EMR Implementation

Accessing healthcare organizations preparation is the basic step in implementing EMR into their systems. For this purpose, organizations should create project teams to manage the application processes of EMR. The teams will assess different criteria of organizations to perform needs estimation. The first criterion to be evaluated is the readiness and understanding of all staffs in using computer. They should be well-trained and comfortable with information technology. The second criterion is analyzing the organization network and financial issues. Organizations should have secured intranet and high-speed internet access in order to record, transfer, and exchange information. Organizations should also be prepared with updated security programs to prevent information breach. The allowance budgets for purchasing additional hardware, maintaining, and updating the systems to accommodate the implementing of EMR must be accurately calculated. In the third step, examining the clinical staffs performances and workflows. They directly involve in patients’ care and they should be prepared with the proper instruction on how to collect, document, and report patients’ medical information into EMR. The fourth step is to measure the effectiveness of management and
According to Oach and Watter, the hypothesis affirms the research questions in the quantifiable, measureable, and estimable way that uses defined variables. The hypothesis should contain the variable of effectiveness of EMR program studies based on literature reviews. It should predict the positive collaboration in assisting clinical professionals to enhance the patients’ health outcomes between the EMR with other programs, such as CPOE, CDSS, diseases registries, and electronic prescribing. Additionally, it should express the purpose of EMR implementation research, which emphasizing in positive contribution of EMR to