Question

Wildcat Hospital just learned that their current EHR will no longer be supported by the IS vendor starting in 2 years. In the hospital's rush to select an EHR IS system, it has decided to take some shortcuts. These short cuts include:

- Creating a committee of only three people to select the system

-Not going on a site visit

-Not performing system analysis

- Deferring planning until the contract is signed.

This was the recommendation of the chief executive officer of the healthcare facility. The logic behind his recommendation to defer planning was that there will be some time after the contract is signed but before the software is available, so the planning can fill in this time period. The contact was signed yesterday so the planning is ready to commence.

Use your professional knowledge and understanding of project planning and implementation of IS system to make a judgment about the CEO's decision.

Do you agree with his/her decision about the shortcuts? Explain your response.

Now that the contract is signed, what are your recommendations for planning the implementation

Answer 1

As per professional knowledge and understanding of the project and implementation of EHR, it is a multidisciplinary approach to create a new system it needs design practice workflow, team training, privacy, and security compliance. This process implementation benefits the entire organization including patients. It needs significant resources and staff support and needs close attention to make process and awareness about different functions. In many organization, CEO make shortcuts to improve functionality with additional training. Template needs to meet meaningful use the physician quality reporting system standards by federal regulations.
I do not agree with the CEO decision about the shortcuts. Because shortcuts can make catastrophic issues later it can damage the revenue cycle for months and reduce patient confidence and harm relations with other health care providers. shortcut make penalties from the federal government when it doesn't meet the regulatory standards. This plan should be changed to the best benefit for EHR implementation with IS vendor support. the contract should be signed carefully before planning the project.