Driving decisions with data. In an EHR implementation, ensuring data integrity is high on the to-do list.

Northwestern has been rolling out its EHR in phases, Bryant says. This year it has completed implementation of medication administration, computerized physician order entry, and physician documentation modules. There’s more to come, including bar coding, handheld devices, and more clinical documentation rollouts in additional departments. For her part, Bryant supervises coding, transcription, customer service, and information systems managers who handle the technical environment of the electronic record and enterprise-wide imaging.