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May 1, 2009Washington Hospital Uses EHR to Reap Clinical and Financial Gains for Chronic Disease Management
Managing quality improvements in chronic disease treatment is a challenge for any physician practice, but even more so in a family practice residency where much of the clinical staff includes residents in constant transition. To improve the continuity of care provided by its three office family medicine residency, Washington Hospital implemented a fully integrated electronic health record (EHR) from McKesson, overhauled processes within the practice, and enlisted support from a research network to benchmark quality measures. The transformation has helped the residency enhance patient care and benefit from a regional pay-for-performance program, increasing annual revenue by $50,000.
At a Glance: Organization
Washington Hospital, Washington, Pa.
– 24 residents
– 15 faculty
– 58,000 visits per year
Solution Spotlight
– Practice Partner® Patient Records
– Practice Partner® Appointment Scheduler
– Practice Partner® Medical Billing
Critical Issues
– Limited continuity of care and missed opportunities for managing chronic diseases
– Low level of financial return on quality bonuses
Results
– Instituted process changes using the EHR that empowered administrative and nursing staff to take an active role in diabetic disease management
– Significantly improved performance against quality standards for diabetic patients as measured by a national research organization
– Maximized pay-for-performance incentives offered by primary payor, resulting in an additional $50,000 per year in quality bonuses
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If you are going to be doing quality (improvement) work, you really need to have an electronic medical record to identify your patient population and to collect the proper indicators. To do that in a paper environment would be very intensive
Thanks for the information.
Great post. Lots of information thAt are needed . Especially nowadays that most of the entire population int he US and other countries are suffering from chronic disease.
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