# DMP Statuses

Access: DMP Administrator

The status of a DMP will be determined by the DMP Administrator according to the phase in the DMP development cycle. The following statuses are available:

1. Draft: The status of the DMP during the initial gathering and development of the DMP content. This is the default status when the DMP is first created.

2. Draft Complete: Once the first draft of the DMP has been created, the status should be changed to "Draft Complete" and the DMP is ready to be reviewed by the DMP’s subject matter experts (SME).

3. SME Review: The DMP is set to "SME Review" once the content in the DMP is ready for review and final approval by assigned reviewers. There may be several iterations of reviews needed, which may require changes to the DMP content.

4. SME Review Complete: Following the final review of the DMP content, the DMP Administrator closes the review cycle by changing the status to "SME Review Complete". All updates are finalized in preparation for deploying the DMP to the Vendor for review.

5. Vendor Review: The DMP Administrator changes the status to "Vendor Review" once all of the DMP content has been finalized following the completion of the SME Review and is ready to be sent to the Vendor. This status enables the Deploy button on the Edit DMP window (see Deploy to Vendor), which allows the DMP Administrator to e-mail the DMP in Excel to a selected Vendor. There may be multiple iterations of reviews needed by the Vendor, which may require changes to the DMP content.

6. Vendor Review Complete: Once all questions/recommendations on the DMP content from the Vendor(s) has been reviewed, approved, and finalized by the training center, the status is changed to "Vendor Review Complete" signifying that the DMP is ready for final approval before pre-acceptance testing.

7. Pre-Acceptance Testing: The DMP will be set to "Pre-Acceptance Testing" once the DMP is ready to be deployed to, reviewed, and approved on the Vendor platforms by a Veterans Health Administration (VHA) clinical SME workgroup and/or designee prior to the patient review of the DMP. The SME/designee verifies the clinical content and its presentation on the Home Telehealth (HT) technology is appropriate.

8. Pre-Acceptance Testing Complete: Once all of the corrections and changes, required by the pre-acceptance testing phase, are complete, and the SME workgroup and/or designee has approved the DMP, the DMP Administrator changes the status to "Pre-Acceptance Testing Complete". This signifies that pre-acceptance testing is complete, all content has been finalized, and the DMP is ready for patient testing.

9. Patient Testing: The DMP Administrator changes the status to "Patient Testing" for the patient review of the DMP in the field, which includes Veteran patients and/or Care Coordinators testing the DMP on HT technology.

10. Patient Testing Complete: Patient testing is considered complete once all patient feedback on the DMP has been reviewed and incorporated (as needed) by the Vendor and VHA staff. At this point in the process, the status is changed to "Patient Testing Complete".

11. Approval Process: This status represents the final approval of the DMP as well as the appropriate sign-off from all parties before the DMP is formally released nationally to the field.

12. Nationally Released: Following the formal approval of the DMP by all parties, the status of the DMP changes to "Nationally Released" signifying that the DMP is officially released to the field and is being used by all Veteran patients assigned to the DMP.

NOTE: Once the DMP is set to "Nationally Released", the DMP Administrator will lock all of the content in the DMP to prevent further modification (see Lock/Unlock DMP Content).

13. Annual Review: Once a DMP is nationally released, annual reviews of that DMP are required for it to remain current with changes in clinical guidelines and/or other patient safety issues. The DMP will be set to "Annual Review" during this step in the process.

14. Annual Review Complete: The status changes to "Annual Review Complete" to signify that the review is complete and all updates to content have been finalized and approved.

NOTE: DMP Administrators will update statuses and versions according to the business rules set by the training center's staff. The Status and Version fields are located on the main Edit DMP window for each selected DMP. Additionally, the status appears in the Header pane of the Edit DMP window (Refer to Edit DMP Attributes.)