About the Speaker
     Decades of experience implementing 
      electronic medical record systems and 
      components across the nation
     Work Life Balance
     Lessons learned (on both fronts!)
    Transition to the EMR
    Paper to electronic documentation formats 
    both have their own unique benefits and 
    challenges
     Paper:
      ◦ Legibility!!!
      ◦ Lost/damaged
      ◦ High storage/retention costs
     Electronic:
      ◦ Expensive
      ◦ Significant education investment
      ◦ Requires downtime procedures/processes
  Step One
       Assess your current state of CDI
    ◦Staffing (sufficient?)
    ◦Workflows (where you want them to be?)
    ◦Query process (compliant? Effective?)
    ◦Budget (Current budgeted dollars)
    ◦Deliverables/Corporate Expectations (Very 
     important to be clear on this point!)
    ◦Added-Value of your team (This is where the 
     magic is!)
  Step Two
    Define Your Dream Team
    ◦Staffing 
    ◦Workflows 
    ◦Query process 
    ◦Budget 
    ◦Deliverables/Corporate Expectations 
    ◦Added-Value of your team (This is STILL where the 
     magic is!)
  Step Three
  GAP ANALYSIS:  How to get from here to there!
  Steps 1,2, and 3 are going to be necessary 
  prior to any migration to an EMR (Quite 
  valuable anytime actually)
  - This ensures that you clearly understand 
  where you are, where you want to be, and 
  what it’s going to take to get there.