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CSC: Right people, processes lead to EHR success

As a principal with the Health Delivery Group of Computer Sciences Corp., and a critical care nurse with more than 35 years of experience in healthcare and health IT, Karen Fuller has seen more than Read more...

Nine tips to ensure a smooth CPOE implementation

Among the biggest IT challenges in healthcare today are the successful implementation of EMRs, computerized physician order entry and all the needed interfaces that support these two massive and Read more...

Assess your practice's strengths, weaknesses to prevent EHR failure

EHR failures most often are the result of poor planning and preparation for the implementation, a family physician told a group of doctors and practice managers at a recent forum held by the Read more...

Consultants debunk 'myths' of EHR implementation

EHR vendors will provide all the technical expertise you need, right? EHRs can't provide a measurable return on investment. And it's inevitable that productivity will slow to a crawl during an Read more...

Understanding rules vital to planning for 'meaningful use'

Want to get to "meaningful use"? Understand the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the CMS regulations, your own incentive opportunity and your current state of implementation. Conduct a gap Read more...

Using your hospital's EMR implementation to your advantage

Like it or not, if you work for a hospital you will be involved in an EMR implementation project in one way or another--sooner than later. This fact has many hospital employees squirming, for it Read more...

Build multiple levels of value into an EMR to produce ROI

Want a return on the sizable investment in an EMR? View the technology not as merely a replacement for paper charts, but as the basis for creating new capabilities within the organization, such as Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: Physician practices struggle with choosing, implementing EHRs, MGMA says

Not surprisingly, selecting and implementing EHRs has moved into the top three daily challenges of running a physician practice, according to a newly released survey from the Medical Group Management Read more...

Cerner implementation at UK hospital has 'gone remarkably well'

Here's something you don't see every day: an EMR success story in England's massive National Programme for IT. Implementation of a Cerner Millennium system at the Kingston Hospital National Health Read more...

New book: Focus on EMR adoption, not just implementation

Anyone in the biz knows that you don't just put in an EMR and expect success. The federal subsidies, which require "meaningful use" of EMRs, up the ante. Still, implementations continue to fail, or Read more...