Optimizing External Data Strategic
The WIEUG Optimizing External Data Consumption Pillar
How do we bring ROI to our organizations through interoperability? The main way is to strategically consume external data to close care gaps and improve HEDIS reporting. This program looks at data in three ways:
- Expanding data exchange options
- Optimizing connections
- Consuming the data in strategic ways
WHY DOES THIS MATTER?
The consumption of external data is becoming more important strategically for organizations to improve care coordination, meet HEDIS reporting requirements and close Health Maintenance Care gaps.
This complicated program is not just about getting data into the system but strategically using it across applications and workflows.
This program will include a series of presentations and discussions to explore expanding connections, optimizing exchanges and how to consume external data for an ROI.
WHAT GROUPS WILL MEET?
- Data Exchange:
- Expansion and Governance
- Optimizing Connections:
- Pop Health Queries
- CE Setting Optimization (Interop core Team)
- Billing related (PBX / Payer Platform)
- Consuming the Data
- Lab results / HT Genomics
- Procedure / Imaging
- Death Data Exchange
- Standardization Efforts
WHAT IS THE TIMING/CADENCE?
- The majority of these sessions follow a quarterly or monthly cadence and there is no end in sight for what we can discuss.
- Most have already begun, but it’s not too late to join.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
The topics within this program tend to hit several internal teams – so look closely at the goals of each and plan accordingly. The roles that have been the most typical attendees include:
- CE Analysts
- Happy Together Analysts
- Population Health Managers
- HIM Staff
- Radiant Analysts
WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR THE PROGRAM?
This pillar is divided into three main types of programs:
- Data Exchange Expansion
- Optimizing Connections
- Consuming the Data
The purpose of this program is to optimize the consumption of external data, enable richer charts through more connections and improve ROI through closing open Health Maintenance Care Gap closures and improving HEDIS reporting.
Optimizing Data Consumption Programs:
Data Exchange Expansion and Governance
Expand and optimize data exchange between and beyond Epic including TEFCA, Carequality, Aura, Cosmos, and State HIEs.
- CERM Optimization
- Epic platform (Aura, Cosmos, etc.)
- non-Epic data exchanges (TEFCA, Care quality, State HIEs)
Quarterly Meetings, with supplemental deep dives
Optimizing Connections
POP HEALTH QUERIES
Program to enable RUG coordination to support the expansion of population health queries across the regions.
- Expand organizations that are querying.
- Expand organizations that enable others to query their data.
- Monitor and report on results / ROI.
Bi-Monthly huddles
CE SETTING OPTIMIZATION
Identify and standardize specific CE settings to improve data exchange between Epic trading partners.
- Define additional settings that will be tracked at the RUG level to support an optimized CE data exchange.
Quarterly meetings. - state specific
Consuming the Data
LAB RESULTS
Improve HEDIS reporting and care gap closure by standardizing and optimizing the consumption of lab data either through advanced lab mapping, profile mapping or abstraction.
- Set up profile mapping in WI/IL
- Coordinate advanced lab mapping.
- Determine high-priority abstraction solutions.
Quarterly Meetings
PROCEDURE / IMAGING
Improve HEDIS reporting, chart depth and care gap closure by standardizing and optimizing the consumption of imaging data either through IEX, HT Imaging, scanning or DICOM imaging.
- Includes HT Imaging, IEX, Diagnostic Imaging,
- Error Management,
- Mapping collaboration,
- LOINC gaps and
- Epic development feedback.
Quarterly meetings.
DEATH DATA EXCHANGE
Improve the exchange of death data by reviewing and incorporating new development in at the RUG level to support future connections via TEFCA / other connections with state vital records.
- Utilize Epic’s new functionality to support Epic to Epic reconciliation of Living Status
- Death data is exchanged in a standard fashion across WI and IL Epic orgs.
Bi-Monthly Meetings
STANDARDIZATION EFFORTS
Improve interoperability by defining key areas in which having a standard approach supports interoperability goals.
- HT Notes
- Patient Questionnaires
- Newborn naming standards
Quarterly:
- Newborn naming
Limited Duration:
- Patient Questionnaires
- HT Notes
OPTIMIZING DATA NOTES AND DOCUMENTS
- Data Exchange Expansion/Optimization Focus Team
- Pop Health Queries Implementation Huddle
- CE / Interop Core Team
- PBX / Payer Platform Focus Team
- Lab Mapping / HT Lab / Lab Profile Mapping / Genomics Focus Team
- IEX / HT Imaging / Diagnostic Imaging Focus Team
- Death Data Exchange Focus Team
- HT Notes Focus Team
- Newborn Naming Implementation Huddle
