Resources

These resources focus on quality improvement for care transitions.

These resources focus on quality improvement for outpatient hospital services, primarily those provided in the emergency department (ED).

These resources focus on quality improvement related to the patient experience.

These resources focus on quality improvement related to patient safety and inpatient care.

The Flex Program and CAHs rely on leadership and a skilled workforce to advance program goals and deliver high-quality, high-value care for patients.

State Flex Programs must understand QI principles, resources, and trends to support CAHs in advancing QI.

Leadership tools are a guide to assist with identifying the best structure in which to manage your ICD-10 implementation for the best results. We encourage providers to manage this effort as a program due to the complexity of the project.

The purpose of the impact diagram and overview is to provide a discussion document that can be leveraged to identify areas within your organization that may be impacted by ICD-10. The diagram and supporting documents provide a good overview of the various tasks to be completed.

The impacted systems diagram is designed to illustrate the complexities of the information technology systems that are impacted by ICD-10. Once you have an understanding of your impacted systems, you can use the included template to build your own map. This is very useful in planning for testing activities and sequencing.

The major activity diagram represents an illustration of the major activities and approximate timeline in which these activities should be completed as part of ICD-10 implementation. You can leverage this timeline to compare your progress in specific activities to determine if you should modify planning assumptions or accelerate your work efforts.

The sample budget is a Microsoft Excel template to assist in tracking costs related to ICD-10 remediation. These costs can include both people and material costs, such as additional support staff, project management, software/hardware, and consulting assistance.

WEDI estimates a 20% to 40% impact on your cash flow due to ICD-10 implementation after go-live. To help you estimate the potential impact to your organization for planning purposes, we have developed a template in Microsoft Excel to show the impact on days cash.

Managing an ICD-10 project is like managing many smaller projects as part of a larger program or group of related projects. The project control templates available above can assist with managing a large program of projects.

A critical component of ICD-10 compliance is ensuring your trading partners are ready when you are. If your trading partners are not ready, it could lead to claim denials or revenue loss impacting cash flow.

This guide discusses the transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 codes, outlines steps for health care organizations to prepare for the transition, recommends staff training areas and provides additional resources on ICD-10.

This guide to Direct connectivity standards is designed to assist health care providers in understanding and implementing health information exchange using Direct protocols. It includes descriptions of technologies used, a glossary of terms and recommendations on implementing Direct.

Determining whether your practice is ready to build or join a HIE can be a challenge. This guide provides some basic information for providers to consider while evaluating options for HIE.

These policy models are adapted from the Markle Connecting for Health Common Framework for Private and Secure Health Information Exchange. This framework provides several useful tools for HIE; P2 contains much of the necessary policy and procedure language needed for an HIE.

The sample project plan is a Microsoft Project template with activities we have identified based on our experience conducting ICD-10 assessments. This plan can be used as a basis for your facility to build a comprehensive implementation plan.

HIT networks can use this tool to assess organizational strengths and weaknesses and identify areas needing attention.