{"id":5161,"date":"2014-06-24T17:49:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-24T17:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ntegrait.com\/poor-planning-for-a-new-ehr-system-causes-big-problems-for-georgias-athens-regional\/"},"modified":"2014-06-24T17:49:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-24T17:49:00","slug":"poor-planning-for-a-new-ehr-system-causes-big-problems-for-georgias-athens-regional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ntegrait.com\/poor-planning-for-a-new-ehr-system-causes-big-problems-for-georgias-athens-regional\/","title":{"rendered":"Poor Planning For a New EHR System, Causes Big Problems For Georgia\u2019s Athens Regional"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ntegrait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Athens_Regional_3_t670.jpg\" alt=\"EMR Systems\" width=\"200\" align=\"right\" \/>In May 2013, a $31 million system-wide EHR (Electronic Health Records) rollout failed due to poor management and unreliable implementation plans.\u00a0 Clinicians were angered because they weren\u2019t including in the planning, and they made their complaints known.\u00a0 This resulted in the immediate resignation by Athens Regional\u2019s CEO and CIO.<\/p>\n<p>So who\u2019s to blame?\u00a0 Fingers are pointing at Athens Regional\u2019s IT Team.\u00a0 Their Chief Medical Officer (CMO) reported that information wasn\u2019t shared between the CIO, IT Team and clinicians, and this resulted in the problems that occurred.\u00a0 Apparently, sometimes the new Cerner EHR system worked, other times it didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>According to Cerner\u2019s VP, successful EHR implementations are \u201cclinically driven, not IT driven.\u201d\u00a0 Users should have been involved in the strategic decision-making before the system was rolled out.<\/p>\n<p>Athens Regional\u2019s CMO has now taken the lead on the implementation.\u00a0 In the meantime, a lot of finger pointing is still going on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t let this happen to your healthcare organization.\u00a0 {company}<\/strong><strong> ensures the technology side and the clinical side of any EHR or other IT implementation is communicated to, and includes your healthcare providers, and users.\u00a0 Plus we can<\/strong><strong> monitor your EHR system, 24\/7 for complete security.\u00a0 Contact us for a complimentary EHR System Consult. 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