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This was a bit of a difficult one for me because I feel like whenever a change is implemented it takes forever at my healthcare facility. So I am feeling this out and seeing what you both think. Hope you are both well and staying safe.

Time: Implementing a new process in any industry is a time consuming and often a financial burden in the beginning. Using a transitional care model to decrease stroke readmissions will take time due to the planning. Money will have to be laid out initially with the intent that it will save money in the future.

The first step will be to gather information on different transitional care models, this includes the cost. Once a decision has been made on which transitional care model would like to be purchased then financial department will have to approve the purchase. One to three months should be allotted (EHR in practice, 2018). The companies that provide the transitional care models may have to travel to the healthcare facility to promote their product.

Once a decision has been made on the transitional care model then another two weeks to one month should be allotted to put together an implementation team. Once an implementation team has been picked, the next step will be to create a change management plan (EHR in practice, 2018). This may be one of the longest parts of the change process. Six months should be allotted for this part (EHR in practice, 2018).  This will involve training from the transitional care model company starting with the implementation team. Once the implementation team has been trained then the team can go to their perspective departments and train their departments.

While the implementation team is training their departments, software testing will need to be completed (EHR in practice, 2018). This could be completed simultaneously while training is being done. Two months should be allotted for this part of the process.

Once all of these steps have been completed then the system will go-live. When the go-live happens representatives from the transitional care model company will be available in person and the implementation team from the healthcare facility will be available twenty-four hours a day. These resources should be available over the next month.

The program should be re-evaluated at one month, three months, and six months to see what staff thinks of it and data should be evaluated at these intervals as well to see if stroke readmissions decrease.

Human Resources: When the transitional care model is purchased a service contract should be negotiated to be included. This will allow the healthcare facility to know what financial amount will be needed to start running the program. The implementation team will be current employees of the healthcare facility. Human resources will be helpful in negotiating potentially allowing these employees to spend half of their work hours on this project.

Resources that will be required to make this project successful include the actual software itself, trainers and technical support from the transitional care model company, and financial involvement from the healthcare facility.

References

EHR in practice. (2018, March 22). A template for your EHR project implementation timeline. Retrieved from EHR in practice: https://www.ehrinpractice.com/a-template-for-ehr-project-timeline-627.html