Implementing an Electronic Health Record System

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Walker, James M. (Editor), Bieber, Eric J. (Editor), Richards, Frank (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2005.
• Series: Health Informatics,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Public health.; Health informatics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Public Health.; Health Informatics.

"Implementing an Electronic Health Record System" addresses the range of issues and opportunities that implementing an electronic health records system (EHR) poses for any size of medical organization - from the small one-man operation to a large healthcare system. The book is divided into...

Table of Contents:

• Organizational Climate
• Needs Assessment
• Vendor Selection and Contract Negotiation
• Infrastructure
• Workflow Assessment and Redesign
• Staffing and Managing Implementation Teams
• Usability
• Training
• Clinical Decision Support
• Translating Scope of Practice into Effective EHR Workflows
• System Integration
• Production Support
• Managing the Client-Vendor Partnership
• Phased Implementation
• Optimizing Primary-Care Practices
• Optimizing Specialty Practices
• Special-Purpose Software
• Optimizing Inpatient Care
• Extending EHR Access to Patients
• Extending EHR Access to External Physicians
• Summary and Prospects.