ARRA Readiness Assessment
The cost of doing nothing is real. With approximately $23 billion of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 dedicated towards grants and incentive payments for healthcare IT, it pays to be an early adopter of electronic health record (EHR) technology. Late adopters will receive smaller incentive payments and be penalized through decreased Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements starting in 2016.
Implementing an effective EHR system requires a holistic approach to your total information technology infrastructure. The Dell Perot Systems® ARRA Readiness Assessment evaluates client preparedness for ARRA compliance and establishes a roadmap for meeting “meaningful use” guidelines by 2011.
Objectives of the ARRA Readiness Assessment include:
- Improve data governance, management, collection, and reporting processes
- Enhance existing data security and privacy policies, procedures, and processes
- Support vendor selection or assess existing EHRs, evidence-based medicine, clinical protocols, and technologies to improve communications, quality of care, and exchange of health information
- Revise strategic, operational, and technology plans
- Optimize the use of existing EHR systems or other applications
ARRA Readiness Assessment overview brochure.
A Proven Implementation Strategy: The Dell Perot Systems PERspective™ Framework
The planning, implementation, and management of your clinical transformation initiatives are guided by the Dell Perot Systems Clinical PERspective™ framework for clinical operational excellence and quality service delivery. This framework includes a compilation of methodologies, tools, processes, and best practices that have been organized by Dell Perot Systems to help your organization meet its strategic objectives and clinical needs. The methodology is driven by our proprietary ADOPTS (Assess, Define, Optimize, Prepare, Transform, Sustain) approach. ADOPTS encompasses major activities and key work products that guide the organization through clinical transformation efforts with sustainable change.
Assess — Define the environment and enterprise clinical and business needs in response to a problem or change
Design — Design the ideal solution and determine how the market or clinical environment can support the clinical and business needs of the enterprise
Optimize — Ensure the effective solution design and change strategy that can best meet clinical and business needs
Prepare — Position the organization for the successful deployment of the solution as demonstrated by benefits realization
Transform — Initiate the change that enables the realization of benefits
Sustain — Establish and anchor the change that enables the ongoing realization of benefits
Whether your EHR implementation is already underway, or you are building a new system, our team of clinical implementation consultants and healthcare professionals will help you identify the best applications and implementation strategy. We will work with you to build a strategy to accelerate adoption, ensure a smooth transition, and maximize your ROI and incentive payments from Medicare and Medicaid.
Get additional background about ARRA, or contact us about assessment information.
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