It's been two weeks since the Epic go-live in Florence and support areas. We're pleased to see continued progress, particularly as we approach the next go-live in the rest of the Oregon West network. (Congratulations, by the way, to our Oregon colleagues on their successful dress rehearsals this week.)
Kent Henriksen and Dr. Mike Geist, co-leaders of the project, shared a few
"lessons learned" and performance in key metrics in the most recent
Care Transformation forum:
- average registration is 9 minutes
- visit volumes are ramping up, as expected
- 72%+ encounters closed same day
- 91% of baseline for number of charges
- 97% clean claims rate
(View Mike's slides )
One takeaway for physicians is to invest time in
open labs before go-live. The Epic team is beefing up support. Talk with your clinic manager or view the schedule on the
Epic education site.
One final note for the week--I wanted to acknowledge Dr. Jay Eisenberg, the Chief Medical Information Officer, for his invaluable support during the Epic go-live. He is also now building the informatics structure that will serve all of PeaceHealth for the long term.
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