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Service Levels

Under the terms of the Master Services Agreement (MSA), qualified service providers (EMR vendors) are required to meet a number of service level targets.

EMR vendors prepare, maintain and provide reports summarizing achieved service levels and submit them to Alberta Health and Wellness and the Physician Office System Program.

Physicians may request that their EMR vendor provide reports summarizing their own specific achieved service levels (they may not request more than once per month).

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Criteria for EMR Solution Availability Performance Level
EMR solution availability The EMR solution is to be available at least 99.90% of time for each clinic in any calendar month, excluding scheduled downtimes.
Scheduled downtimes

Regular downtimes may be scheduled a maximum of once per week. Each occurrence is to be a maximum of four hours and scheduled between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m.

A maximum of two additional downtimes per calendar year, between four and eight hours in length, may be scheduled. The downtimes may be scheduled between midnight and 5 a.m. daily or anytime on Sunday.

Recovery from system failure Recovery is to occur in less than 30 minutes. Frequency of occurrence or any longer recovery time is subject to the appropriate service level miss consequences.
Restore from latest backup Restoration time is two hours or less per 10,000 patients in the physician organization database. Frequency of occurrence or any longer recovery time is subject to the appropriate service level miss consequences.
Test backup and restore Testing is to occur at least once per quarter.
Response time - screen refresh Response time for screen refresh is less than or equal to one second more than 99% of the time.
Response time to receive inbound lab/DI results via interface The response time is 30 seconds or less for greater than 99% of requests.
Interface issue monitoring The service provider must self-identify the issue in 60 minutes or less greater than 90% of the time.
Interface issue resolution The issue is to be resolved in 60 minutes or less (for issues on the service provider side not requiring help from sending/receiving agency).
Response time - patient lookup Response time from choosing the patient to seeing the patient file is two seconds or less for greater than 99% of requests.
Response time - load healthcare service provider inbox/task list Response time is two seconds or less for greater than 99% of requests.
Response time - process requisition Response time from healthcare provider finalizing the order to screen refreshing with transaction completed is two seconds or less for greater than 99% of requests.
Response time - view clinical note Response time is two seconds or less for greater than 99% of requests, excluding attached files (e.g., PDF, Word).
Response time - produce a graph of two lab tests and one medication Response time is three seconds or less for greater than 99% of requests.
Response time - produce single healthcare service provider- specific reports of two variables against physician organization database Response time is ten seconds or less per 5,000 patients in practice for greater than 90% of requests.
New user creation New user creation takes one day or less for greater than 90% of occurrences.
Password reset Password reset takes ten minutes or less for greater than 90% of occurrences.
Level 1 help desk services - first response if automated Response is in ten seconds or less for greater than 99% of the time.
Level 1 help desk services - first response to call Response is in ten minutes or less for greater than 90% of the time and in 20 minutes or less for greater than 99% of the time.
Level 1 help desk services - first response to email Response is in 60 minutes or less for greater than 90% of the time.
Level 1 help desk services - first response to voicemail Response is in 60 minutes or less for greater than 90% of the time.
Level 1 help desk services - first response to incidents not requiring Level 2 or Level 3 support resolved during first call Incidents are to be resolved during the first call at least 70% of the time.
Level 2 or Level 3 support - Priority 1 issue resolution Issues are to be resolved in two hours or less for greater than 90% of the time.
A Priority 1 issue is an incident with severe production impact on patient care, physicians and their staff. No alternative or bypass is available. This category requires immediate attention and work will continue until the incident has been solved or a workaround has been identified and implemented.