·         Actual live experience

·         Additional steps to access?

·         Details of revenue sharing

Assumption - Healthcare providers cannot access the cloud with the patient information to be shared unless they also use the same Zoeticx program.

Options may be limited when entering history or medical information, i.e. question about drinking alcohol.  If yes, the options are 1-2 per week, or 3-5 per week.  If someone drinks more than 5 alcoholic beverages per week, there is not a place to reflect that.

Utilizing preventative health services to improve the health of patients has long been known to be advantageous.  Having a system in place to provide prompts for preventative services needed based on individualized patient information and risk factors would certainly be beneficial to health care providers and allow them to focus more on the patient in front of them, rather than digging through the record to identify the needed testing.  It also reduces the possibilities of inconsistencies in patient care management by various providers.

Because this has been proven effective to reduce costs and improve care in other health care organizations, administrators would do well to investigate this program and others, to determine the potential advantages to their patient population and their revenue streams.  This should include a site visit to a health system that has the program in place to identify the ease of use, challenges or ease of the go live process, changes in patient care and outcomes, and changes in revenue.  Proven valuable, a small pilot within their organization would be advisable to work out issues in advance and create subject matter experts or champions that can be used as a resource for the rest of the organization.    

Ultimately, it would be best if this type of system were integrated into the main IT EHRs.  With this and the many other advances in EHR systems, there is certainly more in store for the mainframe systems.  This could be an effective health care management option to use until a more advanced EHR including this type of technology is developed.  

Thanh6090. (2017). Zoeticx ProVision CCM [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8Lavp9_L_E

The University of Scranton. (n.d.). EMR: The progress to 100% electronic medical records. Retrieved from https://elearning.scranton.edu/resource/health-human-services/emr_the-progress-to-100-percent-electronic-medical-records 

Angelica – analytical.  Angelica’s strength would be valuable in considering all factors that affect a situation.  As the solution is investigated and considered for implementation, it is critical to have a team member that is logical, thorough, and thinks things through.

Abraham – arranger.  Abraham’s strength would be advantageous because he could help figure out how all of the pieces of the project would come together. He would organize the team, identify the parts assigned to each team member, help us to work efficiently, and bring all of the pieces together into an aggregate that would help our organization make a decision.

Carter – Communication.  Carter’s strength of communication would be valuable in working with the vendor to explore the capabilities of the proposed solution.  He would be important in establishing a rapport with a facility already using the solution, and gaining access to information about their experience and being able to see the solution live.  Carter would also be valuable in presenting the findings of our investigation and sharing recommendations.  

Isaac – Ideation.  Isaac has the ability to see systems that are already in place, and envision how it can be improved.  His ability to do so drives a passion for seeing it happen.  That spark of energy is essential to embark on the process of investigating and possibly implementing a major change in processes.

Sheila – Strategic.  Sheila would be an important member of the team to identify risks and benefits of the proposed Zoeticx solution.  She is good at looking at alternative options and using good judgement to make sound decisions.  Her ability to plan for the unexpected would be especially valuable as implementation takes place.