2005 Davies Primary Care Award Winner

Wayne Obstetrics and Gynecology

S A RA H M A R Q U E Z - P L A N T
H T M 6 8 0 H E A LT H I N F O R M AT I C S C A S E S T U DY
I N S T R U C T O R S A RY B E I DA S

2005 Davies Award Winner-Wayne Obstetrics and Gynecology

About The Practice
* Established in 2003 by Jeffrey Harris M.D. in Georgia
*Harris wanted to implement an EHR into his practice
*Encounter Pro by JMJ Technologies after reviewing 5 other products

2005 Davies Award Winner-Wayne Obstetrics and

Gynecology
The goals and expectations used to select the EMR system: 6 total
1. Enhance the Quality of the Patient Care Visit:
Request to switch physicians to less than one patient per
month.
2. Improve Accuracy and Thoroughness of Documentation:
CPT (Current Procedural Terminology) coding level by 10%.
3. Decrease Exposure to Medical Liability: Efficiently and accurately transmit
prenatal data from the office to the hospital labor and delivery suite through a
secure fax transmittal system.

2005 Davies Award Winner-Wayne Obstetrics and

Gynecology
The goals and expectations used to select the EMR system:
4. Decrease Lost Productivity and Eliminate Paper Records: Stop using paper
records
5. Improve Process efficiency:
implementation

patient visits by 10% with in 2 years of

6. Reduce cost and increase profits $$$:

2005 Davies Award Winner-Wayne Obstetrics and

Gynecology
Functionality Highlights
*EncounterPRO data sets
*Management capabilities
*CPOE system: Incorporated into the workflow
*Internal messaging system
*Provide Patient support
*Integrated Billing/Scheduling
*Structured Data Queries

2005 Davies Award Winner-Wayne Obstetrics and

Gynecology
Overall Value To The Practice
The requests to transfer records decreased to less than one per month
Increased in coding levels
No liability suits from time of Davis Award application and since
implementation
Paper records were discontinued 3 months after implementation of
the EHR system
Patient visits increased
Avoided cost of a records room that was no longer needed and less
staff needed

2005 Davies Award Winner-Wayne Obstetrics and

Gynecology
Main Lessoned Learned
* Doing their Homework Research & Training
*Hardware & Software Roles
*Adequate space for Server room
*Secured, cooled, dust free

2005 Davies Award Winner-Wayne Obstetrics and

Gynecology
ONC Priority Goals
**Goal 1. Improving quality, safety, efficiency and reducing health
disparities**
Improved quality by better meeting the needs of their patients with a new EHR
system this therefore decreased the need for patients wanting to switch providers.
**Goal 3. Improve care coordination**
The CPOE system encompassed e-prescribing, lab orders, X-Ray orders, nursing
entries
Internal messaging system that allowed for increased communication among
members of the healthcare team.
NO MORE PAPER- Records became instantly available for review via the EMR.

2005 Davies Award Winner-Wayne Obstetrics and

Gynecology
Federal HIT Strategic Plan 2015-2020 goals-Collect, Share, and Use
Reporting: The structured data permits queries against open and closed
assessments, drug
history, family history, and etc.
By using structured data and a SQL server The EHR fully interfaced with other
vendors and kept the data secure.
Objective 5B: Accelerate the development and commercialization of
innovative technologies and solutions

**The government collaborates with standards-setting organizations to ensure

that health IT products and solutions can use standards necessary to integrate
and share person-generated health data across platforms and resources**

References
*2007 Improving Quality and Reducing Cost with Electronic Health Records:
Case Studies. Nicholas E. Davies Awards. 2005 Wayne Obstetrics and
Gynecology pg. 171-174.
*Federal Strategic Goal of 2015-2020
http://
www.healthit.gov/sites/default/files/federal-healthIT-strategic-plan-2014.pdf