Kentucky Leaders Review OneCare Structure and Patient Benefits
February 10, 2012 No Comments
In this issue:
- OneCare for KentuckyOne
Kentucky Leaders Review OneCare Structure and Patient Benefits - Cerner News & Updates
OneCare Cerner Design Teams Underway with Goal to Enable Better Care - AEHR News & Updates
Advance Team Work Underway - Visit CHIonecare.net to access OneCare tools and resources for KentuckyOne Health.
Welcome to the first issue of OneCare for KentuckyOne Health, a new, bi-monthly OneCare e-newsletter for executive and clinical leaders, physicians, clinical staff and employees who support patient care processes within KentuckyOne, formed by the merger of Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s HealthCare and Saint Joseph Health System. The purpose of the newsletter is to provide high-level information, news and brief updates about OneCare for KentuckyOne and key projects currently underway to create the electronic health record in the ambulatory (AEHR) and acute care (Cerner) setting. Consider this your “go to” source for the latest information on OneCare at your facility.
OneCare for KentuckyOne
Kentucky Leaders Review OneCare Structure and Patient Benefits
In November, OneCare was introduced to leaders of KentuckyOne as one of the ways the new organization will transform health care in the Commonwealth. OneCare will allow for the creation of a universal electronic health record for each KentuckyOne patient — regardless of where they receive care.
OneCare is organized into three major initiatives:
- Ambulatory Care, which includes new tools such as Allscripts for physician practice management and ambulatory electronic health records.
(Note: Allscripts will be used in physician practices only within KentuckyOne Health.) - Hospital Plus, which includes the standardization of clinical content, documentation, and physician orders for hospital electronic health records, using the Cerner tool.
(Note: Cerner will be used in all hospitals and ambulatory care center locations within KentuckyOne Health.) - Access Plus, which includes a physician online portal, patient online portal, and the underlying infrastructure and security necessary to support all of the new technology.
As the following illustration indicates, there are multiple aspects to each of the three major initiatives. In all, OneCare will take about three years to complete, and require the involvement of nearly every employee and provider across KentuckyOne.
This inaugural issue of OneCare for KentuckyOne Health introduces the two main OneCare projects currently being planned within KentuckyOne: Cerner, which will be used to create the electronic health record in the acute-care setting, and AEHR, which includes tools such as Allscripts and will be used in affiliated physician practices, specifically those within KentuckyOne. Future issues of OneCare for KentuckyOne Health will include high-level updates on Cerner and AEHR, as well as other key OneCare news and initiatives.
Cerner News and Updates
OneCare Cerner Design Teams Underway with Goal to Enable Better Care
More than 300 clinical project managers, organizational team leads and subject matter experts from the then three potential partner organizations began work in late November to design and build Cerner. The system will create the inpatient electronic health record throughout KentuckyOne Health. Together, these representatives work within nine specific design teams to customize Cerner for the unique needs of KentuckyOne. Teams are working in the following areas: clinical care ‒ orders and documentation, medication management, health information management, lab, surgery, scheduling, emergency and radiology. As design of the system continues, team representatives participated in a system review at the Cerner headquarters in Kansas City January 9 ‒12.
OneCare Cerner is a three-year project with anticipated “go lives” tentatively scheduled to begin in March 2013 and continue into 2014. For more information, go to www.chionecare.net, click on KentuckyOne Health, then Cerner. Comments and questions welcomed via comments.
AEHR News and Updates
AEHR Advance Team Work Underway
The OneCare Ambulatory Electronic Health Record (AEHR) project moves forward as well within KentuckyOne Health physician practices. Advance teams continue their comprehensive readiness assessments, reporting and additional planning throughout January. These teams, which came together last fall, represent the following disciplines: organizational effectiveness, communications, applications, infrastructure and technology.
OneCare
