Evidence for Specific Implementation Practices

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Identifier 2013_Bergvall
Title Evidence for Specific Implementation Practices
Creator Bergvall, Rachel
Subject Advanced Practice Nursing; Education, Nursing, Graduate; Electronic Health Records; Hospital Information Systems; Evaluation Studies as Topic; Health Information Management; Benchmarking; Meaningful Use; Peer Review; Health Plan Implementation; Quality Improvement
Description In light of the accelerating rate of electronic health record [EHR] adoption in the U.S., there is a recognized need for guidance on the matter of successful implementation practices (Coiera, Aarts & Kulikowski, 2011; Cresswell & Sheikh, 2013; Waterson, Hoonakker & Carayon, 2013; Institute of Medicine [IOM], 2011; The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology [ONC-HIT], 2012; Chaudhry et al., 2006; Black et al., 2011; Kushniruk, Bates, Bainbridge, Househ &Borycki, 2013; Bloomrosen et al., 2009; Shekelle, Morton & Keeler, 2006; Goldzweig, Towfigh, Maglione & Shekelle, 2009). Success may be defined as improved patient outcomes, improved financial outcomes, user satisfaction, or any combination of these (Nahm, Vaydia, Ho, Scharf & Seagull, 2007). Whatever the identified outcome, clinical information system [CIS] evaluations to date have frequently treated the CIS itself as a single, binary variable (absent or present), monolithically representing the entire intervention (Keshavjee, Kuziemsky, Vassanji & Ghany, 2013; Goldzweig, Towfigh, Maglione & Shekelle, 2009; Chaudhry et al., 2006). It is well understood that this is a gross oversimplification (Karsch, 2004; Harrison, Koppel & Bar Lev, 2007; Nemeth, Feifer, Stuart & Ornstein, 2008; Stead, 2007; Kellerman & Jones, 2013). The conflation of the effects of clinical information systems with the techniques used to implement them limits the advancement of implementation science. Implementation strategies and techniques are an important factor in the success of such projects, and should be examined on their own merits. The object of this paper is to discover what is known about how to achieve successful CIS implementations, with a focus on specific strategies and assessment of their effectiveness. This paper examines the qualitative and quantitative evidence available regarding a particular implementation strategy referred to as EHR optimization to determine what evidence exists that this practice affects the acceptance, cost, and clinical outcomes of clinical information systems.
Relation is Part of Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Date 2013
Type Text
Rights Management © 2013 College of Nursing, University of Utah
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Collection Nursing Practice Project
Language eng
ARK ark:/87278/s6419v8f
Setname ehsl_gradnu
ID 179618
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6419v8f
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