Easily implement and maintain service lines
Why use this feature
The new Service Line Schemas utility now allows you to quickly and easily create, manage, and process the tagging of encounters with service lines for reporting purposes. You can create up to eight schemas with an unlimited number of definitions, which allows you to specify which encounters to evaluate and tag.
When configuring a schema, you can also create an unlimited number of groups that give you the flexibility to organize encounters in different ways. Let's say your organization has a Center of Excellence. You can create a group for this and add values that addresses each center, such as Neurosciences, Cardiology, Cancer, etc. You can then create reports using these different groups. When you process a schema, the system evaluates each encounter against the service line definition criteria in an order that you define. When an encounter meets the criteria, the system removes it from further evaluation and tags it in the Axiom database with the service line so that it is not counted more than once.
You can also import service lines created using third-party applications such as Sg2, Truven Health Analytics, or your own host system directly into Axiom without needing to create an entire set of service line rules from scratch. This allows you to continue managing and processing service lines outside the Axiom system, and simply import them with the help of a Scheduler job.
How this feature works
What: Use the Service Line Schemas to manage your service lines and process them to tag encounters for reporting or import service lines from a third-party application.
Where: From the Enterprise Decision Support home page, in the Data Enhancement & Refinement section, click Service Lines.
Who: Users must be assigned the DSS Admin role profile in the system. To import third-party service lines, users must be assigned both the DSS Admin and CostDSS Import Admin role profiles.
How: To create your service lines in Axiom, use the Service Line Schema utility create a schema, and then create service line definitions. Place the definitions in the order they should evaluate encounters. To import service lines created using a third-party application, you can import them using instructions in the online help.
The Service Line Schema utility allows you to manage up to eight schemas
The list of service line definitions the system uses to evaluate encounters and tag them by service line
Groups provide a flexible way for your organization to report on encounters in different ways, such as by Centers of Excellence.
Where to find more information
The following topics include new information and instructions for using this feature:
