Steps 1 & 2 – Your practice
- Assessing your practice readiness
- Planning
- Are your practice staff and leadership open to change?
- Has your practice endured unsuccessful technology implementations or workflow
changes in the past? - Are there other major projects on which your practice is currently focused?
- Do your practice leadership and staff agree that e-prescribing can lead to clinical or operational improvements?
- Have you discussed and planned for e
known e-prescribing challenges?
- Communication
- Does your practice have a culture of open, honest communication?
- In the past, have decisions been effectively communicated to the practice?
- Planning
- Defining your practice needs
- Planning
- Establish your vision and identify the specific objectives
- Identify a project team experienced in the prescribing process and its workflow
- Choose a project leader who is respected, knowledgeable of the practice, and is skilled at conflict resolution
- Plan for known e-prescribing changes
- Workflow and change management
- Make a list of your practice’s specific medication management needs
- Prioritize your practice needs to identify the trade-offs
- Anticipate how your processes and workflow will change
- Technology needs
- Think about your computing needs
- Consider hardware and network demands
- Determine who will maintain your system
- Communication
- Describe the vision and objectives to the entire practice and their involvement in the project, especially input collection
- Involve all parts of the practice when defining needs
- Planning
