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The Practice Transformation Specialist (PTS) is responsible for encouraging physicians and physician practices to explore the benefits, challenges, and opportunities in improving health outcomes and patient experiences. Success as a PTS requires the ability to maximize care teams, assist practices in providingcomprehensive care management and coordination, manage population health, and efficiently use health information technology (HIT) to support patient-centered care.
In order to adress these challenges, there are a range of services to support providers, administrators, and staff in increasing the knowledge and skills to provide high-value, patient-centered care. The PTS may utilize:
The PTS utilizes a variety of information technology tools/appliances within their practices to improve workflow and implementation for quality improvement. Acts as a consultant to such practices to assist in restructuring clinical and business workflows to optimize the implementation of HIT in these offices. Coordinates task-related efforts by creating, joining and/or leading supporting partnerships and facilitating ongoing discussions and initiatives with the appropriate stakeholders in the state and elsewhere who are working on comparable HIT restructuring and/or improvement efforts. Includes the coordination and sharing of information and resources (data, communications, and marketing), avoiding duplication of efforts and resources, minimizing inconsistencies, reducing burden on the participants, and developing and deploying strategies that are cost effective and improve HIT utilization and efficiencies, cultural competencies and other related measures. Requires working knowledge of EHR, Clinical Decision Support, PCMH, ICD10 and EHR reporting modules for quality improvement. Requires excellent troubleshooting and decision-making skills, self motivation and the use of sound judgment and discretion.
Organizational Relationships:
Reports to the Practice Transformation Lead
Role and Responsibilities:
o Conduct environmental scan to assess physician practices' current electronic clinical information and health records status (use or lack of, performance results, interests, needs, readiness to implement, etc.). Provides technical assistance to physician practice sites to explore and adopt HIT systems;
o Provide information on products, functionality, value, and costs of electronic clinical information systems to physician practices;
o Promote production and use of electronic clinical information;
o Provide the appropriate assistance for physician practice sites with an existing EHR system to achieve meaningful-use;
o Promote electronic clinical information sharing in accordance with HIPAA standards (including the Privacy and Security Rules) as applicable.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
None
Skills / Professional Competencies Required:
Minimum Education/Training Required:
A bachelor's degree in MIS, computer science, engineering, or a healthcare discipline from an accredited four-year college or university. Relevant master's degree or clinical (RN, LPN) degree preferred.
Minimum Experience Required:
A minimum of five years' experience in medical information systems, medical office workflow, HIT project management or related consulting experience. Pediatric and adolescent immunization and quality improvement expertise preferred. Actual experience implementing software in small primary care practices a plus.
Substitution(s):
Four years of relevant experience may substitute for bachelor's degree.
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
N/A
Security Level:
Low
Job Type: Full-time
Full Time
Business Services
$96k-117k (estimate)
01/26/2023
06/11/2024
qualityinsights.org
KING OF PRUSSIA, PA
100 - 200
1973
<$5M
Business Services
Quality Insights is a not-for-profit company focused on measuring and improving health care quality. We are headquartered in Charleston, WV with offices in Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. We are a dedicated group of more than 200 physicians, nurses, health services researchers, statisticians, data analysts and educators dedicated to bringing people and information together to improve health. We are actively working to help achieve the National Quality Strategy and its three goals of better care, smarter spending and healthier people. We strive to be a change agent, trusted partner and ...integrator of local organizations collaborating to improve care. Our core services include quality improvement, practice transformation, health care informatics, and measures development.
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