Services

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Recent customer projects:
Some 2023 - 2024 projects:
  • CalAims implementation project management with several EHRS vendors in multiple counties.
  • EHRS RFP and multiproduct assessments.
  • Productivity root cause analysis and solution implementation.
  • AI tool assessments for progress note taking.
  • Client portal assessments and testing.
  • Field based clinicians' EHRS connectivity improvement project.
  • Services, forms, and note change management process and streamlining.
  • SAPC/SAGE integration and automation.
 Some past projects:
  • Drawing down State Meaningful Use funding for eligible providers, totaling over $1.5M to date.
  • Assessing new EHRS technology advances and product options.
  • Implementing Key Performance Indicators across departments, and automating the reporting on these business metrics (targets versus actuals).
  • Workflow automation and improvements, to solve clinical operations and billing issues.
  • Project management of EHRS functionality implementations, for example, e-prescribing and outcome measures.
  • Assessing the viability of outsourcing claims processing to a third party.
  • Leading reorganizations of IT and claims / billing departments, in order to improve resource efficiencies, revenue turns, staffing levels, skills, and structure.
  •  Assessing LACDMH contract compliance for Data and Information Security.
  • Project management of EHRS EDI billing implementation.
  • Develop EHIM job descriptions / roles & responsibilities and interviewing candidates. 
  • Strategic Technology plan and budgets, incorporated into Agency's 5-Year Strategic Plan.
  • Project management of LACDMH IBHIS billing rollout. 
  • Prioritization and project management of EHRS clinical and billing rollouts.
  • Root cause analysis of late DMH billing. Including an assessment of Clinical Progress Note workflows and statistics for audit risk.  
  • Assessment of automation options for client eligibility verification. 
We can help you too ...
  1. EHR-S Best Practices Check-Up & Tune-Up
    • are you getting what you paid for?
    • do your EHR-S and workflows help you stay in compliance?
    • is your new system supporting your staff with outcomes management, reporting, and compliance?
    • has your EHR-S eliminated double data entry tasks? 
    • has your system automated your compliance management and significantly reduced your compliance risks?
    • are your clinical staff happy with the product and their workflows?
    • do you wish it did more? maybe it can............
  2. Change Management Consulting
    • does your system give you the data you need? the data you never had before?
    • does your chosen EHR-S have what it takes to support Evidence Based Practices? do you know what to look for, what you should expect?
  3. Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning
    • Does your staff know what to do if the system is down for more than 2 hours? More than 1 day?
    • Do you know the maximum data loss you can expect if you have an outage? i.e. what is your vendor's back-up frequency and recovery procedures?
    • Has your plan been tested?

Complete Healthcare EHR /EMR & Information Technology Services
  • EHR-S Technology Selection and Planning
    • Total cost budgeting
    • Needs analysis & RFP
    • IT infrastructure assessments
    • Vendor comparisons
    • Product selection
    • Contract review & negotiation
  • Technology Implementation
    • Comprehensive project mgmt.
    • Data, forms, & reports conversion
    • Workflow automation
    • EDI claims processing
    • Contract compliance
    • Training
  • Sahara & Expert Partners provide complete lifecycle services
    • IT Infrastructure Assessments, Inventory, Installation, & Support
    • Database Conversions & Upgrades
    • Electronic Forms & Reports
    • Contracts & Legal counsel
    • Training Curriculum & Delivery