Located in the state with the lowest number of physicians per capita, PFM sees roughly 10, patients out of one full-service outpatient clinic in the southeast Idaho community of Pocatello.
All 6 faculty physicians achieved Meaningful Use in and all 21 residents and midlevel practitioners are currently meeting Meaningful Use criteria.
When the practice decided to transition to an EHR system, Dr. One of the most important features for meeting the needs of a residency program clinic was allowing two signatures on each record so both the resident and supervisor could sign off on the record.
Looking back, the practice noted that implementation was very smooth, aided by staff discussions and a team approach to EHR implementation, internal data sharing, and plenty of training.
The engagement of leadership was another key to success emphasized by everyone at the clinic. Showing the clinic staff examples of patient reports helped to illustrate what the EHR could do. This success allowed PFM to be one of the first practices in town to e-prescribe. In choosing which measures to monitor, they considered how to streamline these slightly different initiatives; they started with diabetes-focused measures because they applied to multiple quality measurement programs.
