2. 298 Memorial Drive Oconee Medical Center was
Seneca, SC 29672-9443
(864) 882-3351
name the safest hospital for
overall patient care in 2011.
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Mission
We help people to feel better and Values
live more fully.
Honesty
Vision Commitment
Safety
We will rank among the best Compassion
healthcare providers as measured Quality
by patient and physician Caring
satisfaction, quality, community Excellence
benefit, growth, and the scope of Respect
services we provide. Partnership
Collaboration
3. Oconee Medical Center
licensed for 160 beds
JCAHO accredited
1400 employees
has been providing health care services to the local community for
over 65 years.
Oconee Physicians Practices (OPP)
Oconee Physicians Practices are practices owned by the hospital and
doctors who are a part of the hospital system.
-Between the Lakes - Seneca Medical Associates
Primary Care
-Mountain Lakes -Seneca Lakes Rural
Internal Medicine Residency Program
-Upstate Family Medicine
-Clemson-Seneca Pediatrics -Oconee Kidney Center
Clemson Office ,Seneca Office
4. -Rheumatology Consultants
-Oconee Heart Center
-Oconee Hospitalists
-Blue Ridge Women’s Center
-Upstate Surgical Associates
-Mountain Lakes ENT and Allergy Center
-KeoweeFamily Urology
6. FHIN
FHIN has a three fold purpose: to improve coordination of care, quality
of care and enhance provider capacity and efficiency.
Staff Board of Directors
Stanley Rampey, MD, Chairman
Wendy Van Ooteghem Greg Scarbrough, Secretary/Treasurer
Financial Analyst
Jaymi Meyers, MD
Sally Gray Reba Cartee, Executive Director
Clinical Analyst Jay Hansen
Michael Hughes, MD
Michelle Davis Steve Davis, PhD
Clinical Analyst FHIN
7. What is FHIN?
The Foothills Health Information
Network is the community model
information network shared by
Oconee Medical Center and Oconee
Physicians Practices and is now
available for independent practices in
the area to participate in for a
“subscription” cost.
8. FHIN is the network of information
shared between the hospital and all
practices participating.
All patient information is stored in
one central location and access to this
information (both clinical and
financial) is easy for all practices
participating in the FHIN project.
9. All information is readily available
between the hospital and OPP.
Independent practices share financial
information (insurance) and basic
patient information
(demographics, allergies, medications
) back and forth on the network, but
other information such as doctor
notes and treatment plans must have
permission granted to shared
between the network.
10. What does FHIN do?
FHIN provides support and maintenance
for the EMR software (McKesson Horizon
Ambulatory Care) and the complementary
billing software (McKesson Practice Plus)
that communicate with each other and
create the EMR system being used by
Oconee Medical Center.
They also build practices and physicians
into the system (in both financial and
clinical sides) when new ones join.
11. FHIN can customize the EMR system and
its functions to doctors’ and their needs
based on specialties and preferences.
FHIN does workflow observation to tailor
the system’s use and functions to fit the
needs of particular offices and their
employees.
FHIN also conducts training for
doctors, nurses, and other office employee
in all functions of the software.
12. My Internship Experience
During my internship, I work
exclusively with FHIN.
I worked with:
-Preceptor: Michelle Davis (Implementation
Manager)
-Wendy Van Ootegham (Financial Analyst)
-Sally Gray (Clinical Analyst)
13. I performed many different system
maintenance tasks on a routine basis.
I was also able to “create”
physicians, physician procedure
codes, diagnosis codes, and physician
billing account tables and other things
(specific to the physicians) in both the
clinical and financial sides of the software.
I became very familiar with EMR and Billing
Software.
14. During my internship, I gained extensive
knowledge of patient insurance while working in
the financial side of the software.
I preloaded and activated hundreds of patients
insurance into the system for a Cardiology office
who was preparing to join FHIN.
I also performed system maintenance related to
insurance by digging into patient information
(clinical and financial) to correct manual
insurance claims lost in the system, requiring
correction before they could be purged.
15. Every day I was presented with a
new task or challenge, whether given
to me by my preceptor or FHIN
staff, or happened upon by
discovering a problem in the system.
16. Specific projects and work I
completed, along with pictures and
screenshots, can be seen in the
Internship Experience section of my
portfolio.
