Transitioning to EHR is overwhelming – where do you start?
Hire or appoint a Project Manager
Introduce the Project
Gather requirements
Define objectives
Define responsibilities
Determine resource needs
Determine system needs
Report progress
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Electronic Health Record Tip #10
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010Electronic Health Record Tip #9
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010In 2007, the U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT reported that about 50% of EHR implementations failed. IT industry analysts widely agree that software implementations fail because of the customers. It’s too easy to point the finger at software vendors or at the software itself, but failure usually is the buyer’s fault. In a recent survey, one group identified the following top reasons for IT implementation failures:
- Poor planning and communication;
- Mismanagement and rejection by end users; and
- Overspending.
How can you be better prepared?
- Educate staff on the value of an EHR over traditional paper charts
- Take a leadership role in advocating adoption of EHR in your practice
- Change old workflows to match the best practices in EHR
- Take part in intensive training to learn the new system
- Ride out the difficult stages of new software adoption
Electronic Health Record Tip #4
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010NAHIT: National Alliance for Health Information Technology
CCHIT: Certification Commission for Healthcare Information
Technology
HIE: Health Information Exchange
EMR: Electronic Medical Record
EHR: Electronic Health Record
HIMSS: Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
AHIMA: American Health Information Management Association
Electronic Health Record Tip #2
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010Helpful Definitions
NAHIT (National Alliance for Health Information Technology) has produced the following definitions for EMR and EHR:
EMR: The electronic record of health-related information on an individual that is created, gathered, managed, and consulted by licensed clinicians and staff from a single organization who are involved in the individual’s health and care.
EHR: The aggregate electronic record of health-related information on an individual that is created and gathered cumulatively across more than one health care organization and is managed and consulted by licensed clinicians and staff involved in the individual’s health and care.
Electronic Health Record Tip #1
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010When transitioning to Electronic Health Records you can reduce transcription cost by having your EHR insert normals, but do not waste valuable time trying to type variable information such as HPI, Impression and Plan. Simply dictate and your transcriptionist can insert in the appropriate place.
You really can have the best of both worlds!
