Texas Initiative: Road Map for Conducting a Statewide Study on
Nurse’s Use of EHRs April 14, 2015
Mari Tietze, PhD, RN-BC, FHIMSS
Susan McBride, PhD, RN-BC, CPHIMS
DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed in this presentation are those of the author and do not necessarily represent official policy or position of HIMSS.
Conflict of Interest Mari Tietze, PhD, RN-BC, FHIMSS
Has no real or apparent conflicts of interest to report.
Susan McBride, PhD, RN-BC, CPHIMS
Has no real or apparent conflicts of interest to report
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Learning Objectives 1. Provide an update on the Texas Initiative by sharing strategies about
the statewide activities
2. Summarize lessons learned in the planning, development and
implementation of health IT for Texas
3. Outline a sustainable health IT roadmap for other state, chapter,
regional and local leaders to consider
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1. Provide an update on the Texas Initiative by sharing strategies about the statewide activities
History
Charges
Survey Results
TNA/TONE Health IT Task Force • Charge: Determine implications of health care informatics for nursing practice and education in Texas
• Include nationally-based Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (TIGER) initiative
Introduction
TNA = Texas Nurses Association
TONE = Texas Organization of Nurse Executives
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Vision: To enable nurses and interprofessional colleagues to use
informatics and emerging technologies to make healthcare safer, more
effective, efficient, patient-centered, timely and equitable by interweaving
evidence and technology seamlessly into practice, education and
research fostering a learning healthcare system.
http://www.thetigerinitiative.org/
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HIT Taskforce Membership
Task Force Members
– Julie Brixey
– Nancy Crider (co-chair)
– Mary Anne Hanley
– Linda Harrington
– Susan McBride
– Elizabeth Sjoberg
– Laura Thomas
– Mari Tietze (co-chair)
TNA
– Cindy Zolnierek [pres.]
– Laura Lerma [educ.]
– Kat Hinson [comm.]
– Collene Lewis [admin.]
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Composed of TNA and TONE Member from
practice and academia
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Web site
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Charge 1: Survey/Benchmark
Clinical Information Systems Implementation Evaluation Scale (CISIES) Survey*
1) Launched September 23, 2015, statewide
2) Over sampled rural hospitals in an effort to insure representation
3) To date over 1,000 responses received
4) Included a committee-developed** EHR “maturity-index”
5) Preliminary results to follow
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* = Gugerty, B.
** = McBride, Tietze, Thomas
Charge 2: Publication/Commun./Network
Support the tool kit content/survey
1) Establish/support local nursing informatics chapters –
DFW ANIA
Gulf Coast ANIA
2) Coordinate publication schedule with TNA communications staff
3) Contributed to Ebola Outbreak awareness campaign
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Charge 3: Toolkit
Content for toolkit
1) Use CISIES survey responses to guide toolkit content
2) Create and place on TNA and TONE Web sites
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Two CNE Webinars are being proposed based on trends in the industry:
1) “Workflow versus Work-Arounds to Optimize EHR Patient Safety and Quality.”
2) “Interoperability of Electronic Health Records.”
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Charge 4: Policy/Legislation
Renew the 2010 resolution and add the following content:
1) Interoperability
2) Meaningful Use
3) Interprofessional Education/Collaboration
4) TIGER competencies initiative
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TNA/TONE Survey Results
Preliminary as of February 23, 2015
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First page
of the
TNA/TONE
state wide
online
survey
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Demographic information about EHR functionality (5 of 24 items)
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: Meaningful Use Maturity Index for Nursing
Clinical Information System Implementation Evaluation Scale
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Response Trend and Demographics
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Study Responses Sept 2014-Feb 2015
TNA-TONE
Push #1
TNA-TONE
Push #2
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Demographics of Respondents
Of 525 (45.3%) are:
• 86.6% are Full time
• 83.2% are RNs
• 74.3% are direct care 50% of the time or more
• 71.1% are staff nurses
• 66.2% are working day shift
• 56.4% are acute care and 10.2% are ambulatory
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N = 1,178
Rural and Urban Represented
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Urban respondents were 52.7% acute care
& 11.5% ambulatory
Rural respondents were 52.7% acute care
& 10.2% ambulatory
Meaningful Use Maturity Index for Nursing
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Meaningful Use Maturity Index
for Nursing
Sample of 3 of the
24 Item scale aligned with
Meaningful Use Stage 1 Measures
0.889 Cronbach’s Alpha
Mean of 56.53 (SD 13.85)
Range 0 - 72
Content Validity using Lynn’s (1986)
method
Lynn, M.R. “Determination and Quantification of
Content Validity.” Nursing Research Vol. 35 No. 6
(1986)
Sample Results of Clinical Information System Implementation Evaluation Scale© (Gugerty, B.)
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CISIES 37 Survey Questions
Cronbach’s Alpha 0.881
49.8% Strongly agree or Agree
That the system is more efficient
than the old way of doing things
16.2% disagree or strongly
disagree
System is more efficient than the old way
The 251 “agree” and 258 “strongly agree”:
• 41% reported having been in nursing < 5 years & 24.4% 6-10 years.
Respondents represented:
• Hospitals with a bed size range of 0-968.
• 56.1% acute care and 11.2% were ambulatory.
• 21.7% are 31-40
• 25.7% are 51-60
• 9.8% are 61 or older
System has improved my practice
n = 949
The System allows me to spend more time on other aspects of patient care
The 365 “agree” and 255 “strongly agree”:
• 41.6% reported having been in nursing < 5 years
• 25.8% in nursing 6-10 years.
Respondents represented:
• Hospitals with a bed size range of 0-968.
• 60.6% acute care and 10.5% were ambulatory
• 23.6% are 31-40
• 25.9% are 41-50
• 25.1% are 51-60
• 9.2% are 61 or older
2. Outline a sustainable health IT roadmap
for other state, chapter, regional and local
leaders to consider
• Partner with nurse executive organization
• Partner with academia [deans and faculty]
• Listen to practicing nurses
• Focus on competencies/skills such as TIGER Initiative
• “Connect the State”
• Include policy-based stakeholders
• Cross-pollinate with other national committees
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3. Summarize lessons learned in the
planning, development and
implementation of health IT for Texas
• Carefully select partners for research/surveys
• Be realistic about Internal Review Board (IRB) activities
• Address data ownership issues explicitly
• Test and double test all survey items
• Plan for succession early on
• Include adequate number of committee member to do the work
• Budget for at least one face-to-face meeting per year
• Consider strategy to engage with more legislative committees
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Questions • Mari Tietze contact information • [email protected] • 214-636-4751
• Susan McBride contact information • [email protected] • 817-319-6440
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Index Card
1. We would like to include as many colleagues as possible in future
efforts.
2. If interested, please list your name, address, organization and email on
the index card provided.
3. We will keep you posted on further analysis and next survey
development phase.
Thanks!