Guest guest Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 Hello! Although I've been reading this listserve for the past year, this is my first post. I recently gave my resignation notice, and plan to open my IMP in April. No turning back now! Looking for some input from those who use AC. Although I've not yet downloaded my free trial, I don't see an easy way to mine data for CQI or P4P. Is anyone successfully tracking data to answer questions such as " what percent of my patients last HbA1C is below 7? " I see there is a " tracked data " area of AC, but it needs to be entered by hand, right? And also it would never allow a query of " below 7 " --you would need to search for pts with a value of 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, etc, correct? Does partnering with Quest diagnostics help things any? Are people instead turning to a disease registry, used in parallel with AC (and therefore requiring double entry), in order to more effectively mine data and generate reports? I'd appreciate any insight! Jen Wallace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 Jen You could also do a free trial of Synapse ( well, it's free anyway ), and see what you think. Synapse can do such things as show all patients with a diagnosis of diabetes, with a HBA1c less than 7, and who last were seen more than 6 months ago. There are also chronic disease views available .. you click on the diagnosis eg. diabetes and it pulls out all the data relevant eg. last monofilament exam, foot exam, retinal exam etc. Here's a tutorial I wrote on how to set this up http://compkarori.no-ip.biz:8090/Documentation_Index/P4P_and_Chronic_Disease_Man\ agement You can ignore that and just look at the pretty picture to see what it looks like! (The rose is distracting .. I should remove it.) > > Although I've been reading this listserve for the past year, this is > my first post. I recently gave my resignation notice, and plan to > open my IMP in April. No turning back now! > > Looking for some input from those who use AC. Although I've not yet > downloaded my free trial, I don't see an easy way to mine data for CQI > or P4P. Is anyone successfully tracking data to answer questions such > as " what percent of my patients last HbA1C is below 7? " I see there > is a " tracked data " area of AC, but it needs to be entered by hand, > right? And also it would never allow a query of " below 7 " --you would > need to search for pts with a value of 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, etc, correct? -- Graham Chiu http://www.synapsedirect.com Synapse-EMR - innovative electronic medical records system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 good questions-- i talked with jon bertman some time ago, and asked about the movement to sequel express, more robust practice management, and chronic and preventive care registries. all are coming, but not sure when. i do not know if and how the searches you mention could/will be done, and if the lab interface would provide searchable data, however to be worthwhile, they would have to be. quite frankly, i would email him directly, and bug him. LLjenlynwallace wrote: Hello!Although I've been reading this listserve for the past year, this ismy first post. I recently gave my resignation notice, and plan toopen my IMP in April. No turning back now!Looking for some input from those who use AC. Although I've not yetdownloaded my free trial, I don't see an easy way to mine data for CQIor P4P. Is anyone successfully tracking data to answer questions suchas "what percent of my patients last HbA1C is below 7?" I see thereis a "tracked data" area of AC, but it needs to be entered by hand,right? And also it would never allow a query of "below 7"--you wouldneed to search for pts with a value of 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, etc, correct?Does partnering with Quest diagnostics help things any?Are people instead turning to a disease registry, used in parallelwith AC (and therefore requiring double entry), in order to moreeffectively mine data and generate reports?I'd appreciate any insight!Jen Wallace Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Graham -Does Synapse require a server?Many IMPs start out with a single computer, then add if necessary. GuinnJenYou could also do a free trial of Synapse ( well, it's free anyway ),and see what you think.Synapse can do such things as show all patients with a diagnosis ofdiabetes, with a HBA1c less than 7, and who last were seen more than 6months ago.There are also chronic disease views available .. you click on thediagnosis eg. diabetes and it pulls out all the data relevant eg. lastmonofilament exam, foot exam, retinal exam etc.Here's a tutorial I wrote on how to set this uphttp://compkarori.no-ip.biz:8090/Documentation_Index/P4P_and_Chronic_Disease_ManagementYou can ignore that and just look at the pretty picture to see what itlooks like! (The rose is distracting .. I should remove it.)On Jan 9, 2008 10:48 AM, jenlynwallace <jenlynwallace> wrote:>> Although I've been reading this listserve for the past year, this is> my first post. I recently gave my resignation notice, and plan to> open my IMP in April. No turning back now!>> Looking for some input from those who use AC. Although I've not yet> downloaded my free trial, I don't see an easy way to mine data for CQI> or P4P. Is anyone successfully tracking data to answer questions such> as "what percent of my patients last HbA1C is below 7?" I see there> is a "tracked data" area of AC, but it needs to be entered by hand,> right? And also it would never allow a query of "below 7"--you would> need to search for pts with a value of 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, etc, correct?-- Graham Chiuhttp://www.synapsedirect.comSynapse-EMR - innovative electronic medical records system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Synapse runs as a client server architecture ... but this doesn't mean that you need two PCs. I know of some users who have started off running the server on their laptop .. and as their income increased, then purchased a server to run the Synapse server. Without dissing too much the competition, programs like AC are desktop databases that are never really meant to be run in a network environment. And as you populate their databases, they tend to become very sluggish. > > > > > > > Graham - > Does Synapse require a server? > Many IMPs start out with a single computer, then add if necessary. > > Guinn > > > > > > > > > Jen > > You could also do a free trial of Synapse ( well, it's free anyway ), > and see what you think. > Synapse can do such things as show all patients with a diagnosis of > diabetes, with a HBA1c less than 7, and who last were seen more than 6 > months ago. > > There are also chronic disease views available .. you click on the > diagnosis eg. diabetes and it pulls out all the data relevant eg. last > monofilament exam, foot exam, retinal exam etc. > > Here's a tutorial I wrote on how to set this up > > http://compkarori.no-ip.biz:8090/Documentation_Index/P4P_and_Chronic_Disease_Man\ agement > > You can ignore that and just look at the pretty picture to see what it > looks like! (The rose is distracting .. I should remove it.) > > > > > > > Although I've been reading this listserve for the past year, this is > > my first post. I recently gave my resignation notice, and plan to > > open my IMP in April. No turning back now! > > > > Looking for some input from those who use AC. Although I've not yet > > downloaded my free trial, I don't see an easy way to mine data for CQI > > or P4P. Is anyone successfully tracking data to answer questions such > > as " what percent of my patients last HbA1C is below 7? " I see there > > is a " tracked data " area of AC, but it needs to be entered by hand, > > right? And also it would never allow a query of " below 7 " --you would > > need to search for pts with a value of 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, etc, correct? > > -- > Graham Chiu > http://www.synapsedirect.com > Synapse-EMR - innovative electronic medical records system > > -- Graham Chiu http://www.synapsedirect.com Synapse-EMR - innovative electronic medical records system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Hi JenI sent an email to Jon Bertman about your question because I wanted to know too.He said the alpha version for data mining for P4P etc should be out this month, beta version in February?This would be assuming you had available lab download in your area, (as I do for my local lab); scanned images would not work - they need to get into the database. (Unless you are entering by hand, which is a pain.)Hoping to be able to use this functionality this year, I'll let you guys know.Lynn Happy AC userTo: From: jenlynwallace@...Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 21:48:14 +0000Subject: AC and P4P Hello! Although I've been reading this listserve for the past year, this is my first post. I recently gave my resignation notice, and plan to open my IMP in April. No turning back now! Looking for some input from those who use AC. Although I've not yet downloaded my free trial, I don't see an easy way to mine data for CQI or P4P. Is anyone successfully tracking data to answer questions such as "what percent of my patients last HbA1C is below 7?" I see there is a "tracked data" area of AC, but it needs to be entered by hand, right? And also it would never allow a query of "below 7"--you would need to search for pts with a value of 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, etc, correct? Does partnering with Quest diagnostics help things any? Are people instead turning to a disease registry, used in parallel with AC (and therefore requiring double entry), in order to more effectively mine data and generate reports? I'd appreciate any insight! Jen Wallace Watch “Cause Effect,” a show about real people making a real difference. Learn more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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