1. Billing and Electronic Health Record Upgrade Project
August 25, 2010
Implementation Phase
Presenters: Sean Pearson, Deborah Dickerson

2. Project Overview Business Objectives Technical Objectives
Alignment of Billing and Electronic Health Record (BEHR) toward meaningful use as defined by the HITECH Act.
Increase functionality and workflow of BEHR in order to prepare for interfacing with the state laboratory division’s Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) and the New Mexico Statewide Immunization Information System (NMSIIS) as well as private laboratories.
Increase revenue recovery by enhancing electronic claiming from BEHR.
Train all public health office staff on new version of BEHR.
Technical Objectives
Create requirement and configuration documents.
Implement upgraded EHR application in test environment.
Develop test plan and scripts. Execute test scripts in test environment. Track and fix defects.
Upgrade BEHR EHR application in production.

3. Completed Planning Phase Activities
Vendor contract amendment negotiated
Detailed Schedule, Budget and Communication Plans completed
Resources identified and committed
Project team
Business process team
Superusers
IV&V contract negotiated and in contract review
Project Management Plan completed
TARC exception granted

4. Implementation Phase Activities
IV&V contract executed
Execute vendor contract amendment
Track risk and issues
Modify and implement EHR templates and create new ones
Configure new version to DOH public health requirements
Configure order and lab results
Create and execute detailed test plan and test scripts
Create and execute detailed training plans
Create training documentation

5. Project Highlights Funds requested for this certification: $180,000
Project Phase Certification Request: Implementation
Project Start Date: July 2010
Project End Date: June 2011
Total project value: $200,000
Total expended to date: $0

6. Project Timeline

7. Questions?