Managing A Successful EMR Implementation

This white paper is intended to help health IT champions understand the complexities of EMR implementations and help them outline goals, milestones, and timelines to ensure the initiative is successful.

The objective of this white paper is to help Electronic Medical Record (EMR) implementation champions understand the c! omplexities of the EMR implementation process. In other words, this in formation is intended to help the heroes who face the daunting task of transforming the intricate processes of a physician practice from paper to electronic. We hope that this information will help you define goals and objectives, as well as implementation project deliverables, milestones and timing that will help you successfully implement EMR that is fully adopted and utilized by your intended users.

EMR Implementation Overview: Major Sections

• Expectations: this section is designed to help the reader understand the importance of proper expectations within the practice and also contains some points on re-engineering improper expectations.
• Goals and Objectives: this section is designed to help the reader understand the practice perspective regarding their decision to purchase the EMR and what the practice is trying to get out of the system.
• Implementation Timeline: this section is designed to help the reader understand the complexity of the EMR implementation timeline and to help guide the reader to create an effective and accurate implementation timeline.
• Phased Implementation Concepts: this section touches on two different concepts that can be used to help practices adopt the EMR and slowly transition from the paper workflow model to the electronic workflow.
• HL7 Interfaces: this section contains information and recommendations regarding HL7 interfaces. Getting! these interfaces working effectively in the EMR takes time, persisten ce and a basic level of HL7 understanding to communicate effectively between your vendor laboratory partners, should any issues arise.
• Implementation Project Deliverables: this section contains information and suggestions regarding each deliverable in the implementation timeline. By reading through this section you will be able to understand each deliverable to determine how it can affect the overall implementation timeline.
• The Perpetual Implementation: this section reinforces the need to have constant communication with the practice during the implementation and after they initially go live with the EMR. This section offers some suggestions in relation to the Phased Implementation Concepts. By employing the concepts of the perpetual implementation you will help the practice obtain a total solution.

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