In today's society no one at a job likes changes especially when it can
impact not just the reputation of the healthcare facility but it can also
impact the morale in the workplace as well. When converting from
the old paper files to a new EHR system this involves a lot of
planning and to start this planning you need to get the stakeholders
on board because without them then this major project was a waste
of time and money. So how would one want to implement a project
this big first is get the buy-in from the stakeholders by keeping them
up to date every step of the way is a good one another way is to
enlist some or all of the stakeholders to help and oversee the
migration from paper to electronic.
Give demonstrations for the presentation to the stakeholders and
allow them to try the beta modem so they can interact and ask
questions above all. When presenting this demonstration keep it up
beat and stay positive never let them know that you are worried in
other words keep a good poker face. Now after the buy in you want
to still keep your poker face with staff members and employees you
would also want to enlist employees to help oversee the migration
and lend a hand make it a positive migration party supply them with
food and show how much they are needed, buy having the
employees pitch in this shows the stakeholders that the employees
are looking for a new change to the way they do their job. The last
thing you want while a migration is happening is to have any sort of
negative feelings or poor morale especially in front of the
stakeholders. One last thing to remember is to allow staff members
and employees to always offer ways to improve your new EHR
system remember they are your front-line employees and without
their thoughts and ideas this new system may not take off properly
and you will have a lot of upset people.
