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These come from Dr. Dirk Stanely whose blog link is on this site.
#CMIO tip #1 for DOCS wanting to fit into the new #EMR paradigm WELL: Learn to type, even a little, or learn to use Dragon well. Your thoughts are too important to be lost to handwriting.
#CMIO tip #2 for DOCS wanting to fit into the new #EMR paradigm WELL: prepare to redesign yourself. You won’t be Dr. Kildare or Dr. Welby or Dr. Auslander or Dr. Dorian or Dr. McDreamy when you’re done –
You’ll be a whole new doctor. Same look, same skills, same caring, same name, new doctor.
#CMIO tip #3 for successful #EMR implementation : the EMR isn’t “an IT thing”, or an “MD thing”, or a “RN thing” – it’s everybody’s thing.
#CMIO tip #4 for successful #EMR adoption : Patience, part II: Like humans, no product is perfect. You will always question if you made the right choice. The truth : it probably was.
#CMIO tip #5 for successful #EMR adoption : Patience. Realize that government, vendors, docs, administrators, and patients are “still trying to figure it all out”
#CMIO Tip #6 for a successful #EMR implementation : Persistence. Never stop pruning, weeding, and gardening. Have a good gardening team.
#CMIO Tip #7 for successful #EMR implementation : Learn that no doc, nurse, pharmacist, administrator, IT person, or consultant knows the whole story. You need them all to work together before you’ll understand.
#CMIO tip #8 for a successful #EMR implementation : plan your budget well. Then increase your budget for training and support.
#CMIO tip #9 for a successful #EMR implementation : Plan your data needs for go-live. Then prepare for them to increase exponentially after go-live.
#CMIO tip #10 for a successful EMR implementation : Break down the wall between IT and clinical worlds. Promote both sides together.
#CMIO tip #11 for a successful EMR implementation : Prepare to cringe every time you hear “Why can’t we just _____?” Generally this is NEVER the answer.
#CMIO tip #12 for a successful EMR implementation : Plan for docs in the middle ground. Aim for happy mediums. Walk before you run.
#CMIO tip #13 for a successful EMR implementation : don’t just plan for your inpatient docs, plan for your outpatient docs EARLY. Doing this well can be strategic as long as you stay within Stark laws.
#CMIO tip #14 for a successful EMR implementation : Leave your emotions and personal baggage at the door when redesigning clinical workflows. Focus on good patient care.
#CMIO tip #15 for a successful EMR implementation : Recognize the tribal culture of medicine, but don’t be limited by it.
#CMIO Tip #16 for a successful EMR implementation : try to avoid the four-letter word : “INTERFACE”. Use only when absolutely needed.
#CMIO tip #18 for a successful EMR implementation : be prepared for more training AFTER go-live.
#CMIO tip #19 for a successful EMR implementation : Have a politically neutral, teambuilding, personable, persuasive, and creative CMIO.
#CMIO tip #20 for successful EMR implementation : Dont be discouraged. Even a flat #CPOE rate will respond to nurturing and TLC.
#CMIO tip #21 for a successful EMR implementation : make sure you work on building allies early, before purchasing software.
#CMIO tip #22 for a successful EMR implementation : The secret to physician involvement – give them a chance. A good CMIO will help.
#CMIO Tip #23 for a successful EMR implementation : Grow a crop of clinical “Jedis” who KNOW your clinical workflows,can help bargain and teach them, and help reinforce good IT behaviors. (Clinical “Jedis” : they’re not just superusers. They investigate workflows and datamine. They’re your best management consultants.)
#CMIO: Tip #24 for a successful EMR implementation : work hard to make a comfortable environment for change. Bad blood slows progress
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