Clinical Implementation and Adoption

EHR technologies have the potential to improve care and deliver many important benefits for just about any physician practice. However, it’s important to understand that implementation and adoption methodologies can vary dramatically from practice to practice depending on specializations, processes, and procedures.

Even with the generous economic stimulus plan incentives now in-place for adopting an Electronic Health Record (EHR) solution, deploying the required technology can be a complex venture. To achieve the best results, it’s important to fully identify and understand the potential impacts on internal processes in the clinical setting. Full preparation will help ensure success when the decision is ultimately made to improve care by transitioning EHR from paper to more reliable electronic records that can follow a patient throughout the care cycle.

Clinical benefits of EHR adoption include:

• Enhanced technology for clinicians
• Customized clinical environment for clinicians
• Point-of-care and post-care quality improvement
• Mobile, personalized, and consistent health records that are easily shared among care providers

While the financial incentives in the stimulus package will make access to EHR technology easier for many providers, the real key to success will be in knowing how to deploy this technology in a clinical setting. An added challenge is the quick adoption rate required by the new legislation, which means that healthcare providers will have to evaluate and implement technology at an accelerated rate.

To maximize the many benefits of the economic stimulus package may require assistance from a service provider such as Dell Services with deep domain expertise in healthcare information technology and processes. To explore the best options for your organization, we invite you to contact us toll-free at: 866.665.1241, or send an e-mail to: healthcare@ps.net