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Millennium and the Joint Commission Record of Care Accreditation Requirements April 23, 2010 Introduction The purpose of this white paper is to provide information as to the positioning of Millennium in support of enabling the ability of clients to comply with the Record of Care accreditation requirements of the Joint Commission. The source for the accreditation requirements is the 2010 Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals (CAMH) published by the Joint Commission. General Focus of the Requirements The general focus of the accreditation requirements for Record of Care within the CAMH can be summarized as follows: - - - The provider generally needs to have information management processes in place to assure that the information systems and content are available to meet the needs of their programs and services That appropriate systems and mechanisms to properly capture, report, process, store, retrieve, disseminate and display clinical and non-clinical information are enabled That patient medical records are complete and accurate and contain the necessary information for the provision of care That high risk or operative procedures are adequately documented, and use of moderate to deep sedation or anesthesia is recorded That the patient record contain a summary of all significant diagnosis, procedures, drug allergies and medications to support continuing or recurring ambulatory care That designated qualified personnel accept and transcribe verbal orders from authorized individuals Millennium’s Role in Enabling Compliance Many of the requirements found within the Record of Care section of the Joint Commission accreditation requirements are focused on how providers put into place policies and procedures to establish requirements for the content of the medical record, assuring its completeness, timeliness and integrity. These policies and procedures are supported by education and training. However, there are very significant system roles that Millennium can play in support of these activities. At a summary level, these can include (key Millennium solutions indicated parenthetically): - Enabling the capture, storage and maintenance of the patient’s electronic medical record in a complete and accurate manner (All Millennium clinical and ancillary solutions) Cerner Corporation Confidential Information ©Cerner Corporation. All rights reserved. This document contains confidential and/or proprietary information which may not be reproduced or transmitted without the express written consent of Cerner. - - - Providing validation capabilities of data entered into the electronic medical record based on use of code set values, required field entry rules, reference ranges, format validity rules and other methods (Core capability common to all solutions) Supporting required data entry parameters in forms design to assure completeness of entry (Core capability common to all solutions) Supporting deficiency tracking and monitoring to manage timeliness of completion of required documentation (ProFile) Making available required summaries of patient information to help assure continuity of care (Documentation Management, Medical Record Publishing, FirstNet) Supporting capture of verbal orders with appropriate review requirements by an authorized practitioner (Order Management) At a more granular level, Millennium can assist in enabling compliance with the Management of Information requirements in the following ways (NOTE: Specific Joint Commission accreditation requirements are stated followed by the abilities of Millennium to enable compliance). The Joint Commission requirements that are highlighted for comment are those that seem to most directly imply a system role in compliance. RC.01.01.01 – The hospital maintains complete and accurate medical records - The hospital defines the components of a complete medical record To support complete entry of information into the record, the system allows for definition of particular clinical data entry forms, or for clinical document formats to be required for entry for particular services or purposes. The system also allows for definition of particular documents to be required for completion before the record can be regarded as “complete” from documentation and a billing standpoint. - The hospital provides standardized formats to document the care it provides to patients The medical record contains information unique to the patient which is used for patient identification The medical record contains the information needed to support the patient’s diagnosis and condition The medical record contains the information needed to justify the patient’s care The medical record contains information about the patient’s care that promotes continuity of care among providers The minimum requirements for a patient record are well supported by the system for capture of sufficient information to ID the patient, support documentation of diagnosis or condition, provide for documentation of the care/.services provided including justification of said services and their results and to provide for continuity of information among care providers in both on line and off line forms. A starter set of standard online forms and/or reference data build guidance for all manners of Cerner Corporation Confidential Information ©Cerner Corporation. All rights reserved. This document contains confidential and/or proprietary information which may not be reproduced or transmitted without the express written consent of Cerner. clinical result or document entry are provided with the physician, nursing, clinical and ancillary solutions as appropriate for each such Millennium solution. • All entries in the medical record are dated The system records a date and time stamp for each medical record entry represented by a system event that creates, updates, completes, error corrects, addends or authenticates a medical record entry. - The hospital tracks the location of all components of the medical record The hospital assembles or makes available in a summary in the medical record all information required to provide patient care The system helps ensure availability of the patient record not only when available on line as an electronic record, but also for paper based records through the provision of library functions within ProFile to manage chart requests, check out/in of records and tracking of current chart locations for records that have been checked out of a central source. The management of the chart can be performed on a concurrent basis to its use. RC.01.02.01 – Entries in the medical record are authenticated - The hospital defines the types of entries in the medical record made by non independent practitioners that require countersigning in accordance with law and regulation The system requires that a user be set up with a privilege for their signature to have a particular effect as to document authentication or countersignature. Based on the user’s position, the user is granted authentication privileges by document type (e.g. for an H&P). Within the Health Information Management solution (ProFile), that privilege is honored, and a co-signature can be required for certain documents that may have originally created by a user in a position not authorized to authenticate a document. The system will then additionally prompt for someone in an authorized position to authenticate a document. The system can track unauthenticated documents even if signed by an author who is not privileged to authenticate a document. The patient’s chart would remain open for deficiency tracking purposes until a properly authorized individual has satisfied all document authentication requirements. Within Clinical Notes, the system enables differentiation of signing privileges to know what users can authenticate a note and what users cannot (and a countersignature is required). Within PowerNote as of 2010.01, the system will enable the ability to display a signature line. As of 2010.02, signing privilege capability in PowerNote will be on par with that of Clinical Notes. For 2017.19 and prior for PowerNote, the only option is for a non-privileged provider to note in the document that they are the originator of the note (or be shown as “performed by”), save the note and forward it to the physician Message Center/Inbox for signature by a Cerner Corporation Confidential Information ©Cerner Corporation. All rights reserved. This document contains confidential and/or proprietary information which may not be reproduced or transmitted without the express written consent of Cerner. privileged physician. Cerner is working to allow a resident to sign a document, and forward it for co-signature, and some clients are allowing residents to sign the document and then forward the signed document to a physician who would add an addendum to sign the resident signed note. The “sign without authenticating” project is scheduled for availability in 2010.02. - The author of each medical record entry is identified in the medical record Only authorized individuals make entries in record To support the integrity of the information entered, most capabilities to enter or modify clinical information are at least supported by task security so that the functions are accessible only to authorized individuals. Further, many specific actions to update, verify and sign clinical information is controlled by data privileges to limit these actions to be taken only by authorized roles (and individuals). The identity of users for creating, updating or completing clinical information is recorded electronically on the clinical data record in question for accountability purposes. Such entries are also always time stamped, and the previous version of the information is maintained in audit trails within the record. - - Entries in the record are authenticated by the author. Information introduced into the medical record through transcription or dictation is authenticated by the author. The individual identified by the signature stamp or method of electronic authentication is the only one who uses it The system supports authentication at the time of system log in of the individual user using both password based methods of authentication and those methods of advanced authentication that interoperate with Imprevata. Imprevata is Cerner’s business partner for providing support for interoperating with multiple methods of advanced authentication including biometrics, tokens and other methods. The system also supports time out policies to mitigate the risk of an abandoned session. As to signing events within the system, for events that require additional event specific authentication of the signer, Millennium supports the use of password based authentication for signing orders and for signing documents. This can include transcribed documents. Cerner’s transcription solution (MTM-Medical Transcription Management) is integrated with Millennium. Documents that have been dictated and transcribed using MTM, will display within Clinical Notes or Message Center for final authentication. In addition, Millennium can bring in transcribed documents from other sources for final authentication within PowerChart through Clinical Notes or Message Center. As of 2010.01 which is targeted for general availability in early 2010, Millennium will support advanced authentication methods that interoperate with Imprevata for authentication of the signer for key events related to medication management including order verification, medication administration and pharmacist order Cerner Corporation Confidential Information ©Cerner Corporation. All rights reserved. This document contains confidential and/or proprietary information which may not be reproduced or transmitted without the express written consent of Cerner. verification. The system supports maintenance of an action history to show the various actions taking for a given clinical data object such as for an order or a clinical document, and in many cases, supports formatting a signature line showing who signed a clinical document or transcribed document. RC.01.03.01 – Documentation in the medical record is entered in a timely manner - The hospital has a written policy that requires timely entry of information into the medical record The hospital defines the time frame for completion of the medical record which does not exceed 30 days after discharge The hospital implements its policy requiring timely entry of information into the patient’s medical record The hospital records the patient’s medical history and physical examination, including updates, in the medical record within 24 hours after registration or inpatient admission but prior to surgery or a procedure requiring anesthesia services To assure timely completion of the medical record, the system supports routing and scheduling of work activity timely to patient needs, and enables the creation of work tasks to be routed to specific work sites, queues or personnel to be performed. The scheduling of such tasks can consider the priority of the task and the availability of necessary resources to support the request. As to the completion of documentation, the system provides the means to complete the work task as the basis for capture of clinical documentation or results, and provides for tracking of overdue work activities based on the status of tasks (such as for lab procedures or for nursing tasks). The system also enables the requirement for verification activities to be performed by authorized individuals when such reviews are required such as for physician verification of orders and clinical documents. Signing tasks can be routed to an electronic Inbox for physician reference and notification. These requirements are the basis for deficiency tracking and monitoring of documents that require this type of completion. Users must possess a security privilege to be able to sign clinical data, and are subject to password based reauthentication in order to sign. This requirement does not apply to documents creating using PowerForms that are not textually rendered, but this use of the system usually applies only to Nursing Notes which are not subject to physician electronic signature requirements. Orders may also be tracked for deficiency purposes for unsigned orders. This is especially useful for ensuring verbal orders and other types/circumstances of orders are signed on a timely basis by the physician. The electronic signature is captured as a user ID stamp on the affected clinical data. In some applications, limited use of digital signature using smart card based private keys has been enabled for signing clinical data. The private key is used to create a hashed signature associated to the signed data, and the signature is stored within a secure signing service to protect against possible tampering. In both cases (electronic user ID stamp and hashed signature from a digital signature), the act of signing is to a version Cerner Corporation Confidential Information ©Cerner Corporation. All rights reserved. This document contains confidential and/or proprietary information which may not be reproduced or transmitted without the express written consent of Cerner. of the signed data such that if it is modified, amended or succeeded, a new signature will be required. The system provides for deficiency reporting and monitoring from a HIM standpoint as a control check against physician completion of signing responsibilities on a timely basis, and can provide audit reports of who has completed verification activities in a given patient record.RC.01.04.01 – The hospital audits its medical records - - The hospital measures its medical record delinquency rate at regular intervals, but no less than every three months Medical record delinquency rate averaged over last four quarters is not greater than 50% average monthly discharge rate and no quarterly measurement is greater than 50% of AMD rate The hospital conducts an ongoing review of medical records at the point of care based on the following conditions: presence, timeliness, legibility, accuracy, authentication and completeness of data and information The system provides for reporting on deficiency status both for current open overdue activities as well as for historic completion statistics. Deficiencies can also be monitored on a concurrent basis for an active patient. Deficiencies are aged to the hour (for a given document) and to the day (for a complete record for a visit). The reporting of historic data for deficiencies can be generated on an allocation date or a discharge data basis, and the data can be used to contribute to quarterly reporting and graphing for trending analysis. The system does not provide quarterly period based reporting itself. RC.01.05.01 – The hospital retains its medical records - The retention time of the medical record is determined by its use and hospital policy in accordance with law and regulation At present, the system enables retention of completed verified medical record entries more or less permanently. A more flexible capability to create archived versions of patient records so as to reduce online storage of the data is under consideration. What may be termed as in process or transient data (e.g. workflow tasks, interim states of activity data) may be subject to purges based on the requirements of the clinical data type. RC.02.01.01 – The medical record contains information that reflects the patient’s care - Each medical record contains following demographics - name, sex, address, DOB, authorized representative (if any), legal status (for patients receiving behavioral health care) and the patient’s language and communications needs The system provides for the capture of patient demographic information appropriate to the registration or admission requirements of the services to be provided, and Cerner Corporation Confidential Information ©Cerner Corporation. All rights reserved. This document contains confidential and/or proprietary information which may not be reproduced or transmitted without the express written consent of Cerner. supports recording of authorized representative information through the designation of such individuals as being in an agency relationship to the patient. The legal status of the patient also is recorded. An emancipated minor can be indicated through a guarantor relationship of self. The system supports the recording of the patient’s language preference and religious affiliation, and supports the recording of patient assessment information for patient learning requirements. - Each record contains as applicable to case the reasons for admission, the patient’s initial diagnosis, diagnostic impressions or conditions, emergency care/treatment provided before arrival, documentation/findings of assessments, conclusions/impressions from medical history/physical exam, diagnosis/diagnostic impressions or conditions, reasons for admission, goals of treatment/plans, diagnostic/therapeutic orders, diagnostic/therapeutic procedures/tests/results, progress notes, reassessments and plan of care revisions, relevant observations, response to care provided, consultation reports, allergies to food/meds, every med ordered/prescribed, every dose of med administered including strength, dose, rate, administration devices used, access site/route, known drug allergies and any adverse reactions, any medications dispensed or prescribed on discharge, discharge diagnosis, discharge plan and discharge planning evaluation and all relevant diagnosis/conditions established during course of care The system supports the definition of plans of care for specific patient conditions, and of documentation forms for the capture of specific assessments, progress notes and clinical information particular to specific patient requirements. The system supports the relevant capture of emergency care/treatment provided before arrival, documentation/findings of assessments, conclusions/impressions from medical history/physical exam, diagnosis/diagnostic impressions or conditions, reasons for admission, goals of treatment/plans, diagnostic/therapeutic orders, diagnostic/therapeutic procedures/tests/results, progress notes, reassessments and plan of care revisions, relevant observations, response to care provided, consultation reports, allergies to food/meds, every med ordered/prescribed, every dose of med administered including strength, dose, rate, administration devices used, access site/route, known drug allergies and any adverse reactions and all relevant diagnosis/conditions established during course of care. - As needed to provide care, the medical record contains evidence of informed consent, records of communication with patient regarding care and patient generated information if applicable The system can support the recording and linking of patient consents (for use of identifiable health information or for procedure based informed consent) and advance directives to the person or the encounter as appropriate. At present time, consent forms generally must be signed physically by the patient (and any witnesses when appropriate) and scanned into the system for association to the right patient context. These forms may also be signed by the patient electronically if signature pad Cerner Corporation Confidential Information ©Cerner Corporation. All rights reserved. This document contains confidential and/or proprietary information which may not be reproduced or transmitted without the express written consent of Cerner. technology is used. Advance directives may be recorded in a similar form if necessary to keep a soft copy on line, or the nature of advance directives may be recorded through the admission assessment process. The availability or indication of such directives and consents depends on the method by which they are captured and documented within the system. - The medical record of a patient who receives urgent or immediate care contains all of the following – the time and means of arrival, indication that the patient left against medical advice when applicable, conclusions reached at the termination of care including the patient’s final disposition, condition and instructions given for follow up care and a copy of any information made available to the practitioner or medical organization providing follow up care All of the above information is able to be documented in the patient’s medical record, and a copy of anything provided to the next provider in line providing post discharge care can be retained whether generated using the Continuity of Care Document (CCD) in Cerner’s Multi Media Archive or in Clinical Notes. RC.02.01.03 - The patient’s medical record documents operative or other high risk procedures and the use of moderate or deep sedation or anesthesia - - - - - - The hospital documents in the patient’s medical record any operative or other high risk procedure and/or the administration of moderate or deep sedation or anesthesia An licensed independent practitioner involved in the patient’s care documents the provisional diagnosis in the medical record before an operative or other high risk procedure is performed An operative or high risk procedure report is dictated or written upon completion of the operative or other high risk procedure and before the patient is transferred to the next level of care The operative or other high risk procedure report includes the following – the name of the licensed independent practitioner who performed the procedure and his/her assistants, the name of the procedure performed, a description of the procedure, findings of the procedure, any estimated blood loss, any specimen(s) removed and the postoperative diagnosis When a full operative or other high risk procedure report cannot be entered immediately into the medical record after the operation or procedure, a progress note is entered in the medical record before the patient is transferred to the next level of care. This progress note includes the name(s) of the primary surgeon(s) and assistant(s), procedures performed and a description of each procedure finding, estimated blood loss, specimens removed and postoperative diagnosis The medical record contains the following postoperative information – the patient’s vital signs and level of consciousness, any medications including IV fluids and any administered blood, blood product and blood components, any unanticipated events of complications including blood transfusion reactions and the management of those events Cerner Corporation Confidential Information ©Cerner Corporation. All rights reserved. This document contains confidential and/or proprietary information which may not be reproduced or transmitted without the express written consent of Cerner. - - The medical record contains documentation that the patient was discharged from the post sedation or post anesthesia care area either by the licensed independent practitioner responsible for his care or according to discharge criteria The medical record contains documentation of the use of approved discharge criteria that determine the patient’s readiness for discharge The post op documentation contains the names of the licensed independent practitioner responsible for discharge The patient’s medical history and physical examination are recorded in the medical record before an operative or other high risk procedure is performed The hospital has a complete and up to date operating room register that includes patient name, patient hospital identification number, date of operation, inclusive or total time of operation, name of surgeon and any assistants, name of nursing personnel, type of anesthesia used and name of person administering it, operation performed, pre and post operative diagnosis and age of patient The system can enable definition of what documentation is expected for the patient encounter (e.g. through encounter forms in the ED, through surgical case documentation in Surgery) and for specific orders, through order formats associated to all manners of orders for required elements of documentation necessary for a given type of order. These can embody required elements including provisional diagnosis, site verification procedures, specimens removed, blood loss, post op diagnosis and the particulars of sedation or anesthesia. The system can similarly support the required elements to be completed for post operative documentation, and for documenting the discharge criteria and activity for the patient from post op care. The system can lay out expectations for the timeliness of the documentation to be completed in the right sequence and tracks this expectation for deficiency management or for the management of overdue clinical activities, but it generally requires a human to comply with that expectation. The system supports routing of physician and surgical documentation to the responsible physician for signature. For diagnostic image reports, the system supports a global setting to require that a diagnostic report be signed and documented within ”n” hours of the diagnostic exam report transcription. Tracking is available for monitoring exams that may be come overdue for a radiologist interpretation. Similar capabilities exist for assuring the timeliness of lab results that require pathologist interpretation. For both surgical and diagnostic imaging procedures, the system supports sequencing of diagnostic testing to be completed before the procedure for scheduled procedures. Decision support rules may be written to verify the availability of results before a diagnostic imaging exam is started if desired. Authentication of the documentation is subject to the same kinds of requirements as were discussed in RC.01.01.01 above. The capability of the system to support use of the desired structure and form of the documentation similarly is described in that response. The system also supports a discharge criteria assessment as standard content for surgical discharges. Cerner Corporation Confidential Information ©Cerner Corporation. All rights reserved. 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RC.02.01.05 – The medical record contains documentation of the use of restraint and/or seclusion - - The hospital documents the use of restraint for non-behavioral health purposes in the medical record including orders for use, results of patient monitoring, reassessment and unanticipated changes in the patient’s condition The hospital documents any use of restraint protocols in for non-behavioral health purposes in the medical record The hospital documents the use of restraint and/or seclusion for behavioral health purposes in the medical record including each episode, the circumstances that led to its use, consideration or failure of non-physical interventions, the rationale for the type of intervention used, written orders for its use, each verbal order received, each in-person evaluation and reevaluation of the patient, each 15 minute assessment of the patient’s status, continuous monitoring of the patient, pre-existing medical conditions or any physical disabilities as risk factors, any history of sexual or physical abuse, that the patient and/or family was informed of hospital policy on its use, that the patient’s family was notified of its use, behavior criteria for its discontinuance, that the patient was informed of the behavior criteria needed for it to be discontinued, assistance provided to help the patient meet said criteria, debriefing the patient with staff following an episode of its use, any injuries the patient sustained and the treatment of those injuries and the patient’s death should this occur while under the care of the hospital See whitepaper Millennium and JC Provision of Care Accreditation Requirements for information on system capabilities that may be relevant to the use of restraint or seclusion for either non-behavioral or behavioral health. RC.02.01.07 – The medical record contains a summary list for each patient who receives continuing ambulatory care services - A summary list is initiated for the patient by his or her third visit The patient’s summary list is updated whenever there is a change in diagnosis, medications or allergies to medications, and whenever a procedure is performed The summary list is readily available to practitioners who need access to the information of patients who receive continuing ambulatory care services The patient’s summary list contains significant medical diagnosis and conditions, significant operative and invasive procedures, adverse and allergic drug reactions and current prescriptions, OTC drugs and herbal preps The system enables the recording of all the indicated categories of information per this requirement. The information is maintained at the person level under various categories of clinical information accessible to clinicians with a relationship to the patient or with access rights to the patient record as a member of the organization providing care to the patient. This information is accessible subject to the access rights of the role of the user. As a permanent part of the electronic record, it is accessible by users downstream of a current given active care episode for continuity’s Cerner Corporation Confidential Information ©Cerner Corporation. All rights reserved. This document contains confidential and/or proprietary information which may not be reproduced or transmitted without the express written consent of Cerner. sake. The system can produce a reconciled medication profile for the patient as of any transfer of care responsibility. RC.02.03.07 – Qualified staff receives and record verbal orders - Documentation of verbal orders includes the date and the names of individuals who gave, received, recorded and implemented the orders Verbal orders are authenticated within the time frame specified by law and regulation The system enables a verbal order type to be indicated when such orders are transcribed by an authorized user who has the privileges to be able to transcribe such orders. Verbal order types are identified as a communication type. The system will record who took the order, who gave the order and can also create tasks from an order. Individual responsibility for completion of the tasks required to implement the order can be captured as tasks are completed on line. Completion requirements for verbal orders may be tracked within ProFile for deficiency management, and overdue verbal orders needing signature monitored. Reminders may be sent to physicians responsible for their signature in the physician’s Message Center through messaging. In the ED with FirstNet, the tracking board supports tracking the co-sign status requirement for a physician – if post discharge, the system can provide reporting of unsigned orders for monitoring orders that need a physician co-signature. RC.02.04.01 – The hospital documents the patient’s discharge information - In order to provide information to other caregivers and facilitate the patient’s continuity of care, concise discharge summary providing information to other caregivers and facilitating continuity of care includes reason for hospitalization, significant findings, procedures performed/care provided, patient's condition at discharge and information to patient and family as appropriate The system also enables sharing of the electronic record with other providers. If those other providers are users of the system, they will be able to access the electronic patient record subject to the creation of an access right (as evidenced by a relationship to the patient directly or as a member of the organization or work group providing care to the patient), and their own authorization rights to access patient data in that form. If not users of the system, such information may be shared through formatted discharge summaries or care summaries that may be output via print or fax to the appropriate destination. The system can provide generation of a Continuity of Care Document (CCD) to include such information as patient demographics, a reconciled medication profile, and diagnostic lab results for Microbiology and General Lab, allergy information, procedures, immunization information and diagnosis. Cerner is working on capabilities to be able to share this information electronically with another provider Cerner Corporation Confidential Information ©Cerner Corporation. All rights reserved. This document contains confidential and/or proprietary information which may not be reproduced or transmitted without the express written consent of Cerner. through point to point interfacing, and through health information exchanges. This information may also be made available to removable media to be given to the next provider in line by the patient. Cerner also will be making available electronic clinical summaries that can be rendered into a .pdf format. For ED visits, the system provides an auto fax capability to send the care summary of the visit – and also can route it to the inbox of a provider who is a system user. The discharge summary enables pulling in any of the discrete information captured throughout the ED encounter, and generates a user friendly discharge summary that reflects all of the required elements noted above. Cerner Corporation Confidential Information ©Cerner Corporation. All rights reserved. This document contains confidential and/or proprietary information which may not be reproduced or transmitted without the express written consent of Cerner.