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Instructions
We would like to provide you some guidance for how to effectively use the following template
How should use this document?
- This document should be used for you to register any milestones, good or bad, throughout our project that may be used to help future participants
- We do not have any expectation about what the milestones should be, so you should document them as much as you can.
- We are hoping that by reviewing this document anyone will be able to see how your process for implementing our project went
The cells that are grayed-out serves as an example of what you could document
Here is a brief description of the data points listed:
| Data Point | Description |
|---|---|
Date | Should be the date of the event/milestone you are describing-- use the first of the month if the specific date isn't known |
| Challenge or Best Practice | Select Challenge if this you identified a roadblock regardless of whether you were able to resolve it. If it is an observation, innovation or opportunity, select Best Practice. |
| Category | Suggested categories include Data (extracting, entry, validation, etc.), Implementation (integrating into the EHR or HIT system), Roll out (training, challenges at the site with administration, payment, staffing, etc.), Workflow (difficulty in integrating into practice, innovation in care pathway, etc.), Experience (patient or care team feedback--positive or negative, innovations to improve experience, patient-centered changes, care team-centered changes, etc.). You can propose or add additional categories if needed but be judicious. |
| Description | Describe the issue in as much detail as you can. It could describe a challenge you encountered, an innovation you developed, a finding that surprised you (A-ha! Moment), or a practical modification or solution that made you more efficient or effective. |
| What went well | Use this space to provide a brief description of what do you think worked out well. Even if you are reporting a challenge, try to provide the positive aspects of the situation or you may leave this blank. Perhaps things went as expected or maybe another department provided the support needed for staff to buy into the project |
| What is blocking you or did not go well | The opposite of the above-- even if it's an innovation there may be barriers to implementing it. Specifically mention any blockers and include those which are external and may not be able to be overcome in the foreseeable future. If there was nothing negative, you can leave this blank |
How did you address or would you correct this for next time? | This field will differ slightly based on the issue type. What did you do to address the challenge? How did you implement your solution or innovation? What will you do differently next time? If you will test the solution and consider new changes in the future, you can say that. |
| Follow Up | Is the milestone fully accomplished or there are next steps? If so, briefly describe them |
| Solution Team | Who is or are the point person(s) to provide more detail or participated in the development of the innovation/solution |
Lessons Learned: Challenges and Best Practices - Partner - NACHC
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| Date | Challenge or Best Practice | Category | Description (Use your own words) | What went well and why? | What is blocking you or did not go well and why? | How did you address or would you correct this for next time? | Is there any follow up needed? | Solution Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-04-20 | Select One:
| Select One:
| Many health center patients received their Covid-19 testing and vaccination outside of their health center | + | Covid-19 data is not easily pulled into EMRs or data analytics platforms | ?We intend to continue to work on this issue beyond this project. | Next Steps | HIT Data Manager |
2020-04-20 | Challenge | Data | Missing patients on our data pull | We were able to get the majority of patients on first data pull | Many patients who received vaccines were missing on our initial pull | Team did some reviews of patient charts and discovered that encounter code 992XX was missing from the data pull. Next time we should have a medical provider review the list of encounters. We standardized the data pull so it can be reused. | Create standard queries for encounters and common conditions so they become standardized. Look for unusual encounter codes to make sure coding is appropriate. Obtain feedback from chief medical officer about list of requirements and where data points are located within the EHR | HIT data manager |