If you talk to 10 physician practices after a major technology implementation, you’ll likely get 10 different stories about the lessons they learned.
So what is the biggest mistake? Experts say it’s not listening to those doctors and learning from their experiences.
Consultants say no matter whether you are a hospital or small physician practice, or whether you are implementing an electronic medical record or an e-prescribing system, there are patterns in the mistakes made during the shopping for and implementing of technology.
“In medicine, there will be times when people try things and they will turn out to not be the best things to do. You don’t want to be in a situation of making a mistake when “all you had to do is check with somebody to find the appropriate way to do things,” said James Jose, MD, a pediatric critical care doctor who is chief information officer of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.
For the rest of this informative article, including a list of “What to Ask EMR Veterns” please see the AMA News website here.
