EHR and DOQ-IT Implementation Assistance

TMF's DOQ-IT staff will provide practice workflow redesign and EHR adoption assistance in three phases:

Pre-Implementation:
√ Assess current office processes and readiness for improved IT
√ Administer questionnaire to aid in software selection
√ Advise on workflow considerations
√ Aid understanding of vendor implementation process
√ Provide details on participation in national reporting of clinical quality
measures
√ Assist in achieving readiness for configuration (including providing templates
for data collection that the vendor can use during set-up)
Implementation

Implementation:
√ Advise on data exchange and interface needs, including connectivity
considerations between systems and common data transfers
√ Make recommendations on configuration preparation
√ Assist with office staff training
√ Test data transfer to the QIO Clinical Warehouse

Post-Implementation:
√ Host follow-up meeting on areas that can be targeted for quality
improvement
√ Make suggestions for workflow enhancement
√ Advise on ways to make IT systems more efficient
√ Provide feedback on quality improvement

DOQ-IT staff will also provide quality improvement assistance by:
√ Providing data analysis and clinical quality measure reports to participating
physicians
√ Identifying opportunities for quality improvement
√ Working with physician offices in implementing workflow re-design and system change