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The Epic rollout is dubbed the Plummer Project after Henry Plummer, MD, who created the world\u2019s first patient-centered, unified health record at Mayo Clinic more than a century ago. The implementation began with Mayo Clinic Health System Wisconsin last summer and continued in the fall with Mayo Clinic Health System Minnesota. Saturday\u2019s go-live at the Mayo Clinic Rochester campus will be followed by the Florida and Arizona campuses this fall.

Mayo is replacing multiple separate EHRs with one system, which was built to meet the specific needs its patients and staff, according to Steve Peters, MD, Mayo Clinic\u2019s chief medical information officer and co-chair of the Plummer Project.

\u201cWith our staff working together on a common system, we will be able to provide a better experience for our patients and bring the best of Mayo Clinic to each patient\u2019s care,\u201d says Peters. \u201cWe also want to continue to do better and advance what we do with revenue cycle management to make bills easier to understand and to address upcoming changes in reimbursement as we move from fee-for-service to value. Our focus is on sharing information with patients and having the ability to share information across our sites.\u201d

Peters contends that May Clinic will spend about $1.5 billion on this major technology modernization program \u201cover multiple years for many purposes, not the Plummer Project alone,\u201d with only a portion of that amount going toward the EHR and revenue cycle replacement. He also notes that \u201conly a portion of that will go to Epic, since much of the work is being done by Mayo Clinic staff.\u201d

In addition, Peters points out that other technology investments as part of the project will advance patient care, upgrade the data network and improve information security.

Also See<\/b>: Mayo Clinic starts to roll out $1.5B Epic EHR-RCM system<\/a>

\u201cAfter the previous two go-lives (in Wisconsin and Minnesota), we\u2019re already seeing the benefits\u2014we\u2019re able to consult with colleagues about patient care more efficiently, offer answers more quickly and ultimately, spend more time with our patients,\u201d Peters contends. \u201cThere is one system for registration, scheduling and patient movement. Before, as patients moved between Mayo Clinic Health System and Rochester, they made appointments in different systems. Now all appointment information will be in the same system.\u201d

About 42,000 employees have been trained to use the new system to date, and overall, more than 51,000 Mayo Clinic staff members will be educated in its use, according to Peters.

He notes that Mayo is converting 10 years of patient data directly into Epic, with a few exceptions.

\u201cEssentially all of our data\u2014including the older data we didn\u2019t convert directly to Epic\u2014will go into a repository that makes data available instantaneously through a historic viewer,\u201d Peters says. \u201cBecause we are operating on separate systems today, we have means to share records between campuses that we are using now. As we get on to one system, all of those custom connections will sunset.\u201d

According to Peters, this effort required a lot of hard work and investment in data archive and conversion. \u201cThere are certainly some manual efforts involved in moving things\u2014like appointments and orders\u2014in the final days before conversion,\u201d he concludes. \u201cWe\u2019ve had some busy weekends with administrative staff working hard, but we expect it will go smoothly.\u201d","saveContent":"The Mayo Clinic is just days away from implementing a single, integrated Epic electronic health record and revenue cycle management system at its campus in Rochester, Minn. The May 5 go-live will be the third of four planned implementations across the enterprise.

The Epic rollout is dubbed the Plummer Project after Henry Plummer, MD, who created the world\u2019s first patient-centered, unified health record at Mayo Clinic more than a century ago. The implementation began with Mayo Clinic Health System Wisconsin last summer and continued in the fall with Mayo Clinic Health System Minnesota. Saturday\u2019s go-live at the Mayo Clinic Rochester campus will be followed by the Florida and Arizona campuses this fall.

Mayo is replacing multiple separate EHRs with one system, which was built to meet the specific needs its patients and staff, according to Steve Peters, MD, Mayo Clinic\u2019s chief medical information officer and co-chair of the Plummer Project.

\u201cWith our staff working together on a common system, we will be able to provide a better experience for our patients and bring the best of Mayo Clinic to each patient\u2019s care,\u201d says Peters. \u201cWe also want to continue to do better and advance what we do with revenue cycle management to make bills easier to understand and to address upcoming changes in reimbursement as we move from fee-for-service to value. Our focus is on sharing information with patients and having the ability to share information across our sites.\u201d

Peters contends that May Clinic will spend about $1.5 billion on this major technology modernization program \u201cover multiple years for many purposes, not the Plummer Project alone,\u201d with only a portion of that amount going toward the EHR and revenue cycle replacement. He also notes that \u201conly a portion of that will go to Epic, since much of the work is being done by Mayo Clinic staff.\u201d

In addition, Peters points out that other technology investments as part of the project will advance patient care, upgrade the data network and improve information security.

Also See<\/b>: Mayo Clinic starts to roll out $1.5B Epic EHR-RCM system<\/a>

\u201cAfter the previous two go-lives (in Wisconsin and Minnesota), we\u2019re already seeing the benefits\u2014we\u2019re able to consult with colleagues about patient care more efficiently, offer answers more quickly and ultimately, spend more time with our patients,\u201d Peters contends. \u201cThere is one system for registration, scheduling and patient movement. Before, as patients moved between Mayo Clinic Health System and Rochester, they made appointments in different systems. Now all appointment information will be in the same system.\u201d

About 42,000 employees have been trained to use the new system to date, and overall, more than 51,000 Mayo Clinic staff members will be educated in its use, according to Peters.

He notes that Mayo is converting 10 years of patient data directly into Epic, with a few exceptions.

\u201cEssentially all of our data\u2014including the older data we didn\u2019t convert directly to Epic\u2014will go into a repository that makes data available instantaneously through a historic viewer,\u201d Peters says. \u201cBecause we are operating on separate systems today, we have means to share records between campuses that we are using now. As we get on to one system, all of those custom connections will sunset.\u201d

According to Peters, this effort required a lot of hard work and investment in data archive and conversion. \u201cThere are certainly some manual efforts involved in moving things\u2014like appointments and orders\u2014in the final days before conversion,\u201d he concludes. \u201cWe\u2019ve had some busy weekends with administrative staff working hard, but we expect it will go smoothly.\u201d","order":0,"get_parent":{},"attributes":[],"attributesType":{"content":{"type":"string","source":"raw"},"lock":{"type":"object"}},"dynamicContent":""}]

Mayo Clinic Rochester campus set to go live May 5 with Epic

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