Mission: to improve the health and well-being of the individuals, families and communities we serve Remote Patient Monitoring: An inside look at lessons learned from an FQHC Presenter: Andy Eck, MBA
Agenda Introduction Patient story RPM in rural FQHC Background Implementation Lessons learned Milestones Data Resources
Meet Ken
Background
Partners
Implementation
How it works Process Personnel Equipment Management
Key Aspects/ Lessons Learned Workflows Referrals Equipment Ready Kit
The Change: Paper referrals Referrals Module in Epic. Why: paper process, 48 hour wait time, difficult to scale. When: Implemented January Outcome: Increased referrals, increase provider satisfaction, faster patient care, staff can process offsite. Workflow modification example: internal referrals
Workflow modification example: the Visio diagram
Workflow Modification Example: Ready Kit ™
Sustained health improvements ED utilization Patient engagement Enrollment/Participation Data
Age of patients What is the age of patients on the program?
Patients diagnoses 59.43% of all patients have at least 2 diagnoses Hypertension and Diabetes are most prevalent primary diagnoses What is the most prevalent diagnosis of patients?
Patients Status Results 76% of all patients – 161 Patients - have successfully graduated or remain on the program Did patients successfully complete the program? DISCHARGE – OTHER 8%
Mental health screening Are patients up to date with mental health screening?
Blood pressure monitoring Are blood pressure readings improving?
Blood pressure before and after enrollment Are blood pressure readings improving (continued) ?
Diabetic A1C before, during and after Did Diabetic A1C readings improve?
Enrollment related to 0 2 saturation RPM impact on blood oxygen saturation
Pre and post intervention PAM scores Did Patient Activation Metric (PAM) score improve?
ED visits Is RPM keeping patients out of the Emergency Department? RPM Status at time of ED Visit
In closing… Lessons learned Metrics Next steps
Ken
Resources BLOG: Andy Eck Regional Operations Director Mosaic Medical