Question

Consider the scenario and then complete the following project: You are the chair of the EHR system steering committee. Your team has met and reviewed the entire vendor selection process. Now you must present your findings and a recommendation to the administrators of your healthcare facility. Include the team's process in contacting vendors and examining the EHR systems, tis recommendation, and the time line for implementation.

Answer 1

A vender selection and assessment is the process of collecting the information and narrowing the vender field before selecting an EHR system. It is a challenge to select a few numbers from a large number of options available but that is a crucial step. Identifying the best EHR features will help to achieve the good practice goal. Setting smart goal process in the order is helpful. Making key decisions by making list of potential deal breakers to enable the practice effectively. Field narrowing is the important step and is done by certified with HIT product list. The venders are compared and conduct demonstrations can be done then.

Further the field can be narrowed by considering the recommendation like asking the collegues about their EHR experiences, can contact any medical society where there is membership and can ask for EHR tools and resources, vender information collection online can be done. Help from the local regional extension centre can be seeked to navigate the vender landscape. REC will be available in various regions to help to select and implement meaningful users of EHR.