Improve Referrals and Enrollment: Utilizing EMR and AEMR Technology Strategies and Workflow

Presented by: M. Leann Dickson RN-BC MSEd CCRP, Karen Craig MA, Richard Sukeena, MS, MBA, FAACVPR

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1.00 AACVPR CEUs

The presentation, released recorded as a webinar in 2020, will provide an overview of how leveraging technology through the electronic medical record (EMR) and ambulatory electronic medical record (AEMR) can increase referrals, enrollment and track data associated with both. How to identify gaps with managing order sets, referrals and challenges with the electronic process. Highlight examples of three EMR systems used in healthcare and discuss the referral process from patient discharge to enrollment into cardiac rehabilitation. Provide information on efficient ways to building the referral into the discharge order sets, send referrals to multiple locations, and automatic physician signatures on all NPP referrals. It will also show how to manage data and reports from referrals to enrollment of patients to enhance delivery of care.

Learning Objectives:

1.) Identify gaps with the current referral process and how to get to a desired process for enrollment in cardiac rehabilitation.

2.) Identify options to create Cardiac Rehabilitation order sets in in-patient and ambulatory electronic medical records.

3.) To provide examples of three cardiac rehabilitation EMR order sets for Epic, Cerner, and All Scripts and how they are used to improve referrals and enrollment.

4.) How to utilize EMR data to drive change and track patient referrals and enrollment related to cardiac rehabilitation.

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