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Transitioning from Unintelligible to Intelligent Documentation
Session ID# PE5, February 11, 2019
Peter Basch, MD, MACP; Senior Director, MedStar Health
Qammer A. Bokhari, MD, MBA, MHSA, CPHIMS; VP/CMIO, Advent Health
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Peter Basch, MD, MACP
Has no real or apparent conflicts of interest to report.
Conflict of Interest
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Qammer A. Bokhari MD, MBA, MHSA, CPHIMS
Interest or their Agents (e.g., speakers’ bureau): Personally invested
(evangelist) in simplifying documentation through AI enabled
technology
Ownership Interest (stocks, stock options or other ownership
interest excluding diversified mutual funds): Angel Investor in AI
enabled Speech Recognition Technology
Conflict of Interest
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• EHRs and E&M Documentation Guidelines – A Tragedy in 5
Parts
• Artificial Intelligence, its evolution and potential to simplify
and improve documentation
• Potential to leverage changes to Documentation Guidelines
for 2021 that could improve EHR UI and functionality
• What should the role of the clinician be in documentation
post 2021?
• Questions
Agenda
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• Discuss the impact of the E&M documentation guidelines on medical documentation and EHR functionality
• Compare the newly modified E&M guidelines with the prior guidelines
• Describe evolution of AI in documentation and how it can be used to formulate cogent documentation
• Application of AI-assisted documentation
• Discuss the impact of E&M reform and Artificial Intelligence on EHR usability and usefulness
Learning Objectives
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• Part 1 – Documentation without regulations
• Part 2 – Enter the Documentation Guidelines
• Part 3 – Enter the EHR
• Part 4 – “I spend more time on my EHR than I do with patients”
• Part 5 – Enter CMS and ONC
EHRs and E&M Documentation Guidelines –A Tragedy in 5 Parts
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It (Was) a Wonderful Life
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It (Was) a Wonderful Life (sometimes)
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Enter Evaluation and Management Documentation Guidelines
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• Elegant narrative persisted at its own peril
• The emergence of the hybrid note
Impact of Documentation Guidelines on Paper Records
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Enter the EHR
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Coding Software vs. CDS
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I Spend More Time on My EHR than I Do on Patient Care
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CMS and ONC are Listening
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CHANGES
• Medical necessity – no longer necessary to document medical necessity for home visits
• Redundant documentation – may choose to ONLY document changes to history and exam, and/or ONLY refer to lists
• Documentation permitted by others (including the patient) – may choose to use staff or patient entered CC and history
• Duplication of documentation by teaching attendings – no longer required
POSSIBLE IMPACT• Small – currently easily satisfied by
templated attestation
• None to Substantial – need clarification from Medicare carriers as to exactly what is permitted. EHRs may not yet support full potential
• None to Moderate – organizational policies and medical professionalism may dictate against using this change
• None to Minimal – need clarification from Medicare carriers as to exactly what is permitted, and if this applies to student documentation, organizational policies and medical professionalism may dictate against using this change
The 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule:Current Changes to Documentation Guidelines
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Options include
• Continuing to document as you are now
• E&M compliance ONLY at level 2
• E&M compliance ONLY for Level 2 MDM
• Time-based documentation
– Medical necessity for visit
– Time spent F2F
– Rest… up to you
Implications for You and Your EHR
• None
• Notes would likely be significantly shorter, more relevant
• Notes would likely be different, and significantly shorter, more relevant
• Notes would likely be different, and significantly shorter, more relevant
– Most interesting potential for how the “house of medicine” could leverage this option
The 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule:Changes to Documentation Guidelines Proposed for 2021 and Beyond (Level 2 – 4 Visits)
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An Integrated Intelligent Decision Support System (IIDSS) with
Real Time Clinical and Financial Surveillance
The Vision
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Respects Physician Practice Autonomy Exception:
• Deviation from Care Pathways!
– Evidence based practice (proven methodology)
– Practice based evidence (real world experiences)
• About to Commit
– An error of Omission
– An error of Co-mission
• New Developments
– Regulatory / Mandates
– New Guidelines, advisories or recommendations
Point of Care Advanced/Intelligent Decision Support
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Clinical Rules & Algorithms (CDSS)
Artificial Intelligence Predictive Modeling
Intelligent Decision Support System
(IDSS)
Surveillance Engine(IDSS)
Dictated Physician Encounter Note
DATE: 12/29/2010 13:45
REASON FOR CONSULTATION: Acute myocardial infarction.
HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS: The patient is a 51-year-old without significant past medical history on no medication. He is a heavy smoker who comes to the Emergency Room with 2 days of chest pain. The patient started to have pain sometime on Saturday during the day. It was in her chest radiating up to her neck as it also hurt to breathe. This persisted for the next 2 days. She called her friend Monday morning, brought her to the Emergency Room. She is complaining of ongoing chest pain which she feels is similar to her presenting pain; however, it hurts to move or to take deep breaths as it goes up to her neck and jaw. It is a little better sitting forward. She has not had any of this discomfort prior to the onset on Saturday.
Her risk factors are she smokes at least 1 pack a day. She was young and question whether she has hypertension, but she is not treated. She has no diabetes from looking in her record on SRS. She did have an elevated LDL of 150 back in 2007 and is not on treatment and drinks at least moderate alcohol.
Her son and friend were with her when I examined the patient. She was clearly in somedistress and complaining of his discomfort. Difficult to get a good complete history sincethe patient is in distress.
Her CK-MB and troponin I were 3173, 98.8 and 58.7, respectively,BUN 23, creatinine 1.3, AST 607, ALT 53, alkaline phosphatase 130. Her white count 18.5, hemoglobin 15.4, hematocrit 45.9. Her MCV 108.6, increased absolute neutrophil count of 16%, normal INR and electrocardiogram showed inferior myocardial infarction with ST depression of up to 2 mm, particularly in V3, 4 and 5. Chest x-ray showed what appeared to be cardiomegaly without congestive heart failure.
On exam, her blood pressure was in 180/70, her pulse 104. Skin was warm and dry. She appeared in some distress. Neck was supple. Carotid: No bruits. No jugular venous distention. Lungs were clear. She had normal heart sounds with what appeared to be a gallop rhythm and a 2/6 systolic murmur at the apex. Point of maximal impulse was somewhat displaced laterally. Abdomen was soft. Extremities, she had good peripheral pulses, no cyanosis, clubbing, or edema.
A stat echocardiogram done showed a very extensive inferior, posterior and lateral areas of akinesis; her anterior wall contracting normally. She had moderate mitral regurgitation, mild-to-moderate tricuspid regurgitation with an elevated pulmonary artery pressure estimate probably around 50 and there was no significant pericardial effusion.
ASSESSMENT AND PLAN: This is a 51-year-old who has had an extensive inferior posteriorlateral myocardial infarction and moderate mitral regurgitation as a consequence. She is not in heart failure and apparently her myocardial infarction began on Saturday and is ongoing. Whether her pain is now all infarct pericardotomy syndrome or ongoing ischemia is unclear. She says pain is the same although there is a pleuritic component. She does have ongoing ischemic ST depression of up to 2 mm, which could represent posterior infarct. At this point, I would proceed to cardiac catheterization and recommendations will be pending the results.
Discharge Plan:1) beta blocker c lopressor 50mg PO BID2) Start Cardiac diet3) Follow up 3 months4) Lipid profile
Dictated by: Dr Cardiology, MD
Recommendation: Consider changing diagnosis to “Healthcare Associated Pneumonia (HAI)”
Reasoning: Previous history of hospitalization in the past 3 weeks
Source: HIE Accept CancelRemind Later
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Legacy Decision Support
Smart Decision Support
Advance / Intelligent Decision Support
Artificial Intelligence
Neural Networks(Network of AI’s)
Evolution of AI in Decision Support
Advisors presents recommendations to aid decision making
Primarily relies on discrete data
Involves multiple algorithms
Learning & reasoning
Presents precise decision and reasoning for an action
Real-time surveillance of discrete & non-discrete data
Involves complex algorithms
Learning, reasoning, forecasting & answer “what ifs” (runs simulations)
AI & NN implements decision automatically
Works independently and at times requires no action from the Decision Maker (Autonomous)
Highly complex and intercommunicating algorithms (AI & NN)
Relies on discrete data
Historical Evidence Based
Simpler rules & alerts
Legacy Decision Support
Smart Decision Support
Advance / Intelligent Decision Support
Artificial Intelligence
Neural Networks
Intelligent Voice RecognitionComputer Assisted Physician Documentation (CAPD)Sepsis Advisors …
Evolution of AI in Decision Support
Confidential & Proprietary
VTE ProphylaxisRadiology AdvisorsSepsis Alert …
Drug InteractionsDose RangeAllergy Alerts …
… Oncology … Radiology… Pathology
Virtual Digital Assistants Interactive Voice RecognitionDr. Watson…
LDS
SDS
IDS
NN
AI
Images downloaded from Public Domain Traditional Cruise Control
Adaptive Cruise Control
Lane Departure & Blind Spot Warnings & Assist
Semi Autonomous Driving
Autonomous Driving
Legacy Decision Support
Smart Decision Support
Advance / Intelligent Decision Support
Artificial Intelligence
Neural Networks
Evolution of Documentation
Traditional TranscriptionHand written Notes
Confidential & Proprietary
LDS
SDS
IDS
NN
AI
Transcription with Interactive Prompts
Ambient IntelligenceDocumentation by Exception i.e. Intelligent note generation by combining Physician documented exceptions with past notes patterns
Ambient IntelligenceDocumentation as a by Product of Patient / Doctor conversation
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Realtime Documentation Using Front-end Voice Recognition Tools or Virtual Scribes
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Away from Computer Care to Patient Care
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Ambient Intelligence
Augmented Intelligence
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Application of NLP/NLU/Machine Learning in Clinical Documentation
Note: NLP - Natural Language Parsing & NLU - Natural Language Understanding
Chart Abstraction
Quality Measure
Clinical Documentation
Improvement / Integrity
Case Management /
Working DRG
Determination
Speech Recognition
(Front-end Voice Recognition)
Image Recognition
(Diagnostics: Radiology / Pathology)
Image to Text – Clinical Reports
(Recognition & Extraction of
Clinical Concepts)
Medical Transcription
Virtual Scribes
Real-time Clinical
Documentation Advisors
Point of Care / Front-end Back Office / Back-end
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Speech Recognition - Rapid AdoptionFrontend Voice Recognition (FEVR)
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3500
2017-04 2017-05 2017-06 2017-07 2017-08 2017-09 2017-10 2017-11 2017-12 2018-01 2018-02 2018-03
Use
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Active Users vs. Enabled Users
Active Users Enabled Users
AdventHealthAdoption – 72% of enabled users
Wins5 year goal of 4500 users, reached in 14 months
Avgerage Time Saved: 82 mins
Range: 40 mins-220 mins
Improved documentation quality - bring back “Narrative” & Patient Story
Enable opportunities for real-time intelligent decision support
CDI Achievements
36-69% increase in number of
charts reviewed with no staffing
increase
27% increase in number of
clarifications sent with no
staffing increase
36% increase in the clarification
rate
AI reduced waste by
highlighting the charts that had
opportunity for improved
accuracy and moved charts with
less opportunity to the bottom of
the list
AI Enabled CDI Workflow
AI Achievements
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Emergence of Clinical Documentation Advisors - Transition to Realtime Nudges
Realtime Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI), Computer Assisted
Physician Documentation (CAPD), Hierarchal Condition Category (HCC)
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From Alerting … to Nudging … to Best Practices
Advice
OnlyAdvice
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Actionable
Decision
Advice
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Actionable
Decision
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Reference
to
Best
Practice
• Enables MU, decision support and direct billing
• But can result in lower documentation quality
(overly structured templates, cut & paste,… )
• May negatively affect physician productivity,
patient detail and overall care
EMR Direct Data EntryStructured and encoded information
Handwritten DocumentationUnstructured notes
• Short to the point
• Told the patient “story”
• Illegibility – huge issue
• Cannot be reused
The Documentation JourneyNarrative Documentation
Unstructured notes, AI Templates / Macros
• Very expressive – tells the patient “story”
• More meaningful & useful to clinicians
• Incorporates AI powered templates & macros
• Simple. efficient & effective
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AdventHealth 3 Year Strategy – iConnect Hospitals
Digital Assistant Enabled EMR
Focus on Patient Care, Not Computer Care
RealtimeIntelligent Decision Support
Documentation created as aBy Product of Doctor Patient interaction
> 2020
Real-timeIntelligent Decision Support
Documentation by Exception
Eliminate Transcription (Where Can)
Enable Voice Ordering
2019 - 20
Real-time / Near-timeDocumentation
Reduce Transcription(Where Can)
Reduce Copy/Paste
Move to Narrative Documentation
Transition PowerNotes Providers to DYN DOC(Where Can)
2018 -19
Transcription standardization to single vendor(Outsourced & Inhouse)
DeployedFront-end Documentation Tools
2016 - 17
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• A dramatic reduction in copy-paste
• EHR presentation could evolve from
click-boxes to informational displays
– Longitudinal / time-line views
– Screen stare could change from
headache inducing distraction to
useful, educational, engaging
• Distinction between visit or “progress
note” and “all the news that’s fit to print”
• Enable simple, efficient and effective
documentation
• Assist in reducing burden of documentation
– Documentation by exception
– Documentation as a by product
• Enable real-time or near-time documentation
– Reduce / elimination after hours
documentation / chart completion
– Enabling real-time Intelligent clinical or
operational alerting / nudging
– Transition of back office support functions to
Point of care transactions; medical
transcription, chart abstraction, clinical
documentation improvement, computer
assisted coding …
Potential Impact to EHR from Leveraging E&M Reform and AI
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• When there are no prescriptive regulatory requirements
concerning documentation and there is an ability to auto-generate
a visit “transcript” - is there a role for the clinician in crafting
documentation?
What Should Ideal Documentation Look Like?
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Questions