The hypothetical story of a marathon runner named Honey Bewell will illustrate the different processes of a patient encounter using UConn HealthONE, the new electronic medical record system UConn Health is introducing in the spring.
The role-play scenario, titled “Marathon Misadventures,” is the main event that precedes a series of breakout sessions on Thursday, Nov. 9, collectively known as the Workflow Walkthrough.
In the light-hearted portrayal, happening in the Massey Auditorium at 9:15 a.m. and then again at noon, Bewell shows up at the UConn Health Emergency Department complaining of abdominal pain after completing the Hartford Marathon. Her medical history already is in HealthONE and immediately available to the triage nurse. Subsequent providers can easily review a consolidated patient history as well as the new details from this visit.
“It’s meant to be fun. It’s silly on purpose,” says Stephanie Vospette, a consultant on the HealthONE project. “We’re portraying what a patient might experience here at UConn Health, and we encourage people to come and see it.”
The intended audience includes management team members, physicians, nurses, technicians, subject matter experts, and various HealthONE team leaders.
“This is a consolidated demonstration of Epic that reflects what we’re building for UConn Health,” Vospette says. “It’s really an opportunity to see what work’s been done with HealthONE, a high-level view offering another look at the system, with the intention of increasing engagement and even generating some excitement.”
Epic is the vendor providing the software platform on which UConn HealthONE will run.
“Marathon Misadventures” also will demonstrate the involvement of HealthONE throughout different phases of care, including a follow-up visit. The breakout sessions, which include smaller-group demonstrations and open houses, start at noon.
“The team is really excited to be showing the UConn Health version of Epic to those who will actually use the system,” says Christopher Carroll, the HealthONE project’s director of ancillary applications.
To date, all of the HealthONE module teams have been working with their specific departments, but the role-play sessions show the integrated solution and data sharing that will be live on April 28.
Anyone who has the opportunity to attend and wants to learn more about how UConn HealthONE will work—or what becomes of Honey Bewell—is welcome to attend.
Watch for additional HealthONE updates in Lifeline, in the Pulse, at uconnhealthexpress.uchc.edu/emr, and now on Twitter @UConnHealthONE.