Tool 3.1a: Goals Worksheet

Step 1. Review goals

Review what goals can be achieved with e prescribing. Here are some examples:

1. Reduce medication errors.
2. Reduce the time spent on phone calls, faxing, and call-backs to pharmacies.
3. Automate prescription renewal requests and authorization processes.
4. Increase patient convenience.
5. Increase the use of more-affordable medication options.
6. Reduce prescription drug misuse and abuse.
7. Attain greater prescriber mobility.
8. Qualify for incentive payments.

Step 2. Pick the most relevant to your practice

• Goal 1.
• Goal 2.
• Goal 3.
• Goal 4.
• Goal 5.

Step 3. Choose priorities with stakeholders

Meet with stakeholders to frame the three highest-priority goals. Rewrite them in language that resonates with them. Write them here:

• Goal 1.
• Goal 2.
• Goal 3.

Step 4. Plan

Determine an explicit target for each goal, plan to measure how well you achieve each target, and rate the feasibility of measuring each (1 = not feasible, 3 = very feasible).

Goal	Target	Measurement Plan	Measurement Responsibility	Measurement Feasibility (1, 2, 3)
Goal 1
Goal 2
Goal 3

Step 5. Create and print the goal poster

1. Copy and paste the measurable goals into the PowerPoint poster file.
2. Add a start date for each measurement activity.
3. Print the poster at a copy center on 11x17 paper or have it enlarged to a bigger size.
4. Put up the poster in a place or two where staff members will see it and be reminded of what they're aiming to achieve through their efforts to adopt e-prescribing.