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	DOQ-IT The DOQ-IT Program at QSource QSource, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Tennessee, embarked on a project to provide support to small and medium primary care practices in implementing EHRs. We are not a vendor of EHR products, nor do we endorse any vendor. What we do is help you and your staff identify which of the existing systems would best meet your practice’s needs, look at what needs to be put in place to successfully implement it into your office structure, and what changes need to occur in your office’s workflow to ensure that the EHR functions in such a way as to be effective and not to cause unnecessary issues or duplication of work. What is the DOQ-IT Project? Doctors’ Office Quality Information Technology (DOQ-IT) project is a special study designed to improve quality of care, patient safety, and efficiency for services provided to Medicare beneficiaries that: Promote the adoption of electronic health records (EHR) Promote implementation of information technology (IT) Target small-to-medium primary care practices Include a range of beneficiaries, including rural and underserved areas Work with practices of varying degrees of technical sophistication Recruit early adopter physicians - up to 100 to 200 practices within Tennessee What is an EHR? Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Definitional Model “The Electronic Health Record (EHR) is a secure, real-time, point-of-care, patient-centric information resource for clinicians. The EHR aids clinicians’ decision making by providing access to patient health record information where and when they need it and by incorporating evidence-based decision support. The EHR automates and streamlines the clinician’s workflow, closing loops in communication and response that result in delays or gaps in care. The EHR also supports the collection of data for uses other than direct clinical care, such as billing, quality management, outcomes reporting, resource planning, and public health disease surveillance and reporting.” Why Was DOQ-IT Initiated? Low use of IT in physician offices High frustration with lack of efficient office systems Financial constraints Increasing regulatory requirements Limited ability to improve quality of care What are the benefits to participating in DOQ-IT? Improves patient safety - ability to catch and correct errors Support the delivery of effective patient care Clinical decisions based on the latest clinical guidelines Facilitate management of chronic conditions ( Patients with chronic conditions account for over 75% of healthcare spending) Avoid duplicate tests and procedures Promote continuity of care to ensure optimal outcomes Improve efficiency Reduce administrative and labor costs associated with health care delivery Receive tools, resources, and assistance designed to help individual practices implementing EHR Avoid waste of equipment, supplies and energy Potential performance levels such as … 80% of Medicare beneficiaries in an office practice comply with an evidence-based guideline and interventions 80% of the time We invite you to contact one of our physician office quality improvement specialists for program details.

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DOQ-IT

The DOQ-IT Program at QSource
QSource, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Tennessee, embarked on a project to provide support to small and medium primary care practices in implementing EHRs. We are not a vendor of EHR products, nor do we endorse any vendor.

What we do is help you and your staff identify which of the existing systems would best meet your practice’s needs, look at what needs to be put in place to successfully implement it into your office structure, and what changes need to occur in your office’s workflow to ensure that the EHR functions in such a way as to be effective and not to cause unnecessary issues or duplication of work.

What is the DOQ-IT Project?
Doctors’ Office Quality Information Technology (DOQ-IT) project is a special study designed to improve quality of care, patient safety, and efficiency for services provided to Medicare beneficiaries that:

Promote the adoption of electronic health records (EHR)
Promote implementation of information technology (IT)
Target small-to-medium primary care practices
Include a range of beneficiaries, including rural and underserved areas
Work with practices of varying degrees of technical sophistication
Recruit early adopter physicians - up to 100 to 200 practices within Tennessee

What is an EHR?
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Definitional Model
“The Electronic Health Record (EHR) is a secure, real-time, point-of-care, patient-centric information resource for clinicians. The EHR aids clinicians’ decision making by providing access to patient health record information where and when they need it and by incorporating evidence-based decision support. The EHR automates and streamlines the clinician’s workflow, closing loops in communication and response that result in delays or gaps in care. The EHR also supports the collection of data for uses other than direct clinical care, such as billing, quality management, outcomes reporting, resource planning, and public health disease surveillance and reporting.”

Why Was DOQ-IT Initiated?

Low use of IT in physician offices
High frustration with lack of efficient office systems
Financial constraints
Increasing regulatory requirements
Limited ability to improve quality of care

What are the benefits to participating in DOQ-IT?

Improves patient safety - ability to catch and correct errors
Support the delivery of effective patient care
Clinical decisions based on the latest clinical guidelines
Facilitate management of chronic conditions (
Patients with chronic conditions account for over 75% of healthcare spending)
Avoid duplicate tests and procedures
Promote continuity of care to ensure optimal outcomes
Improve efficiency
Reduce administrative and labor costs associated with health care delivery
Receive tools, resources, and assistance designed to help individual practices implementing EHR
Avoid waste of equipment, supplies and energy
Potential performance levels such as … 80% of Medicare beneficiaries in an office practice comply with an evidence-based guideline and interventions 80% of the time

We invite you to contact one of our physician office quality improvement specialists for program details.