WorkflowTemplates, flow sheets and mapping aids

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    Tracking incoming documents

    See how West County Health Centers, a LEAP site, routes different types of communications coming into the practice. This tool is also described in the webinar, also available in action step 1 of this topic.

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    Daily triage of abnormal labs

    West County Health Centers share their protocol for RN daily triage of abnormal labs, which is used to assure that critically abnormal labs are dealt with the same day. Guidance is also provided for examples of lab or imaging that does not require expedited action by clinical staff.

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    Refill and prior authorization workflows

    This one-page flow sheet from Vibrant Health Family Clinics lays out the steps needed for three common categories of calls to streamline their handling and assure consistency.

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    Workflow for incoming calls

    This triage sheet from Mercy Indianola describes how the routing for a call among the nine potential recipients is to be determined by its topic.

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    Managing workflow throughout the day

    See this workflow used to manage the clinicians' flow of work throughout the day at one LEAP site. This will prevent batching work until the end of the day and provide a more timely response to patient needs .

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    Call Routing Hierarchy & Rings of Defense, Job Aid

    This job aid from Group Health Cooperative in Washington state describes the hierarchy order used by the automated phone system to look for the appropriate team member who is understood by the system to be logged in and available. It describes the queueing process and both what is seen by staff on the phone lights, as well as what options the patient is given at each step.

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    Medication renewal guidelines (revised March, 2015)

    Here is an example of medical renewal guidelines from LEAP site Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene. These guidelines allow team members to identify the need for patient lab work or visits before processing incoming medication renewal requests. The guidelines were developed with provider input so that non-provider team members could safely and efficiently process renewals for a wide class of medications, as indicated in this document.

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    MA workflow for patient check-out

    This one-page Work Sheet lays out the standard process for patient checkout at Harvard Vanguard Atrius Health, including proactively looking to book follow-up visits and referrals to outside providers.