Essential Steps for Successful Implementation of the EHR to Achieve Sustainable, Safe, Quality Care

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Author(s): Bonnie Wesorick (Elsevier CPM Resource Center, USA)
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 29
Source title: E-Health Technologies and Improving Patient Safety: Exploring Organizational Factors
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Anastasius Moumtzoglou (Hellenic Society for Quality & Safety in Healthcare and P. & A. Kyriakou Children's Hospital, Greece)and Anastasia N. Kastania (Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2657-7.ch003

Keywords: Health Information Systems / Medical Information Science Reference / Medicine & Healthcare

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This chapter provides the foundational steps for successful implementation of the EHR that will achieve sustainable, safe, quality care. The focus is on the point of care, where the hands of those who give and receive care meet. The billions of dollars spent to automate, regardless of vendor, bring no assurance to reach the desired clinical outcomes to become the best place to give and receive care. The process begins with leadership’s commitment to transform culture and practice coupled with clarity on the role of technology to achieve that end. The fundamental elements that must be addressed and the strategies to achieve sustainable outcomes will be based on the nature of the work, the lessons and outcomes of the Elsevier CPM Resource Center International Consortium of over 346 rural, community, and university settings at various levels of EHR implementation.

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