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What Are the Top Barriers to Patient Portal Adoption, Use?

27 hours ago May 15, 2018 · May 15, 2018 - As a fundamental patient engagement technology with numerous reimbursement payments tied to its adoption, providers have long searched for the secret sauce to facilitate high patient portal use. Medical professionals not only aim to meet meaningful use and MACRA requirements, but also want to foster better patient activation in care through the … >> Go To The Portal


How do I log in to my Patient Portal?

May 15, 2018 · May 15, 2018 - As a fundamental patient engagement technology with numerous reimbursement payments tied to its adoption, providers have long searched for the secret sauce to facilitate high patient portal use. Medical professionals not only aim to meet meaningful use and MACRA requirements, but also want to foster better patient activation in care through the …

Why do patients adopt the patient portal?

Oct 16, 2017 · Additionally, patients who can take advantage of online appointment scheduling are more likely to show up to their appointments, a major treatment access issue that harms both patients and providers. However useful the patient portal is, integrating it into clinician workflow takes some finagling, Selva conceded. The tool can be a major driver for patient satisfaction, …

What is the purpose of the foster care program?

Feb 07, 2018 · Patient Portal Benefits Patient Care and Provider Workflow; Patient Portal Implementation Improves Quality of Patient Care and Strengthens Preventive Care; Patient Portal Increases Communication Between Patients and Providers; Pediatric Clinic Uses EHR to Automatically Generate Clinical Quality Reports; Quality Improvement in a Primary Care Practice

Are mobile patient portals the future of Health it?

The Provider Portal screen reader program of choice is Non Visual Desktop Access (NVDA). ... Foster care is a protective service for children and their parents who must live apart because of child abuse, neglect or special family circumstances requiring the need for out-of-home care. Foster care is intended to provide temporary/short-term care ...

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When did Dover Family Physicians adopt EHR?

Dover Family Physicians adopted an electronic health record (EHR) system in 2008 with a goal of improving the quality of patient care and especially strengthening preventive care services. The practice has focused on ways to use the EHR to engage patients and their family members in their health and healthcare through a patient portal implementation. The practice, located in Dover, Delaware, has four physicians and two physician assistants, and provides primary care to more than 800 patients weekly.

How to get the most value from an EHR?

To get the most value from an EHR, practices will need to invest time in training and preparation. Some customization of the system will likely be needed based on how the practice functions and the individual work styles of the various providers.

What are the limitations of EHR?

The limitations of the EHR and the patient portal have presented challenges, such as the inability to send clinical summaries to patients via the portal. The practice can only move ahead with certain aspects of patient and family engagement as quickly as the system is upgraded.

How long does it take for a nurse to respond to a patient?

The practice established standards for response times of within 4 hours for more urgent questions to 2 days for prescription refills

What is foster care?

Foster care is a protective service for children and their parents who must live apart because of child abuse, neglect or special family circumstances requiring the need for out-of-home care. Foster care is intended to provide temporary/short-term care for a child.

What is TOTS for providers?

TOTS for Providers is the electronic time and attendance process that LDE uses to keep track of the time children spend in care with child care providers. TOTS gives child care providers with internet access the ability to view their authorizations and the attendance reports for their authorized children online.

What is CCAP in Louisiana?

Parents may select any Type III early learning center, before and after school child care center, military child care center, registered Family Child Care Provider or In-Home provider that has been certified for CCAP by the Louisiana Department of Education (LDE) CCAP Provider Certification. After signing into LA CAFÉ, you will be able to complete an application to become a CCAP provider.

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Who Was Involved in This Business Decision-Making Process?

  1. Existing Caregivers
  2. DCYF Licensing Division (LD) Staff
  3. DCYF (non-LD) Staff
  4. Community Partners
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How Will The Portal Benefit Children?

  1. Decreasing the time to qualify families as caregivers.
  2. Eliminate duplicate entry of information and reduce dependence upon paper forms.
  3. Decreasing placement interruptions for children in care.
  4. Decreasing the drop-out rate of licensed homes.
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Who Will Use The Portal?

  1. LD Staff
  2. General Foster Care Applicants
  3. Kinship Caregivers
  4. Child Placing Agencies
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Staff Impacts

  • Providing tracking tools for staff for: 1. Workload 2. Workflow 3. Application Status 4. Required Additional Documents The implementation of a new system brings hope, fears, and lots of growing pains.
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The Portal Looks to

  1. Improve the state’s foster care licensing system usability.
  2. Streamline the Home Study Process by creating a singular Tiered Home Study that DCYF and Stakeholders will use.
  3. Automate existing paper practices.
  4. Provide tools for efficient recruitment and retention of foster parents.
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