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1. March 8 & 9, 2005
HCA Corporate Campus
Nashville, Tennessee eMAR & Bar CodingImplementation plan & process
3. HCA’s Guiding Principles Visible support from leadership throughout HCA
Well-executed communication plan required
Practice recommendations will exceed the industry standard
Solutions must be simple, easy to implement, cost effective, user-friendly, and scaleable to varying HCA facilities
Caregiver (Nurses, RT, etc) will be involved in the co-design of solutions
Outcomes must be measurable
4. Project Overview
5. HCA Patient Safety Initiative:Improving Medication Practices
6. Project Time Line 6-7 Month Project
7. Implementing eMAR/Barcoding
8. Project Workload: Fluctuations over 6 months
9. Implementation Timeline
10. Our Learning's
eMAR & Bar Coding requires strong clinical leadership…is not just a technologically driven enterprise
Biggest change for nurses, pharmacists and respiratory therapists involve operational re-engineering
11. Our Learning's Ways to lessen FTE impact
Independent work
Make bar coding decisions early
Involve staff in equipment decisions
Begin addressing potential issues
Meet regularly and meet often
Communicate, Communicate, Communicate
12. Steering Committee is essential for interdisciplinary dialogue and decision-making required throughout the project
Membership:
Administration IT&S
Education Pharmacy
Quality/ Risk Nursing
Respiratory
Project leadership
Getting Started
13. Project Leadership Project Management Skills
Strong Communication Skills
Interdisciplinary Team Focus
Patient Safety Passion
Dedicated Project Time
14. Budget Considerations Corporate Budget
Infrastructure upgrades
Mobile carts for computers (laptops and scanners)
Thermal printers for pharmacy
Meditech software upgrades
Facility Budget
Operational costs for bar coding medications
Fixtures or changes to pharmacy
Staff time for planning, testing, developing, training
Printers for armbands
Travel for site visits
15. Who is Impacted . . . Pharmacy
Nursing/ Respiratory Therapy
IT&S
Others
HIM
Physicians
Ancillary Departments
16. Workflow Diagrams: Step 1 Develop a workflow study of the actual steps in the medication preparation and delivery process at your facility
Facility studies should be performed through a multidisciplinary team
Start at the patient and work backwards
17. Overview of the Project plan for facilities Pre-Assessment Conf Call
Post PA Call Activities (Issues List)
Barcoding of medications
WLAN installation
Initial Status call with facility
Executive kick off at facility
18. Continued Every other week status conference calls
Super user training visit
Pre-go live status calls
Go/No go call
Go-live
19. Roll Out of eMAR Roll out in waves
Bring up first 1 or 2 units
Maintain for 1-2 weeks
Troubleshoot and resolve issues as they arise
Roll out remaining units quickly
Turn on Admin Billing
20. Post Implementation Follow up visit 6-8 months after you are live house wide
Survey Tool
Written feedback to CEO, CNO and Project Lead
Ongoing review of Scanning Reports
21. Post Implementation Communication Quarterly Conference Call/Webcast
Monthly Newsletter
eMAR Website
Monthly eMAR Conference Call
22. On-going Workload Impact Pharmacy
Increase in packaging
Decrease in crediting
Decrease in phone calls
Nursing
Increase in med pass time
Decrease in computer time
Respiratory Therapy
Increase in med pass time
IT&S
Increase time for device support
24. electronic MAR Integrity Dictionary edits and maintenance
Timeliness and accuracy of order entry
Pharmacy hours of operation
26. Corporate Tools Atlas keyword: eMAR
Virtual Manual
Practice Recommendations
Communication toolbox
Measurement toolbox
Equipment Starter kit
27. Measurement Packet Pre-measurement packet – begin now
Medication error data
MAR Billing audit
MAR Documentation audit
Armband audit
Staff Perception surveys
28. Measurement Packet Post-measurement – due 3 months after implementation
Medication error data
MAR Billing audit
MAR Documentation audit
Staff Perception surveys
29. Improvement Schedules Regional meetings
MD Training
Admin Training
Beyond Blame video
ISMP Self-Assessment
HCA Patient Safety video
Executive walk arounds Improve use of technology to prevent and detect error
Use MAR from CPCS on all inpatient units
Analysis of scan med report / measurement report
30. Communication contd.. eMAR monthly conference call
eMAR Website
eMAR monthly Newsletter
eMAR and Barcoding Mailbox and Discussion Group
Implementation Coordinator
31. Equipment
32. Packaging Options
The challenge…
New Vendors entering the market
Stand alone system?
Shared packaging operations
33. Utilize Packaging Solution Decision Guide
Initial questions we asked:
What is your distribution model?
What is your model for care delivery?
primary, team, functional nursing
Do you have system automation?
For Dispensing
For Storage/ Distribution
What are the estimated daily packaging needs?
34. Utilize Packaging Solution Decision Guide
Additional questions
How will capital/ FTE needs impact your facility operation?
Are you a non-24 hour pharmacy?
What are your packaging needs?
Example: What percentage of packaging involves liquids?
35. Utilize Packaging Solution Decision Guide
Additional questions
What size space is available for packaging?
Do you have specific state requirements for packaging/ labeling?
What is available pre-packaged from the manufacturer and/or distributor?
Is there a potential for a shared solution?
36. Equipment Options
HPG packaging vendors:
McKesson
ScanPak
MPI
Automed
Omnicell
37. Rubbermaid Cart Configurations
38. Lionville cart & Metrologic scanner
39. Cygnus Wall unit
40. 21st Century Healthcare Professional
41. Questions?