California Area Office

"CAC Course Description" Monday - Friday 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM Mountain Time This classroom "hands-on" training will be taught using Web Conferencing Technology and Satellite Classrooms at the [a] Office of Information Technology in Albuquerque, New Mexico – Mountain Time& multiple other locations [see website]. The instructors will teach via Classroom and Live Adobe Connect® using the educational techniques of lecture, discussion, scripts, and “hands-on” computer experience with the RPMS EHR clinical application. Area CACs and Area IT Professionals will serve as instructors, facilitators, mentors, and monitors at each of the computer training rooms. Prerequisites This class will be oriented towards Clinical Application Coordinators, Pharmacy Informaticist, Laboratory Informaticist, HIM Professionals, Site Managers, “EHR” Implementation Team Leaders” and other “EHR Team Members” involved with the set-up and implementation of EHR at their facility. Facilities that have loaded Pharmacy 5/7 and EHR at their facility prior to this class will be able to work on their own systems during the training. This review course assumes that participants are Intermediate to Advanced RPMS Users and have experience with RPMS Packages to include: • Patient Registration • Scheduling • Pharmacy • Laboratory • Radiology • Patient Tracking • Diabetes Management System • Immunization • Women’s Health • Clinical Reporting System • Q-Man • PCC Management Reports.

Updated agenda is pending Instructors/Facilitators: Steve Viramontes and Marilyn Freeman This classroom "hands-on" training will be taught via WebEx® and Conference Call at the [a] Office of Information Technology in Albuquerque, New Mexico – Mountain Time& multiple other locations [see website]. The instructors will teach via WebEx® using the educational techniques of lecture, discussion, scripts, and “hands-on” computer experience with the RPMS EHR clinical application. Area CACs and Area IT Professionals will serve as instructors, facilitators, mentors, and monitors at each of the computer training rooms. Prerequisite This class will be oriented towards Clinical Application Coordinators, Pharmacy Informaticist, Laboratory Informaticist, HIM Professionals, Site Managers, “EHR” Implementation Team Leaders” and other “EHR Team Members” involved with the set-up and implementation of EHR at their facility. Facilities that have loaded Pharmacy 5/7 and EHR at their facility prior to this class will be able to work on their own systems during the training. The advanced course assumes that participants are Intermediate to Advanced RPMS Users and have experience with RPMS Packages to include [a] Patient Registration [b] Scheduling [c] Pharmacy, [d] Laboratory, [e] Radiology, [f] Patient Tracking [g] Diabetes Management System, [h] Immunization, [i] Women’s Health, [j] Clinical Reporting System, [k] Q-Man, and [l] PCC Management Reports. Course Learning Objectives This hands-on class provides an overview of the RPMS packages and preparation required for EHR implementation. Included in this course, participants are provided with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to fully utilize the EHR and instruct other clinicians in its use and offer participants the tools necessary for setting up the EHR. At the end of this session participants will be able to: • Provide an overview of the Resource Patient Management System Electronic Health Record [RPMS EHR] • Review RPMS Package Optimization • Examine the EHR framework • Define the expectations, roles and responsibilities of the [a] “Clinical Application Coordinator” [CAC], [b] EHR “Super User”, [c] Site Manager, [d] RPMS Informaticist and [e] other EHR Implementation Team Members. • Delineate effective project management processes and techniques essential for EHR implementation and success. • Navigate throughout EHR tabs • Process “Notifications” • Create or select a “Visit” • Review “Cover Sheet” Information • Enter “Allergies” and “Vital Signs” • Enter and correct “Progress Notes” • Document “Exams”, “Health Factors”, “Patient Education”, and “Immunizations” • Enter “Consult” requests • Complete a “Consult” • Perform pharmacy, laboratory, and radiology “Order Entry” • Assign a “Purpose of Visit” • Update the “Problem List” • Document “Historical Services” • Summarize basic EHR setup • Set up a “User” • Turn specific “Notifications” on or off • Set, enable and disable “Order Checks” • Enter and edit “Order Menus” and “Quick Orders” • Set up basic document “Parameters” • Create, edit, finish, and import a Text Integration Utility [TIU] “Template” and create TIU data objects • Set up a “Consult” service • Set up keys and parameters needed to enter Patient Care Component [PCC] data to include making a superbill and create an ICD-9 pick-list and patient education • Utilize Associations • Review Design Mode • Create a VA Health Summary