Choosing and Implementing a Department Level Information System

Developing a Project Plan for Choosing and Implementing a Department Level Information System
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IDENTIFY A PROJECT FOR IMPLEMENTATION
Electronic health records (EHRs) has several benefits; it improves patient care, enhances patient participation, improves care coordination, enhanced patient outcomes and diagnostics, it is a cost saving technique and enhance efficiency. Digital technological products like web-enabled devices, tablets, and smart phones have radically transformed lives of people and the way people communicate. Medicine profession, being an information-enriched enterprise, has embraced electronic health records to create logical flow of information within health care infrastructure, which encompasses digital progress and is capable of transforming the way care is being delivered (Jaymeen, Mirza and Emmanuel, 2014). ABC hospital is working hard to realize the implementation of electronic health records (EHRs) project. Such implementation is vital to offer more efficient, safer, and less expensive care. The hospital is focused to implement a certified EHRs system to enhance efficiencies in care delivery and patient safety.
IDENTIFY THE STAKEHOLDERS
Stakeholders involved in the implementation of electronic health records (EHRs) project are varied including the CEO and senior executives, and health physicians of the hospital, patients, and the government representatives in charge of the ministry of health, and the wider community at large (Brent, 2013). The CEO and senior executives of the hospital are focused not only to ensure that the health institution adopts latest health information technology (HIT), but also to provide improved patient safety and effective care delivery. Other stakeholders include patients and the community in which the hospital serves who expect better and efficient care services from the hospital.
DESCRIBE EACH PART OF THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROCESS
Implementing EHRs system to offer all the benefits, support, and capabilities anticipated in the planning and selection process of the system can be overwhelming though this should not be the case. Jaymeen, Mirza and Emmanuel (2014) explain that effective project planning and efficient project management can assist to ensure successful implementation process. To obtain an effective implementation of EHRs, hospital leaders need to concentrate on the strategic direction of the health institution. Hospital leaders need adequate funding and develop a concrete foundation of planning and implementation of EHR system. There are several important steps that can assist hospital leaders to undertaking EHR implementation process to make certain that the overall EHR system and the project are successful in care practice of the hospital.
Gather the executive team
Effective implementation of EHR depends on an inclusive executive team. The CEO begins by convincing the board of directors in order to obtain necessary support. The CEO then creates an executive team to develop and communicate the EHRs vision. The CEO needs to start at this level because the EHRs system requires huge investment and, therefore, requires involvement from the executive team (Brent, 2013). Changing the orga...