Norfolk Health System EHR Systems Case Study 2: Project Analysis

This case study examines the implementation of an Electronic Health Record (EHR) system within the Norfolk health system. It begins by outlining the initial steps of an EHR project, emphasizing the importance of adapting to commercial-grade EHR systems and setting adaptive principles. The case study identifies project sponsors and explains their roles in supporting the project, focusing on the benefits of EHR systems in managing patient data and improving treatment. It then evaluates the various steps involved in project completion, including assessing organizational readiness, creating a plan, selecting a certified EHR, and conducting training. The analysis also explores the rationale for standardizing on an EHR system, highlighting its impact on improving patient care and efficiency in healthcare. Finally, it defines communicating project status, identifies a communication plan utilizing email, and specifies the information used and communication channels to keep stakeholders informed about project progress. The case study references several research papers to support its findings.

EHR Systems Case Study 2
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Contents
1). Discuss about the first step that would take for project and why...........................................3
2). Identify the project sponsor and why.....................................................................................3
3). Evaluate the different steps of project completion and list the action that would be taken,
with proper reason.......................................................................................................................4
4). Do you think that standardize on E HR system in particular situation and why....................4
5). Define communicating project status, identify the communication plan and specify
information used and communication channel............................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6
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1). Discuss about the first step that would take for project and why.
Due to large number of commercial –grade EHR system which are available, standards for
managing the overall healthcare information system. It is to be considered an important step for
performing the different function which are setting and embracing adaptive principles.
As per given study, first of all, it will require to take necessary action in the EHR project.
Initially, it is mainly focused on the EHR product as their hospital lean towards design,
functionality of system. Sometimes, it intend to add the new critical aid in decision-making. In
order to support overall project for achieving the component and operational compatibility
through medical professionals (Anderson, Kaul & Edberg, 2019). These type of phases will
integrate with the project for establishing the coordination and occurs other informational
transmission between various components. In this way, it provide the better result or outcome.
The reason behind performed different action because they can acquire necessary data or
information related the EHR system where how they can easily collecting large amount of
information related the medical patients (Hansen & et.al., 2019). In order to identify any problem
or issue through diagnosis. In another way, it help for decision making which support for
managing overall health condition or situation of patient within hospitals.
2). Identify the project sponsor and why.
As per given study, it has identified that Norfolk health system handle the different
hospitals, ambulatory care centre and multiple type of physical practices. So as require to
develop project of “electronic health record system”. These are consider as efficient system
which automatically store large number of data such as patient history, diseases, diagnosis
process (Hong & et.al., 2019). If it provide better facilities to access information through Ehr
system and providing the better treatment.
The project sponsors are government, medical industries those always support for
enhancing the overall medical treatment facilities. Manager of medical company whereas they
can provide finding to support in the “Electronic health record system project”. Many industries
believed on the advanced modern technologies so that it help for increasing the performance and
capabilities of various medical treatment.
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3). Evaluate the different steps of project completion and list the action that would be taken, with
proper reason.
By completing the E HR project while performing different multi step process that will
impact on the overall staff members. Each and every participate perform significant role to
achieve the specific objective. There are different action involved to take successful
implementing E HR project.
 Assess the organizational readiness: it is initial step of project development where
identify the current requirement, goals, technical needs, financial resources, hardware and
software (Melnick &et.al., 2019). Afterwards, it should be analysed the requirement and
then prepare design of electronic health record system to meet expectation level of
organization.
 Make a plan of approach: it is based on the planning phase where draw on information or
data that gathered at the time of assessment. Afterwards, it also outline the enterprise E
HR implementation but it require to consider different aspects of organization from an
electronic view point.
 Choose and upgrade the certified E HR: It is another phase where it is mainly selecting
the certified electronic health record system (Porter& et.al., 2020). The implementation
team can be used the suitable information and after planning to execute multiple task in
proper manner.
 Conduct training and implement E HR system: in this phase, it is installed the software as
prepare the plan to go-live E HR. sometimes, it may include short training session for
staff those are operating in proper manner. On the other hand, it also required the used
testing approach for eliminating any type of bugs, errors within system.
The primary reason of implementing various phases because it help for controlling and managing
the multiple task and manage effectively.
4). Do you think that standardize on E HR system in particular situation and why.
Yes, standardise on E HR system has transformed the health care system in global world. It
provide the benefits, advantage of electronic health record system which mainly including the
improve health condition of patient due to care. In current scenario, E HR is based on the
electronic version of patient in term of medical history (Anderson, Kaul & Edberg, 2019). It
provide as key administrative clinical data relevant to the person care under circumstances such
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as progress notes, medications, demographics etc. The healthcare industries are initiated by
modern E HR system that would have increased performance and efficiency in treatment
purpose. On the other hand, E HR technology will help for providing international standards for
application (Anderson, Kaul & Edberg, 2019). It uses social, health, environmental, economic as
well as behavioural. In order to interpret data and act as intelligently during complex health
information recording. This is the reason for applying the E HR system in medical term for
enhancing overall business capabilities.
5). Define communicating project status, identify the communication plan and specify
information used and communication channel.
The communication project status is the way to interact with the documentation report
status. In context of E HR system, it would be used communication plan to share information of
status to other department by using E-mail. Sometimes, it mainly specify the information about
the project such as hardware and software requirement, overall functionality. These are important
things discussed with another project development manager those are handling overall E HR
system effectively and efficiently (Anderson, Kaul & Edberg, 2019).
E-mail is based on the communication channel that mainly used for data distribution from
one place to another by using hardware devices. They are actually supporting to collect large
amount of information such as status of project. For establishing communication plan, it should
be consider different channel, stakeholder which are maintaining and controlling overall project
development process (Anderson, Kaul & Edberg, 2019). In order to identify the current status of
E HR project in proper manner. Sometimes, they can be used both qualitative as well as
quantitative information in project status identifications.
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REFERENCES
Book and Journals
Anderson, C., Kaul, M., & Edberg, D. (2019). Increasing affordance potency through process
improvement: case study of a healthcare system. Journal of Information Technology Case
and Application Research, 1-16.
Hong, N. & et.al., (2019). Developing a FHIR-based EHR phenotyping framework: A case study
for identification of patients with obesity and multiple comorbidities from discharge
summaries. Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 99, 103310.
Melnick, E. R. & et.al., (2019). An integrated web application for decision support and
automation of EHR workflow: a case study of current challenges to standards-based
messaging and scalability from the EMBED trial. JAMIA open. 2(4).434-439.
Porter, A. & et.al., (2020). Results: four case studies. In Electronic health records in
ambulances: the ERA multiple-methods study. NIHR Journals Library.
Hansen, M. B. & et.al., (2019, November). Managing Change of EHR Systems. In SHI 2019.
Proceedings of the 17th Scandinavian Conference on Health Informatics, November 12-
13. 2019, Oslo, Norway (No. 161, pp. 104-107). Linköping University Electronic Press.
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