– CPOE (for Medications) – Clinical Decision Support( )
– Drug to Drug and Drug to Allergy interaction checks
– Demographics, gender, race, ethnicity, DOB, preliminary cause of death
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– Calculate and transmit CMS quality measures
– Electronic copy of health records
Electronic copy of discharge preliminary cause of death
– Problem List
– Medication list
– Medications allergy list
– Vital Signs
– Electronic copy of discharge instructions
– Clinical Summaries
– Exchange key clinical informationg
– Privacy and Security
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Right Information to the
Ri h i h Right person in the
Right format through the
Right channel at the
Right timeRight time
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Clinical Decision Support pp Is a sophisticated HIT component doesn’t stand alone
Common features
Knowledge‐based (dx, drug interactions, guides)
Rules & relationships that combine knowledge with patient‐specific information
Communication mechanism that provides relevant i f ti b k t th li i i i d li d information back to the clinician as care is delivered.
Berner, 2009
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CH1 does this help clarify? See also the sentence I wrote in the notes below to elaborate on this 1st bullet. Carolyn Humphrey, 5/17/2013
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Clinical Decision Support pp
Can lower costs – impacts numerous departments
Improve efficiency – assists the clinician
Reduce patient inconvenience – information transfer
May do all these simultaneously
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Benefits of an EMR with CDS Streamlines Workflow
Information must be filtered, organized and presented to support current workflow, allowing the clinician to make pp gan informed decision quickly and take action.
Provides a variety of tools to enhance decision‐making in the clinical workflow.
Tools can include computerized alerts and reminders for both the care provider & patients.
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Benefits of an EMR with CDS Helps Increase Clinical Accuracy & Productivity
Respects training & practice patterns.
Plan reminders ‐ no need to write things down;
Alerts, visit schedules, etc.
Provides information when clinicians are unsure;
Can hover over areas for reminders – EBP, tips, etc.
Presents EBP alternatives to support decision making
Corrects clinician errors;
Like spell check, EBP reminders, etc.
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Benefits of an EMR with CDS Supports the use and adherence to EBP
Includes clinical guidelines; condition‐specific order f d i d & i sets; focused patient data reports & summaries;
documentation templates; diagnostic support, and contextually relevant reference information, among other tools.
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Benefits of an EMR with CDS Helps Increase Clinician Satisfaction & Improve Retention
I lli kfl d li ki Intelligent workflow reduces reliance on taking notes.
Address the information overload clinicians face
Provides support for completing complex protocols
Research has shown by alerting & then recommending y g gEBP, a significant improvement occurs in adhering to guidelines.
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Benefits of an EMR with CDS Helps Improve Patient Outcomes
Include personalized assessments & care plans
Avoid multi‐physician, multi‐pharmacy use
Provide interdisciplinary POC
Focus on patient’s complete health & well‐being
Provide support for self‐management, including Provide support for self management, including telehealth
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Benefits of an EMR with CDS Helps Maximize Agency Resources
Dynamic comprehensive assessment using standard language = accurate & consistent documentation.
Required documents for billing result from the assessment & care planning process.
Queues up documents for review based on clinical variation and deviation from EBPvariation and deviation from EBP
Supports exception‐based review = Reduced time spend auditing and reviewing all clinical documentation.
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Benefits of an EMR with CDS Helps Position the Organization for Opportunities
Provides holistic view of patient care.
Efficient sharing with other providers and payers.
Identifies those at risk for high utilization
Evidence‐based practice guidelines
Improved efficiency, cost‐benefit, provider & patient satisfaction
Transition to appropriate level of care
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L t h i i h k thi i l Let whoever is in charge keep this simple question in her head (not, how can I always do this right thing myself, but) how can I provide for this right thing to be always done?”
Florence NightingaleNotes on Nursing: What it is and What it is Not
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