Rural Virginia E-health Collaborative Rural Virginia E- health Collaborative (RVEC) Rappahannock General Hospital Kilmarnock, VA Michael Matthews, Project Director
Rural Virginia E-health Collaborative
Rural Virginia E-health Collaborative (RVEC)
Rappahannock General Hospital
Kilmarnock, VA
Michael Matthews, Project Director
Rural Virginia E-health Collaborative
Overview
• The Applicant
• The Project
• The Process
• The Results
• The Lessons
Rural Virginia E-health Collaborative
The Community
• RGH: 76 beds• 60,000 residents• MUA / HMSA• Aging• Health indicators• Poverty rate• Retirement community• Medical staff
Rural Virginia E-health Collaborative
The Project
Goals
EfficiencyQualitySafety
Focus
E-prescribingDisease registry
CCR
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RVEC begins
Dec 04
Jan 05 Mar 05
Apr 05Oct 04
Stakeholder phone surveys
Implementation application
Timeline
Planning Meeting #1
Med staff retreat.
Planning Meeting #2
Physician
survey
Hosp IT assessment
Interim Planning Report
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Pre-Implementation
• Communication• Partnership
engagement• RHIO development in
Richmond• E-prescribing review
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Planning Meeting #1:Revised Priorities
1. E-prescribing– Pharmacy connectivity
– Physician buy-in
– Internet
– Demographic data capture
– Medication history
– Support (pre- / post)
2. E-results– Physician buy-in
– Hospital results
– Internet
– Support (pre- / post)
3. E-referrals
RHIO
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Medical Staff Retreat
Rappahannock General Hospital Medical Staff Retreat Agenda
March 15, 2005
Erica Drazen & Keith MacDonald
Overview of e-Health7:00 – 7:15pm
Wellogic & Michael Matthews
Social Hour / Product Demonstrations
5:00 – 6:00pm
8:25 - 8:30pm
8:00 – 8:25pm
7:15 – 8:00pm
6:45 – 7:00pm
6:00 – 6:45pm
Richard Carpenter, MD & Michael Matthews
Closing Comments
GroupDiscussion of Next Steps
Wellogic & Michael Matthews
Product Demonstrations
Michael Matthews
Richard Carpenter, MD
Project Status & Objectives
Dinner / Welcome, Introductions & Opening Remarks
Rappahannock General Hospital Medical Staff Retreat Agenda
March 15, 2005
Erica Drazen & Keith MacDonald
Overview of e-Health7:00 – 7:15pm
Wellogic & Michael Matthews
Social Hour / Product Demonstrations
5:00 – 6:00pm
8:25 - 8:30pm
8:00 – 8:25pm
7:15 – 8:00pm
6:45 – 7:00pm
6:00 – 6:45pm
Richard Carpenter, MD & Michael Matthews
Closing Comments
GroupDiscussion of Next Steps
Wellogic & Michael Matthews
Product Demonstrations
Michael Matthews
Richard Carpenter, MD
Project Status & Objectives
Dinner / Welcome, Introductions & Opening Remarks
Rural Virginia E-health Collaborative
Physician Survey• Internet
– High speed 71%– Dial-up 29%
• PCs in office 71%• Elec test results 18%• EMR 4%• E-mail
– Within practice 39%– With colleagues 36%– With patients 18%
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Physician Survey
• Prescriptions
• Tertiary hospitals
• Referrals (SCPs and PCPs)
• Test results from RGH
• Chronic disease mgmt.
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Physician Survey
• Costs
• Lack of other resources in practices
• Difficult to choose vendor
• Lack of IT, computers in office
• Practice disruption
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Planning Meeting #2• Confirm priorities
– E-prescribing– E-results– E-referrals
• Implementation grant• Confirm RHIO partnership
– MedVirginia / Wellogic
• E-RX market review• Measures of success
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MedVirginia Organizational Purpose
- Collaboration in HIT
- Clinical data exchange
- Practice automation
Vision: “…the most electronically integrated
medical community in the U.S.”
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E- chart
E-prescribing
RVEC Priorities
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New Practice Options:“Stepping Stones” to HIT Adoption
HIE - view onlyHIE w/ PM interface Integrated transcriptions Integrated e-RX Integrated electronic chart
HIE feed to other EMR
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Measures of Success
• Project Level• By technology (e-RX, e-
results, e-referrals)– Structure
– Process
– Outcome
• UVA Health Evaluation Sciences
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Next Steps
• E-RX review
• Medication history data
capture pilot
• Final planning report
• Implementation funding