Patient Support Services - Workflow scenario

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  • Updated August 1, 2024
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    Summary of Patient Support Services - Workflow scenario

    The Patient Support Services application facilitates efficient enrollment processes for patient support services, including onboarding and pre-authorization. It specifically assists patients in navigating their medication needs while addressing concerns about cost and training for self-administration.

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    Key Features

    • Enrollment Application: Patients submit an application with personal and insurance details, requesting support services like savings cards and injection training.
    • Care Coordinator Workflow: The workflow assigns an enrollment case to a care coordinator, who manages and validates patient details through the ServiceNow Workspace.
    • Playbook Functionality: Care coordinators use playbooks to oversee case-related information, ensuring a streamlined review and acceptance process based on eligibility.
    • Fulfillment Tasks: The workflow automatically triggers tasks for sending out services like savings cards and scheduling training appointments.
    • Patient Communication: Notifications are sent to patients at various stages, including welcome emails and training appointment confirmations.

    Key Outcomes

    By leveraging the Patient Support Services application, patients can efficiently enroll in support programs, receive necessary training, and gain access to financial assistance through savings cards. This structured approach enhances patient experience and ensures comprehensive support throughout their treatment journey.

    Use the Patient Support Services application for streamlining enrollment activities for a patient support service including patient onboarding and pre-authorization.

    Scenario: A doctor prescribes some medicines and injections to treat a disease diagnosed in a patient. The patient is concerned about the cost because of a high co-pay medical insurance plan and is worried about taking injections by oneself. The doctor tells the patient about the savings card and patient support program offered by a pharma company. The doctor then helps the patient to submit the enrollment application. In the enrollment application form, the patient enters all personal and insurance details and requests support for the savings card, sharps disposal service, and injection training. The patient signs the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) consent and submits the enrollment application form. When an enrollment case is created in the ServiceNow instance, the Patient Support Services workflow initiates a playbook configured for enrollment cases. The case gets assigned to John who is a care coordinator.

    The following graphic shows how the Patient Support Services application is used for managing the patient support program as discussed in the scenario.

    Figure 1. Using the Patient Support Services application for managing a patient support service request
    Infographic outlining the Patient Support Services workflow. For the image description, refer to the text that follows.

    The following workflow elaborates how various users use the Patient Support Services application to enable the patient to enroll for a patient support program and obtain the savings card from a pharma company:

    1. John uses the Workspace to view the enrollment case.
    2. In Workspace, John can view complete information about the patient from the Patient information tab.

      John validates the patient details including insurance on file, contact information, and medical history.

    3. John then selects the Playbook tab to view all the necessary case-related information.

      The layout of a playbook enables care coordinators to focus on the steps they are responsible for, while providing full visibility into the end-to-end process life cycle.

    4. John reviews the application, verifies the prescription and consent, and accepts the enrollment application after reviewing that the patient meets the eligibility criteria of the program.
    5. The patient is enrolled into the patient support program and a welcome email notification is sent to the patient.
    6. Based on the patient's preference, John either works with the insurance company or coordinates with the specialty pharmacy to complete the benefit investigation activities.
    7. After the benefit investigation activities are set to complete, the Patient Support Services workflow:
      • Triggers the fulfillment tasks for each service that the patient has enrolled into. In this example, tasks are created for sending a savings card and sharps disposal container.
      • Sends an email notification to the patient to book the appointment for the injection training support.
    8. John contacts the pharmacy to place the prescription order through fax or email, confirms the drug delivery date with the pharmacy, and sends a confirmation email to the patient.
    9. The Patient books the appointment for the injection training from the patient portal, and then a training task is assigned to the Nurse Training Support assignment group.
    10. A nurse educator from the Nurse Training Support assignment group provides the injection training to the patient and completes the training checklist in Workspace.
    11. The enrollment case is set to complete when all the enrollment tasks are set to complete in the playbook.