Create Your Own EHR Roadmap

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Create Your Own EHR Roadmap

• Are you at the intersection of status quo and the
  EHR? Looking for directions? Explore one
  organizations strategic roadmap featuring nine
  levels of EHR adoption.
• Speaker Daniel Wilt

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Developing a Strategy for EMR Adoption

• Why did we think a model would be good
• Where do we think we are going
• All in support of our strategy
• Looked towards others who had a model for
  adoption
• Organized by easiest to accomplish to most
  difficult
• Model is not meant to be progression upwards only

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EHR Adoption Model
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Erickson Current Adoption
Completely Implemented
Partially Implemented
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Obstacles for Adoption

• Standardization of process
• Collecting more information and requiring
  specific fields
• Difficult changing work flows to leverage the
  technology
• Software features and maturity
• Implementation of new features more difficult
• User computer proficiency
• Opened our first SNF all electronic
• Spent 2 FTEs 3 Months on training and support

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What is needed to reach Stage 9

• Having a complete medical record requires access
  to all information
• Specialists, Hospitals, Primary Care, etc.
• Strong leadership from Clinical and IT
• Key Doctor, Nurse, IT people will be the only way
  to make it.
• How long before Erickson reaches all Stages?

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Thank You
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Erickson Retirement Communities

• Erickson, a developer and manager of campuses for
  middle-income people over age 62, current
  supports more than 18,000 residents at 18
  campuses in 9 states (Maryland, Virginia,
  Pennsylvania, Michigan, New Jersey,
  Massachusetts, Texas, Colorado, Illinois).
• Each campus is supported by Erickson HealthSM,
  the nations largest and most completely
  integrated wellness and health care system and
  has independent living apartments, assisted
  living and nursing home facilities with
  climate-controlled walkways providing access to
  all campus amenities including multiple
  restaurants, convenience markets, on-site medical
  center, bank branches, hair salons, barber shops
  and interfaith pastoral staff.

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Daniel Wilt Bio

• Mr. Wilt is Vice President Information Technology
  supporting the Erickson HealthSM departments and
  HIPAA security efforts. He oversees the
  implementation of technology for the companys
  Erickson HealthSM Strategy and compliance with
  HIPAA Security regulations. He is currently
  leading the implementation of Electronic Medical
  Records (EMR) in the Skilled Nursing Facilities,
  Assisted Living Facilities, Therapy and Home
  Health. His team has developed a personal health
  record system to provide web based access to the
  residents medical information. Prior to joining
  Erickson, Mr. Wilt worked for ViroPharma, a
  biotech company focused on life threatening
  diseases, and for Vis.Align, an IT consulting
  company, as the Director of Application
  Development. He is a contributing author to the
  book Understanding and Designing Your Active
  Directory Infrastructure. Mr. Wilt holds a B.S.
  from Drexel Universitys LeBow School of Business
  and an M.B.A. from Temple Universitys Fox School
  of Business.