Elevating Quality Patient Care by Optimizing the EHR & Cultivating Collaborative Leadership
Essentia Health utilizes clinical decision support tools, streamlined internal integration, and collaborative teams, including their Physician Informatics Group, to enhance the quality of patient care through their EHR.
Publish Date: 12/21/2023
| Cost to Implement: | $$ - Budgeted Cost |
| Time to Implement: | 7–12 months |
Program Goals
- Optimize the use of the EHR to improve the quality of patient care
Organization Outcomes
- 96th percentile for provider agreement that the EHR enables quality care
Collaborative-Verified Best Practices
- Shared Ownership and Governance
Keys to Success
- Ensure patient data is accessible without unnecessary clutter that could impede efficiency
- Create a physician informatics team to optimize the EHR and streamline workflows
What Essentia Health Did
Essentia Health’s (Essentia) success in enabling quality care through EHR is driven by a combination of factors, including the effective utilization of BPAs, a commitment to EHR optimization, streamlined clinical workflows, strong physician and informatics engagement, and a culture that prioritizes patient care and quality. They have established committees to oversee the integration of clinical decision support tools and have a proactive approach to EHR improvement, guided by physician informatics experts and partnerships with nursing informatics teams.
How Essentia Health Did It
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