Masters of the Obvious at Athens Regional Medical Center: Lack of clinician input, training, common sense created problems with Athens Regional electronic records system - but mostly lack of common sense

(Note: also see my earlier May 26, 2014 post at http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2014/05/i-could-not-make-this-up-if-i-tried.html)My early medical mentor, Dr. Victor P. Satinsky, had disdain for those whom he called "Masters of the Obvious", who proffered profound words of wisdom that were in fact common-sensical or well-accepted, as if they'd invented those words personally.I think it's fair to say that after countless publications dating back decades, pointing out the essential role of clinical leadership in the development of clinical tools such as healthcare information technology systems, that such involvement is now a standard of care that reasonable hospital leadership would mandate when spending tens of millions of dollars on potentially injurious or lethal systems.Yet the physician revolt at Athens Regional Medical Center appears to be a result of its most senior leadership not keeping IT leadership on an appropriately short leash (a phenomenon that falls under the topical heading of "severe mismanagement"):http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2014-06-14/lack-input-training-created-problems-athens-regional-electronic-records-system Lack of input, training created problems with Athens Regional electronic records systemBy Kelsey CochranAthens Banner-HeraldUpdated Sunday, June 15, 2014 More input in the way Athens Regional Health Systems’ electronic health records system was implemented should have come from the clinicians who use it every day, and fewer decision...

Source: Health Care Renewal - June 16, 2014 Category: Health Management Tags: Athens Regional Medical Center cerner healthcare IT risk master of the obvious Mismanagement Patient care has not been compromised Source Type: blogs