CERNER ONCOLOGY
NEWSLETTER
Q4 2014
IN THIS EDITION • Upcoming • Join Us For The Enhancements: Cerner Health Treatment Conference & Get a Calendar & Sneak Preview of the Protocol Variance Oncology Session • Published Associate: • Amy Tranin • Meet The Team: Braden Padget
• uCern Connect Upgrades • Q4 SIG Meeting Reception
CLIENT NEWS & SPOTLIGHTS MOFFITT CANCER CENTER PLAYED PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE FDA’S APPROVAL OF THE NEW ANTI-PD-1 INHIBITOR KEYTRUNDA FOR METASTIC MELANOMA The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the approval of this new cancer immunotherapy September 4, 2014. The approval of Keytruda addresses an unmet medical need for patients with advanced or unresectable melanoma whose cancer has progressed on prior therapies. Jeffrey S. Weber, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Donald A. Adam Comprehensive Melanoma Research Center of Excellence at Moffitt Cancer Center, was one of the lead investigators of the PD-1 clinical trial, which led to the drug receiving breakthrough status from the FDA. The FDA approval of Keytruda will provide another treatment option to metastatic melanoma patients. One patient who enrolled in the clinical trial for this drug stated that his tumors were reduced, and he was able to continue working without the side effects and energy loss that some treatments may cause. READ MORE >>
NEW PARTNERSHIP HELPS CANCER PATIENTS CARE FOR THEIR PETS SEATTLE CANCER CARE ALLIANCE. SCCA and the Seattle Humane Society are partnering to help keep people and their pets together when the comfort of a pet is needed most. The Seattle Humane Society’s Pet Project has provided food and primary veterinary care to people with HIV/AIDS for 25 years and is expanding its services to include low-income cancer patients referred by SCCA. Current SCCA patients who have multiple monthly appointments and meet the program’s income criteria are eligible to participate in the Pet Project. The program matches clients with volunteers who deliver monthly pet food and supplies, and holds bi-monthly veterinary clinics so that pets can get annual exams, vaccinations, flea medications, and dental cleanings. All of the services and supplies are donated or purchased with donated funds. READ MORE>>
UPCOMING ENHANCEMENTS: TREATMENT CALENDAR & PROTOCOL VARIANCE By Scott Voigt, Oncology Strategist
TREATMENT CALENDAR We are very excited to announce the upcoming release of a large innovation within the PowerChart Oncology functionality, a tool we are calling Treatment Calendar. The need for the Treatment Calendar was borne out of a couple workflow gaps in patientclinician interactions. First, the Treatment Calendar provides a clinical and patientfriendly summary of the patient’s planned treatment. It provides the ability for an end-user, typically a nurse or nurse navigator, to create an easily consumable calendar
containing items such as a patient’s appointments, prescription information, and relevant notes. This will help improve communication among clinicians on the patient’s planned treatment and timing. The Treatment Calendar will be able to be printed and handed to a patient at any time. This will improve communication with the patient by providing them with a real-time visual of where they are in their treatment and appointments and prescriptions. Another workflow gap that this functionality addresses is the ability to schedule future cycles of chemotherapy prior to actually ordering
those cycles. Today, we have the ability to utilize orders within PowerPlans to request appointments for the days of treatment within that PowerPlan. However, those requests will not be sent to scheduling until that PowerPlan is ordered. Clients have requested the ability to schedule multiple cycles of chemotherapy in the future to be able to secure chair time as well as provide the patient plenty of lead time for planning and preparation. The Treatment Calendar functionality allows for the ability to send scheduling requests for future cycles of chemotherapy, when utilizing regimens, prior to actually ordering those cycles of chemotherapy. All of these features combined create what we believe will be a highly utilized tool within the daily activities of our PowerChart Oncology users. Treatment Calendar is currently with testing partners and pending their validation will be released to all clients.
PROTOCOL VARIANCE Our newest development within the ordering workflow of chemotherapy is an extremely useful tool called Protocol Variance. This initiative provides the functionality to detect differences between an ordered PowerPlan or Regimen and the reference build of the PowerPlan or Regimen. It also displays those variances to providers in a meaningful way within the ordering process. It allows the provider to see what changes have been made in previous cycles and determine whether to continue those modifications or make further changes to the patient’s treatment plan. We are excited by the possibility of Protocol Variance also being a verification tool for all clinicians. By quickly and easily displaying the differences between the ordered protocol and the defined protocol, clinicians can evaluate the PowerPlan for
appropriateness and validity. Overall, we expect ordering providers, pharmacists, and nurses to use this functionality. Protocol Variance has been developed to display in one of two ways. First, within the view of a Regimen, we have the ability to display a variance viewer across the bottom. The variance viewer will give the user a brief snapshot into the variances that may have occurred within a cycle of treatment. By hovering or clicking into each cycle, the user can gain more information about the exact variance that occurred and what the protocol standard was. Additionally, the ability to compare cycles and track changes between those cycles can be done with the variance viewer with a Regimen.
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The second location to track Protocol Variance is within PowerOrders on the bottom left of the screen. Variance is available as a band that can be expanded to see the variance for any PowerPlan. This can be useful when a provider is in the process of ordering a PowerPlan, they can use the variance viewer to see what was changed in previous cycles of treatment. The functionality embedded within Protocol Variance and its applicability to the workflow of PowerChart Oncology users has us very excited about the potential adoption and benefits of this enhancement. Protocol Variance is currently with testing partners and will be released to all clients pending the testing partners validation.
Please follow the Oncology Advisory Community for the latest announcements on the release of new innovations. https://connect.ucern.com/community/ cerner/solution_forums/groups/ oncology-advisory-community
PUTTING THE “YOU” IN UCERN CONNECT – UPGRADE COMING THIS FALL Five years ago, Cerner launched uCern to foster collaboration and innovation among associates and clients. The new version of uCern Connect – coming in October – brings a greater level of personalization and collaboration. What does this mean for you? uCern
Connect will remain your home for collaboration between associates and clients throughout various communities. However, this upgrade introduces some new functionality that will change how you interact with people and content. Highlights include: • Streams. • Similar to other social media platforms, you can follow specific people, places and pieces of content in customizable news feeds. Streams
MEET THE TEAM BRADEN PADGET
Q: What is your roll on the Oncology team? A: Software Architect. Q: How long have you been at Cerner? A: 10+ years. 2-1/2 with Oncology. Q: What do you like about being on the Oncology team at Cerner? A: As an engineer, I gravitate towards technical challenges. There are still several new advancements in Oncology to be developed that provide those challenges.
Q: What is your favorite part about your roll? A: Business Units at Cerner have the autonomy and flexibility to adapt your dayto-day tasks to do what is right for our clients. Being able to switch gears and directly provide for clients makes me feel more a part of Cerner. Q: What are you working on now? A: I play a small role in every project that we release, but I have been heavy involved with the Treatment Calendar that we should be releasing soon. Q: Degrees and school(s) attended? A: Bachelors of Science in Computer Science at University of MissouriKansas City.
Q: Family members? A: My two daughters are my favorite people; Allison 6 and Vivienne 1. Q: What is your favorite place you have traveled? A: Traveling to all 48 states in 8 days and 13 hours on my motorcycle. Definitely not the most enjoyable trip but the most accomplished and memorable. India comes in at a close second. Q: What are your hobbies? A: Motorcycling, golfing, basketball, snowboarding and brewing beer.
allow you to see information that’s relevant to you in real time. • uCern Inbox. • Stay up-to-date on your groups within uCern Connect. You now have the power to receive email notifications from specific streams to your email inbox or your uCern Inbox. Or neither. Or both. You choose.
group to follow our progress. • Watch your email for more information regarding preview events and training opportunities. • If you own a uCern Connect group, be sure to join the Community Managers conference calls in August and September. • Grab a Connect Cookie or take your picture with PInG in the Connections Cafes over the next few weeks.
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PUBLISHED ASSOCIATE AMY TRANIN Amy is the Oncology Team’s Senior Healthcare Executive. Amy received her undergraduate in nursing from the University of Kansas, and has her Masters in Oncology nursing, Counseling and Genetic Counseling. Amy has experience working as an advanced practice nurse in a variety of oncology sub-specialty areas. She also owned her own practice in cancer genetics where she performed comprehensive cancer risk assessment and evaluation on individuals and families. Amy has been at Cerner for five years, and she owns the IP development process and is a clinical conduit between Cerner clients and the development and design of the solution. Amy has also been working on a chapter that was published in a book titled Oncology Policies and Procedures. The book focuses on management of policies and procedures geared towards helping cancer centers improve their P & P while not having to reinvent the wheel. Amy’s chapter is titled “Electronic Health Records,” and highlights the differences within oncology such as downtime, mobile devices and confidentiality. The book was released this October.
Congratulations Amy on your achievement!
JOIN US FOR THE
2014 CERNER HEALTH CONFERENCE
REGISTRATION IS OPEN!
Join us November 2-5 in Kansas City for the Cerner Health Conference.
Register today!
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Hear from our CEO Neal Patterson and other leaders in healthcare. Oncology specific and Continuing Education Credits are also available!
NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES
Network with other healthcare professionals from around the globe. Don’t miss out on the Tuesday evening Bash too!
SOLUTIONS GALLERY
Explore our solutions gallery and have the opportunity to talk with Cerner associates. See what is new and get an inside look to all Cerner has to offer.
YOU’RE INVITED TO THE
ONCOLOGY SIG
Event
11.03.14
FROM 6 PM - 8 PM Join us for appetizers, cocktails and networking with your oncology peers and Cerner experts
THE DUBLINER
DIRECTIONS
170 East 14th Street
From the KC Convention Center, go
KC, MO 64015
east on 13th street and take a right on
(located at KC P&L)
Main Street. Take a left on 14th street and The Dubliner will be on the left.
Are You Going To Be At CHC And Want To See A PowerChart Oncology Demo? Stop by the Oncology lounge located on the Solutions Gallery floor or contact Megan Read at Mread@Cerner.com or 816 885 4218 to schedule a specific time.
SNEAK PEAK AT THE 2014 CERNER HEALTH CONFERENCE ONCOLOGY SESSIONS data. Current development partners, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, will describe Tuesday, November 4 at 11:00 AM the process of creating Pathways. The presentation Bone Marrow Transplantation will contain an overview of presents unique clinical the development of pathways informatics challenges in the management of chemotherapy at the institute and how it and supportive care regimens. will work with Cerner as a At USC Norris Comprehensive part of the EMR. Cerner will demonstrate the current code Center, part of Keck Medicine and describe the continuing of USC and one of the development process. nation’s 41 Comprehensive Cancer Centers, we are PowerChart Oncology marrying the workflow Implementation Strategy of BMT with our existing Monday, Nov 3 at 10:30 AM PowerChart millennium Join four multi-disciplinary infrastructure. Leveraging speakers from Advocate the tools of PowerChart Health Care as they take you Oncology in novel ways, on their PowerChart Oncology we are seeking to integrate implementation and rollout the inpatient, infusion and journey. Topics covered will ambulatory elements of their include implementation care. Please join us to hear strategy, physician about our build strategy, our engagement, governance workflow decisions and our structure, PowerPlan build and implementation plans going maintenance, clinical training, forward. pharmacy impact and overall support. Cerner Pathways: Detailed, Delivery Care For Specific Building A Culture Of Patient Presentations Monday, Nov 3 at 3:30 PM Safety Through PowerChart Cerner Pathways is a detailed, Oncology evidence based, integrated Tuesday, November 4 at 1:30 PM workflow delivering of care for Prior to April 1, 2014, Great specific patient presentations. River Cancer Center-Medical Cerner Pathways will provide Oncology was using a hybrid the ability for the clinician system in a legacy electronic to complete the workflow in health record (EHR) for the one system, create a better ordering chemotherapy and outcome for the patient based recording documentation. on presented evidence and They were searching for a way provide reporting on the to build a culture of safety for PowerChart Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant: A Complex World Awaiting to be Optimized
patient care in the Infusion Center and the provider/ clinic area. Learn how Great River Cancer Center accomplished this through the implementation of PowerChart Oncology, including nursing assessments that meet Joint Commission and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requirements, patient education, easy billing for nursing services and nurse-witnessed medication scanning for chemotherapy drug dispensation. Empowering Patients to Take an Active Role in their Oncology Health Monday, Nov 3 at 2:15 PM
With heightened regulations and the increasing importance of involving a person in their care, patient engagement strategies have become increasingly more important to organizations. Learn how H. Lee Moffitt is using a patient portal to help patients engage with their care and better manage their oncology health.