Subject of Course Project:

Implementation of an Electronic Health Record (EHR) System

Business problem statement:

The behavioral health industry is moving toward measurement based and integrated care. Funding for behavioral health clinics will be tied to value, and not volume, and behavioral health providers will need technology platforms that document and measure care in ways that align to contractually specified patient outcomes. As the field continues to move toward holistic care, behavioral health providers will be required to integrate their service delivery with primary care, which will necessitate the inter-operability of health information systems. At this time, Team E’s clinic does not have a system to adequately document and measure care over time, nor does it have a technology platform sophisticated enough to exchange health information with other health care service delivery systems.

Name of the company or organization:

Team E Behavioral Clinic

Brief description of proposed solution:

To migrate from a paper based system, to a user-friendly, integrated, certified EHR system to give our clinic the ability to manage client intake, case management, client discharge, demographic analytics, and billing.

General benefits it will provide the organization:

Improved Patient Care

Improved Coordination of Care

Increase Patient Participation

Improved Diagnostics and Patient Outcomes

Efficiencies and Cost Saving

Audience to whom you are presenting the recommendations:

The proposal to implement an EHR system will be presented to the senior leadership team, and the board of directors for final approval.

Find the following:

Business process changes

Technology or business practices used to augment the solution

Conclusions and overall recommendations

High-level implementation plan

Summary of project

References

Appendices