Summerville is a small-town hospital with both inpatient and outpatient services. Its EHR system is homegrown and functions, but it barely meets Meaningful Use (MU) Stage 2 criteria. The hospital’s goal is to implement a certified EHR, but the administration is weighing the benefits of two options: recruiting a skilled professional to rebuild the current system or purchasing a commercial system. There is pressure to decide as soon as possible.
Think about musts, constraints, and barriers:
The new system must be fully implemented and operational within one year.
The EHR must be able to meet MU Stage 3 criteria.
The hospital has a very small IT department and a modest budget.
The new EHR requires larger servers, new devices, central monitors, printers, and tablets.
The wireless infrastructure must be upgraded to eliminate known dead spots in areas of the facility.
The hospital wants to more effectively take advantage of select features such as clinical decision support and incorporate best practices or evidence-based medicine.
Complete the following steps for an EHR implementation plan based on the given information:
Initiate a list of functional requirements for the new EHR.
Complete a brief evaluation plan by developing five or six criteria for evaluating vendors’ products.
Develop a list of all pros and cons of rebuilding a homegrown system.
Compose your plan in a three-page paper in APA Style with a minimum of three references that support your ideas with research from both nursing literature and general informatics literature.
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