Program Update (4.21.2016)
Active patient enrollment is at 56 patients with 3 additional enrollments going on this week, and an additional 5 referrals to follow up on. The team is seeing good clinical outcomes for the patients and the ability to use the data gathered by the remote patient monitoring products has been very useful in caring and education patients.
Some of the equipment is aging. This grant began with some purchased and some “in kind” equipment that was already used by RCCHC. With the program being in the 3rd year it is to be expected that some of the equipment may no longer work. The Mosaic team is going through inventory to provide the exact peripherals where they may need replacement. Overall there isn’t a standard set in industry for how frequently the equipment should be replaced. It is policy however that all equipment is re-tested multiple times upon refurbishment to ensure it is accurate and working.
Program Update (4.7.2016)
Becky and Jessica have been drafting out a guide for inventory management. Specifically, like the status given equipment in its different return state and what happens when the equipment leaves Mosaic’s possession along with where equipment is in the inventory workflow. The inventory management workflow will be placed into Mosaic’s workflow in the coming weeks to increase their oversight and insight into controlling the inventory.
The team has been managing the patients using the Epic – Ideal Life interface. The interface allows the patients to be tracked through Epic. The nurse is currently verifying that all of the data and alerts are transferring accurately for each patient; but in the future she will work out of the same portal managing encounters for the patients with the providers in Epic. This will reduce the RN’s time and increase communication and actions to be taken by the patients’ clinical care team.
Already they are observing physician involvement increasing because it is something they are accustomed to, responding to Epic encounters. The RNs supporting RPM are busy with the transition, but even with the transition activities they are encouraged to have more time working with the patients in the near future.
Another benefit gained by the interface going live is discharging patients who were not actively participating in the program. The current status has 50 active patients and 6 referrals pending with 2 scheduled for enrollment. Becky will be back out promoting the program after it is confirmed that the interface is fully functioning as intended, and we project the number of active patients will increase.
Program Update (3.10.2016)
Currently the active patients being monitored is around 60. There are typically a couple discharges and a couple new referrals every week. This has been steady activity and manageable while the team has also gone live with the Ideal Life – EPIC interface. Becky does have 4 outstanding referrals that are being scheduled which continues to demonstrate the organizations belief in the program.
The OCHIN interface between Ideal Life and Epic has gone live in March. Becky is excited about the time-saving potential this will provide her and the per diem RN’s supporting the patients in the long-run. Currently they continue to work through a few challenges to ensure first and foremost that all of the data in Ideal Life is accurately accounted for in Epic. Becky and Brandon continue to work together to identify any outstanding challenges and in most instances the interface is working as planned. The newly enrolled patients will be up for about a week and the summary reports will be generated in Epic. Becky is excited to see how that will occur.
Even though there have been a couple of open tickets established, the interface is in production, the team is excited and encouraged by how it is working so far. The team will continue to validate data in both Ideal Life and Epic for the near future to ensure data accuracy. It won’t be long before the team is fully transitioned over.
Program Update (2.25.2016)
Becky and Jessica have been drafting out a guide for inventory management. Specifically, like the status given equipment in its different return state and what happens when the equipment leaves Mosaic’s possession along with where equipment is in the inventory workflow. The inventory management workflow will be placed into Mosaic’s workflow in the coming weeks to increase their oversight and insight into controlling the inventory
