A Day in the Life of a Practice Enhancement Assistant (PEA)
| 7:30 am | Drove from Oklahoma City to a practice in South-West Oklahoma. |
| 8:30 am | Addressed problems and concerns that arose during the past week regarding current projects and implementations. |
| 9:00 am | Organized an administrative research meeting between members of the practice and other parties involved in a research project. |
| 9:30 am | Worked on improving referrals list and templates of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) used by the practice. |
| 11:00 am | Made arrangements to set up the research meeting. |
| 12:00 pm | Participated in research meeting over lunch as liaison between Oklahoma Physicians Resource/Research Network (OKPRN) and the practice. Topic: how to enhance well child visit rates and code better for them. Also present: representatives from the Oklahoma Medicaid program. |
| 1:30 pm | Continued to improve the practice’s EHR templates and forms for the rest of the afternoon. |
| 4:00 pm | Traveled back to Oklahoma City. |