Question

Identify creative strategies to encourage physicians and other clinicians to participate in the implementation of a new health IT system. Should employees who have repeatedly failed to attend go-live classes be subjected to discipline measures?

Answer 1

Some of the ways to encourage physicians and clinicians to participate in the implementation of a new health IT system are

• Get the suggestions,feedback from the providers about the system
• Mandate the training program to be attended compulsorily by all
• Plan a time schedule which suitables everyone
• Use of a common platform like a website of the healthcare sector and updating everything on it ,so that the missed classes can be seen on it
• Providing a secured access to use it
• If failed to attend live classes, should go through the website and gain knowledge
• Complimentary for using it can encourage for more participants
• The physician can be given awards for best performance monthly

Taking discipline measures when an employee doesn't attend the classes repeatedly creates an uniformity in the treatment of every staff in an unbiased manner and can lead to a systematic approach of improvement.