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Apr 18, 2011

How do environmental factors affect project implementation

4 pitfalls to avoid

  1. Unsatisfactory project management control
  2. Lack of communication
  3. Incomplete goal specifications
  4. Underestimation of project complexity

10 critical success factors

  1. Select the right internal leadership team
  2. Communicate the “what’s in it for me?”
  3. Analyze the current office workflow
  4. Create specific and measurable goals
  5. Develop a strategy for entering existing data
  6. Develop sufficient time to training
  7. Plan to create “power users”
  8. Create an ongoing plan for answering questions
  9. Leave time buffers throughout the day
  10. Plan to succeed and you will

More information can be found at: http://www.providersedge.com/ehdocs/ehr_articles/Critical_Success_Factors_for_Practice-Wide_EMR_Implementations.pdf