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EHR Planning / Assessment of Clinic Readiness

Planning for Success
Planning is critical to your success in purchasing and successfully implementing an electronic health record (EHR).

The EHR Roadmap lists the steps for successful planning and use of your EHR.

Click here for an assessment using either the Assessment tool for clinics currently
without an EHR or the Assessment tool for clinics currently with an EHR .

Goals
What do you want from an electronic health record? What do your partners want? What does the staff want? Have your staff complete the Personal Goals List . Then use the Practice Goals to compile a master list of goals for your clinic. To help clarify your priorities you can also use the Prioritization Matrix .

Determining Your Return on Investment
Use these worksheets to compute the costs and financial benefits of an EHR.
Estimated Costs and Savings Worksheet Example
EMR Estimated Costs Worksheet Example

Workflow Analysis
Our free Workflow Software can help you evaluate your current workflow.  Click here to download the software and for the installation instructions.  Use the workflow guide and
hints to frame your workflow assessment.

You may choose to repeat the workflow analysis after your EHR is implemented to see if your goals have been met.

Guiding Your Progress
Outlook Associates has produced two useful guides (Evaluating and Selecting an EMR System and Implementing an EMR System) that are available for purchase on their website.  Go to www.outlook-associates.com and select the store section.