How to successfully navigate your EHR implementation.

Some electronic health record (EHR) implementations proceed on schedule with full involvement of their participants and achieve their goals. Others flounder, stall or struggle, experiencing only partial success or, in extreme cases, no success at all. What accounts for the difference? Is it a problem with the people, the process or the EHR product? How are large-practice implementations different than small-practice ones? How can you fortify yourself against failure and plan for success? Keep reading for some answers based on my review of available literature on the topic as well as my personal experience. (See a list of Dr. Adler’s prior FPM articles on EHR systems on page 37.)