Ron Sterling is available for Webinars or onsite seminars on a variety of EHR topics for your healthcare organization or association. Ron has presented sessions focused on specific HCOs as well as workshops targeted to a specific area of medicine.
Ron has presented webinars and seminars to a wide range of variety of organizations including American Association of Orthopedic Executives, Wiring Michigan for HIE, MGMA, Tennessee Academy of Family Physicians, Physician Insurers Association of America, and New York State Ophthalmological Society.
EHR STRATEGY
Roadmap to Meaningful Use - Examines the critical path and interdependencies between Meaningful Use (MU) Criteria to avoid inconvenience and confusion for patients, doctors and staff.
EHR Executive Briefing - Reviews the strategic and tactical issues associated with EHR selection and implementation. Surveys the steps needed to successfully select and implement an EHR as well as the management decisions needed to succeed.
EHR Related Medical Professional Liability (MPL) Risk - The transition to Electronic Healthcare Records (EHR) may expose physician practices and HCOs to more MPL risks due to a number of product, implementation, and usage issues. Practices must be aware of the MPL risk issues associated with the use of EHRs, as well as be prepared to develop and use risk mitigation strategies.
Assessing Your EHR Readiness – An EHR project triggers a variety of changes to operations and management of a practice. Many practices do not have the management and governance structures to support a successful EHR effort. Assessing Your EHR Readiness examines the operational and logistical aspects of a practice in light of what is needed to succeed with an EHR.
Avoiding an EHR Disaster - An EHR is a “bet the practice” proposition. An EHR effort will cost more money and consume more resources that just about anything a medical practice does. Unfortunately, many practices have not achieved their goals and, in the worst cases, fail. Avoiding an EHR Disaster identifies mistakes leading to EHR disasters as well as mitigation strategies.
Stimulus Incentives and Meaningful Use - The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 allowed for $17 Billion to encourage and incentivize physician practices to adopt Electronic Healthcare Records. However, practices have to achieve “meaningful use” before receiving up to $44,000 in Medicare incentives. Stimulus Incentives and Meaningful Use examines the mechanics and timeline for the sustained effort to qualify for the incentive payments.
EHR SELECTION AND IMPLEMENTATION
Evaluating EHRs for Your Practice - Reviews the key selection issues and how to compile an effective requirements list. Presents the components of an EHR and identifies key requirements to consider.
EHR Analysis, Design and Planning Transition (ADAPT) – In too many cases, practices are pushing ahead with EHR efforts based on paper focused ideas about patient records and operations. EHR Analysis, Design and Planning Transition presents issues and decisions to properly frame and guide the EHR implementation effort. Discusses the variety of operational strategies needed to control and manage the implementation effort.
Results Driven EHR Implementation - The EHR experience of many practices and healthcare organizations (HCO) is not inspiring or encouraging. Permanent drops in productivity, disruptions to patient service and failed EHR projects are common. Results Driven EHR Implementation focuses on the design issues needed to frame the EHR effort as well as the performance monitoring techniques needed to measure progress and status. Thereby, healthcare organizations will avoid moving on with a flawed strategy that will not work no matter how quickly you implement.
What to do With the Paper Chart on Your Move to EHR – Examines the patient care, compliance and logistic issues associated with the paper record as a practice moves to an EHR. What to Do with the Paper Chart on Your Move to EHR presents options and issues to assure continuity of the patient record and patient care.
Supporting Your EHR – Practices need to work on internal support strategies to insure the EHR will evolve to meet patient service and practice objectives. Supporting Your EHR presents strategies to maintain the integrity of your patient records over product and practice changes.
EHR SPECIAL TOPICS
EHRS from Your Hospital/PHO - EHRs from Your Hospital/PHO will help you understand the strategies needed to establish and maintain a balanced relationship with your EHR provider who also happens to be a key patient care partner.
Recovering from an EHR Disaster - Unfortunately, many practices have undertaken the implementation of an EHR without achieving their goals, or, in the worst cases, failing to succeed. Recovering from an EHR Disaster presents results focused strategies to analyze the failure issues and recover the project and EHR investment.
Making the Move to Your Second EHR - For a wide range of reasons, some practices have to move from their current EHR product to a different EHR system. The move may be part of a merger, replacing an obsolete product, or moving up to a more advanced EHR system. Surviving the Move to Your Second EHR analyzes the practicalities of switching from your current EHR to the next EHR system for your practice as well as preserving the integrity of your patient records.
Contact Sterling Solutions at www.Sterling-Solutions.com or 800-967-3028
(c) Sterling Solutions, Ltd., 2011
(c) Sterling Solutions, Ltd., 2011
