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Avatar ICD-10 Upgrade and Enhancements Project. December 18, 2013 Initiation Phase Presenters: Terry Reusser, Michael Snouffer, Jeff Esquibel. Avatar/myAvatar Overview. Medical record and billing system used in seven facilities across the state
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Avatar ICD-10 Upgrade and Enhancements Project December 18, 2013 Initiation Phase Presenters: Terry Reusser, Michael Snouffer, Jeff Esquibel
Avatar/myAvatar Overview • Medical record and billing system used in seven facilities across the state • FBMC, NMBHI, NMRC, NMSVH, SATC, Turquoise Lodge, LLCP • Facilities provide psychiatric, long-term, rehabilitative, behavioral health and drug treatment programs • First implemented at NMBHI in 2001 • Original project know as Facility System Enhancement Project (FSEP) • Rolled out to remaining facilities over a three year period • Last major upgrade in 2011 • Platform conversion for Solaris to Windows • New hardware • All application modules and components upgraded in preparation for myAvatar • Newest version called myAvatar • Needed for ICD-10 • Will run on existing hardware
Project Overview • Business Objectives • Upgrade Avatar to myAvatar to meet federal required ICD-10 code sets for HIPAA covered entities. • Implement enhancements to myAvatar. • Train all staff on the use of both the new version of myAvatar, enhancements and ICD-10 coding. • Technical Objectives • Create requirement, configuration documents and timeline. • Implement myAvatar upgraded in test environment. • Develop test plan and scripts. Execute test scripts in test environment. Track and fix defects. • Upgrade myAvatar upgrade in production. • Develop test plan and scripts for enhancements. Execute test scripts in test environment. Track and fix defects. • Implement myAvatar enhancements in production.
MyAvatar Enhancements • Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) for use at NMBHI • Order Entry for all facilities • Order Connect for use at NMBHI • Incident Tracking for all facilities • Web Services for all facilities
Project Highlights • Funds requested for this certification: $190,000 • Project Management and IV&V • Project Phase Certification Request: Initiation • Project Start Date: December 2013 • Project End Date: February 2015 • Total project value: $590,000 • Total expended to date: $0
Initiation Phase Activities • Project Charter and initial Project Management Plan completed • High level scope and schedule defined • Project team initiated • Budget initiated • Project governance initiated • Contract negotiations begun
