A3 project plan form

Project Charter: Inpatient Nursing Efficiency Assessment (NEAT) Project

Sponsor:

Strategic Priority Alignment:

Goal:

Collect data and compare

Problem/Activity

People

Examining time spent by nurses documenting on EHRs

Epic provides data on how many minutes (or % of time) nurses spend in Epic during a 12h shift.

Working Group:

Collaborating Groups:

Stakeholders:

Background

Scope

Nursing literature using the following search terms:  Nursing, Electronic Health Record, Electronic Documentation, Nursing Workflow, Barriers, Efficient, Efficiency, Perspectives, clinical documentation, time-motion.

In Scope:

Units that I already observed such as

(Epic SuperUser) on Nelson 8 Unit.

Out of Scope:

Units that I will be observed and have shadow experience

High Level Activities/Deliverables

Timeline/Milestones

• Shadow experience and Direct observation

• Make up a check list and watch the nurses and collect real time data

• Signed up to audit the Epic Nurse 101 course on JUL 14

• Complete the E-Learning prior to the course

Metrics/Measures for Success – Final Recommendation

Value/Return on Investment

Comparing the data from Epic to the real time data

Quality study recommended

Risk and Risk Mitigation Strategy