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EHR IMPLEMENTATION FACTORS 2

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Tatiane Hatchoua

Southern New Hampshire University

EHR Implementation Factors

Before an organization makes the decision of the kind of an EHR to incorporate and make use of, certain primary activities should be considered. These activities include the assessment of EHR needs within the organization, setting the requirements of the EHR and deciding on the capabilities it is supposed to have among others. Also, to these activities, the agency should also draft a Request for Information (RFI). The purpose of an RFI is obtaining information from vendors, concerning the products and services they offer (Health IT, 2013).

For an organization to successfully manage to implement an EHR, certain factors should be used during the carrying out of past activities, drafting an FRI and implementing the EHR. These factors among others include the right leadership, governance, the right culture, shared vision, resources factor, involvement of key stakeholders and the right vendor partnership. My organization’s EHR implementation team has undoubtedly utilized most of these factors but has highly focused on the right leadership, resources factor, the involvement of key stakeholders and the right vendor partnership factors. The team’s concentrate on these factors has made the implementation process achieve a significant success (Merrill, 2010).

There are, however, factors that the team is not currently using; that I think can positively impact the implementation process and thus should be utilized. These factors include governance, shared vision and an effective training and communication plan elements. For management to start with, the organization's decision makers should put in place a structure that is clear on how decisions should be efficiently made, to avoid delays in making decisions. The key stakeholders of the organization should also formulate the vision of the organization, and the goals of full implementation of the EHR systems have been made. The team implementing the EHR should put in place a training and communication program to equip the team members on how to effectively make use of the newly integrated technology. Once the implementation is complete, the organization is highly likely to improve and thus all people that take part in any affairs of the organization would be the champion of its achievements.

References

Health IT, (2013). What should I include in a vendor RFI/RFP? EHR Vendor Selection Best Practices. Retrieved from https://www.healthit.gov/providers-professionals/faqs/what-should-i-include-vendor-rfirfp

Merrill, M. (2010). Top 10 factors for successful EHR implementation: Healthcare IT retrieved from http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/top-10-factors-successful-ehr-implementation